Maps Guide Jen responded today to one of the reports of Mapspam in NYC:<\/p>\n
TOPIC: Scam Using Google Local http:\/\/groups.google.com\/group\/Google-Maps-For-Business-Owners\/browse_thread\/thread\/2ec66a24df6021b4?hl=en<\/a> == 1 of 1 == We’re looking into this and will take appropriate steps to make sure the Thanks for letting us know, On Nov 30, 2007 3:10 PM, Chris > <\/chris><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Maps Guide Jen responded today to one of the reports of Mapspam in NYC: TOPIC: Scam Using Google Local http:\/\/groups.google.com\/group\/Google-Maps-For-Business-Owners\/browse_thread\/thread\/2ec66a24df6021b4?hl=en ============================================================================== == 1 of 1 == Date: Tues, Dec 11 2007 2:37 pm From: “Maps Guide Jen” We’re looking into this and will take appropriate steps to make sure the businesses on Google Maps are …<\/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-308","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\/308","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=308"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nDate: Tues, Dec 11 2007 2:37 pm
\nFrom: “Maps Guide Jen” <\/p>\n
\nbusinesses on Google Maps are represented fairly.<\/p>\n
\nJen<\/p>\n
\n> It recently came to my attention that a certain website
\n> (www.newyearseve.com) recently registered about a hundred different
\n> “businesses” on Google Local with different major nightclub, names all
\n> using variations of the same address:
\n>
\n> 133 West 25th Street New York, NY 10001
\n>
\n> They don’t actually own any of these nightclubs, it’s just a scam to
\n> trick users to buy tickets from them. An example of this is Webster
\n> Hall
\n>
\n>
\n> http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?f=l&abauth=96173e12%3A5flz0VneqLN9IaRtOrI-C2ziXSI&view=text&hl=en&q=webster+hall&near=New+York%2C+NY&btnG=Search+Businesses<\/a>
\n>
\n> One of these is the real Webster Hall, the other is a trick. Can
\n> anything be done about this type of scam? These types of tactics are
\n> hurting legitimate businesses.<\/p>\n