{"id":2795,"date":"2009-03-19T06:02:16","date_gmt":"2009-03-19T10:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/?p=2795"},"modified":"2009-03-18T17:16:59","modified_gmt":"2009-03-18T21:16:59","slug":"will-david-mihm-get-lost-in-the-big-apple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/19\/will-david-mihm-get-lost-in-the-big-apple\/","title":{"rendered":"Will David Mihm get lost in the Big Apple?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"wrong-maps2\"Portland web designer and search consultant<\/a>, David Mihm, \u00a0is heading to SES NY next week to speak. He was exploring Google Maps\u00a0and he sent me this search:\u00a0Morgan Library at 225 Madison Ave, NYC<\/a>\u00a0that he had looked up in anticipation of his trip. David noted to me that he “was looking forward to seeing the new Renzo Piano addition to the library … \u00a0I was sad to see that I would need to slog through a gauntlet of locksmith storefronts before I was allowed to enter.” \u00a0<\/p>\n

In some ways the result encapsulates all that is not quite right with Maps. One can’t really extrapolate a generality from a specific but this\u00a0single Map\u00a0result does seem to capture many of the problems a given business might face while attempting to project itself into Google Maps…. 3 mapspam entries, one erroneously located drug store via a YellowPage error (it is really located at 225 Madison St) and the inability of Google’s clustering\u00a0algorithm\u00a0to correctly consolidate 4 listings for the Morgan Library all listed at the one address. \u00a0<\/p>\n

The result probably won’t keep David from his desired rounds. In the end, with the big dance in full swing, I find it very unlikely that David would be\u00a0exploring Renzo Pianos rather than glued to the TV protecting his pool investments. But who knows?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Portland web designer and search consultant, David Mihm, \u00a0is heading to SES NY next week to speak. He was exploring Google Maps\u00a0and he sent me this search:\u00a0Morgan Library at 225 Madison Ave, NYC\u00a0that he had looked up in anticipation of his trip. David noted to me that he “was looking forward to seeing the new …<\/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-2795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-google-maps-google-local"],"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