{"id":726,"date":"2008-07-08T08:42:45","date_gmt":"2008-07-08T12:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/?p=726"},"modified":"2008-07-10T22:09:50","modified_gmt":"2008-07-11T02:09:50","slug":"google-maps-earthlink-mapspam-making-a-comeback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2008\/07\/08\/google-maps-earthlink-mapspam-making-a-comeback\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Maps: Earthlink Mapspam making a comeback"},"content":{"rendered":"

Update 7\/10\/08<\/strong>:\u00c2\u00a0Google has now removed the Earthlink listings. As of 6:29 pm EST, the Australian Locksmith Mapspam<\/a> in still in place.<\/p>\n

Update 7\/10\/08<\/strong>:As of 10:00 EST the Australian Locksmith Mapspam<\/a> has been removed.<\/p>\n

In early May, Imamnotadoctor.com reported that there was widespread mapspsam from Earthlink<\/a> in Google Maps. Maps Guide Jen noted on his blog that it had been a bulk upload abuse and that the listings had been removed.<\/p>\n

They are now back and in large volume. On the search Business Internet DSL San Leandro Ca<\/a> it dominated the listing:
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In exploring Maps it appears that there are over 3000 listings nationwide<\/a> with a listing for every central switching office in the US where they have a DSlam:
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Update 7\/10\/08:\u00c2\u00a0Google has now removed the Earthlink listings. As of 6:29 pm EST, the Australian Locksmith Mapspam in still in place. Update 7\/10\/08:As of 10:00 EST the Australian Locksmith Mapspam has been removed. In early May, Imamnotadoctor.com reported that there was widespread mapspsam from Earthlink in Google Maps. Maps Guide Jen noted on his blog …<\/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-726","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