{"id":20528,"date":"2017-04-17T08:10:49","date_gmt":"2017-04-17T12:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/?p=20528"},"modified":"2017-04-17T19:42:10","modified_gmt":"2017-04-17T23:42:10","slug":"google-spam-hall-of-shame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/17\/google-spam-hall-of-shame\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Spam Hall of Shame"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the routine of other research I am doing, I found several listings that definitely deserve nominations to\u00a0the Google Spam Hall of Shame:<\/p>\n

Beachside Towing $45 towing in St Augustine and St Augustine Beach Florida<\/a><\/p>\n

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More than a fake name and more than a few fake reviews. Was\u00a0this a fake listing1<\/sup>? Not according<\/a> to Google.\u00a0Not a fake listing my ass.<\/p>\n

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1 – Bill Clinton famously declared<\/a> it depends on what your definition of is, is. And that it was a matter of tense. In Google’s world this wasn’t a fake listing for the purpose of their study. See what other Presidents had (have?) to say<\/a>.\u00a0<\/sup><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the routine of other research I am doing, I found several listings that definitely deserve nominations to\u00a0the Google Spam Hall of Shame: Beachside Towing $45 towing in St Augustine and St Augustine Beach Florida More than a fake name and more than a few fake reviews. Was\u00a0this a fake listing1? Not according to Google.\u00a0Not …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-google-plus"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t