{"id":2394,"date":"2009-02-12T05:54:24","date_gmt":"2009-02-12T09:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/?p=2394"},"modified":"2009-02-12T12:14:51","modified_gmt":"2009-02-12T16:14:51","slug":"porn-mapspam-creeping-into-the-local-10-pack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2009\/02\/12\/porn-mapspam-creeping-into-the-local-10-pack\/","title":{"rendered":"Porn Mapspam Creeping into the Local 10 Pack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a new development in the mapspam world (as if we need new developments), it was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/support\/forum\/p\/maps\/thread?tid=3ce098bf67ff41d9&#038;hl=en\">reported<\/a> in the Google Maps Help Group that the search: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/search?hl=en&#038;ie=UTF-8&#038;q=auto+insurance+los+angeles&#038;fb=1&#038;split=1&#038;gl=us&#038;view=text&#038;latlng=16720200002228433749&#038;dtab=3&#038;ei=tv2RScOqK5mKiAP5kNj_DA&#038;sa=N&#038;tab=lw\">Auto Insurance Los Angeles, CA<\/a> is now returning not just mapspam but porn mapspam.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/porno_map_spam.png\" alt=\"porno_map_spam\" title=\"porno_map_spam\" width=\"500\" height=\"434\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/porno_map_spam.png 500w, https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/porno_map_spam-150x130.png 150w, https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/porno_map_spam-450x390.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This listing does not appear to be a &#8220;community edit hijack&#8221; but rather a &#8220;legitimate&#8221; claimed record (or possibly a hijacked legitimately claimed record) in the LBC. Now when Danny Sullivan <a href=\"http:\/\/news.cnet.com\/8301-17939_109-10160515-2.html\">suggests<\/a> that Google clean up the Mapspam in Google Maps, we know what he means. Leave it to LA to be at the forefront of this new effort. \ud83d\ude42 Although I should be careful not to give those folks any new ideas.<\/p>\n<p>I always exhibit a certain lack of imagination when it comes to monetizing the &#8220;business pospects&#8221; of Google Maps. But this one engenders all sorts of thoughts of income opportunities for the enterprising Search Marketer&#8230;<!--more--><em>Airport Bathroom Cleaning Services<\/em> -ItsNotJustforSenators.com or <em>Casting Services<\/em> &#8211; JustTheRightBody.com &#8230;..hmmm the possibilities are endless.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a new development in the mapspam world (as if we need new developments), it was reported in the Google Maps Help Group that the search: Auto Insurance Los Angeles, CA is now returning not just mapspam but porn mapspam. This listing does not appear to be a &#8220;community edit hijack&#8221; but rather a &#8220;legitimate&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-google-maps-google-local"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2394"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2394\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2409,"href":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2394\/revisions\/2409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}