{"id":339,"date":"2007-12-23T15:04:09","date_gmt":"2007-12-23T19:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2007\/12\/23\/wanted-colombo-assistants\/"},"modified":"2007-12-23T15:09:06","modified_gmt":"2007-12-23T19:09:06","slug":"wanted-colombo-assistants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2007\/12\/23\/wanted-colombo-assistants\/","title":{"rendered":"Wanted: Colombo assistants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For all of you that are hot on the trail of Mapspammers <a href=\"http:\/\/lifehacker.com\/336514\/hack-google-maps-urls-for-quick-searching\">this post<\/a> might help to speed things up :<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lifehacker.com\/336514\/hack-google-maps-urls-for-quick-searching\">Hack Google (Maps) URLs for Quick Searching <\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Basically, the multi-step process of going to Google [Maps], typing in an address, clicking submit, etc., can be avoided by just putting all your info directly into the URL. For example typing this works:<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?q=1683 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA<\/em><\/p>\n<p>So for example to find Cathy&#8217;s florist that she <a href=\"http:\/\/groups.google.com\/group\/Google-Maps-For-Business-Owners\/browse_thread\/thread\/185ba8fd6abfcef3?hl=en==============================================================================\">reported last week<\/a> to Google Maps for Business Group you would simply type in the URL:<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?q=flowers with gifted elegance<\/p>\n<p>To receive your secret decoder ring send along your recently found Mapspam.<\/p>\n<p>(this would also work for those of you who just use Maps a lot and are not interested in joining the Columbo Mystery Squad)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For all of you that are hot on the trail of Mapspammers this post might help to speed things up : Hack Google (Maps) URLs for Quick Searching Basically, the multi-step process of going to Google [Maps], typing in an address, clicking submit, etc., can be avoided by just putting all your info directly into &#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-339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-google-maps-google-local"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.8 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"For all of you that are hot on the trail of Mapspammers this post might help to speed things up : Hack Google (Maps) URLs for Quick Searching Basically, the multi-step process of going to Google [Maps], typing in an address, clicking submit, etc., can be avoided by just putting all your info directly into\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mike Blumenthal\"\/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2007\/12\/23\/wanted-colombo-assistants\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 4.9.8\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Mike Blumenthal | Developing Knowledge about Local Search\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wanted: Colombo assistants\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"For all of you that are hot on the trail of Mapspammers this post might help to speed things up : Hack Google (Maps) URLs for Quick Searching Basically, the multi-step process of going to Google [Maps], typing in an address, clicking submit, etc., can be avoided by just putting all your info directly into\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2007\/12\/23\/wanted-colombo-assistants\/\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2007-12-23T19:04:09+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2007-12-23T19:09:06+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Wanted: Colombo assistants\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"For all of you that are hot on the trail of Mapspammers this post might help to speed things up : Hack Google (Maps) URLs for Quick Searching Basically, the multi-step process of going to Google [Maps], typing in an address, clicking submit, etc., can be avoided by just putting all your info directly into\" \/>\n\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"aioseo-schema\">\n\t\t\t{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blumenthals.com\\\/blog\\\/2007\\\/12\\\/23\\\/wanted-colombo-assistants\\\/#article\",\"name\":\"Wanted: Colombo assistants\",\"headline\":\"Wanted: Colombo assistants\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blumenthals.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/mike-blumenthal\\\/#author\"},\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blumenthals.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"datePublished\":\"2007-12-23T15:04:09-04:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2007-12-23T15:09:06-04:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blumenthals.com\\\/blog\\\/2007\\\/12\\\/23\\\/wanted-colombo-assistants\\\/#webpage\"},\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blumenthals.com\\\/blog\\\/2007\\\/12\\\/23\\\/wanted-colombo-assistants\\\/#webpage\"},\"articleSection\":\"Google Places (Maps &amp; 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