{"id":21224,"date":"2017-10-29T11:13:14","date_gmt":"2017-10-29T15:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/?p=21224"},"modified":"2017-10-29T11:13:14","modified_gmt":"2017-10-29T15:13:14","slug":"google-spam-hall-of-shame-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/29\/google-spam-hall-of-shame-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Spam Hall of Shame"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s beem a while since I have <a href=\"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/?s=Google+Spam+Hall+of+Shame\">posted to the Google Spam Hall of Shame<\/a>. It&#8217;s not that there is any less of it or that it is less obvious, its just that I have been busy on other projects.<\/p>\n<p>But I couldn&#8217;t resist this example of systemic name abuse occurring in the jewelry business in Toronto. As well as every other vertical and in every other market. 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