{"id":6571,"date":"2010-04-29T13:23:19","date_gmt":"2010-04-29T17:23:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/?p=6571"},"modified":"2010-07-26T17:13:55","modified_gmt":"2010-07-26T21:13:55","slug":"google-updates-community-edit-history-with-editor-quality-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/29\/google-updates-community-edit-history-with-editor-quality-comments\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Updates Community Edit History with Editor Quality Comments"},"content":{"rendered":"

Google Maps has been updating a number of features of late, some<\/a> small and some<\/a> not so small.<\/p>\n

Here is a detail of the upgrade that was pointed out to me by Alice, one of PureSheer<\/a>\u2019s staff, where Google is now including a great deal of interesting history of community edits. If you edit a non-claimed listing<\/a>, Google is now presenting an incredibly detailed edit history :<\/p>\n

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What is so fascinating about this history is that it includes opinions (one presumes algorythmically derived) about the quality of the edits AND the quality of the editor. I have bolded some of these:<\/p>\n

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\nPhone: Deleted 415-373-1665
\nInteresting notes about this edit:
\nUser is new to making edits of this kind
\n<\/strong>
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\nThis edit is a suggestion
\nPhone: 415-422-9594 415-373-1665
\nInteresting notes about this edit:
\nUser has some history of entering poor data.
\nUser has made few edits.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Changed 3 hours 50 mins ago
\nThis edit is a suggestion
\nPhone: 415-422-9594 415-373-1665
\nInteresting notes about this edit:
\nUser has some history of entering poor data.
\nUser has made few edits.<\/p>\n

Changed 4 hours 33 mins ago
\nPhone: 415-373-1665 415-422-9594
\nInteresting notes about this edit:
\nUser is new to making edits of this kind<\/p>\n

Added 4 hours 33 mins ago
\nName: SF Bay Locksmith San Francisco (English, type: Preferred)
\nName: Available Locksmith San Francisco (English, type: Obscure)
\nBuilding \/ Ground: Establishment \/ Point of Interest
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\nAddress: 236, West Portal Avenue, San Francisco, CA, United States, 94127
\nPhone: 415-422-9594
\nWebsite: http:\/\/local.yahoo.com\/details?id=39293372&csz=Larkspur%2C+CA&tab=reviews&setalert=1&target=YSW6OQWLAADKYP4C2WC3FE6BV4&lcscb=&from=1
\nPayment types: Visa
\nPayment types: MasterCard
\nAdditional Categories: Locksmith
\nInteresting notes about this edit:
\nUser has increased their rate of edits.
\nPornographic or curse words have been detected.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bill Slawsky has written a number of posts on how Google may be rating raters<\/a>. This might just be providing us a glimpse of that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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