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Is Google Using Pilfered Maps?The town of Argleton, England doesn't exist, but you can search its white pages, look for nearby chiropractors and map a jog through town, because "Argleton" is on Google Maps. How'd the phantom town get there? Funny you should ask. Google and its Dutch map provider told the UK Telegrap... |
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We Can Think of Several Hundred Million Other ReasonsAuletta: Google feared buying the NYT would "sabotage their identity as a neutral search engine." ... |
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5 things we like about DroidThe new smartphone, powered by Google's Android, is being pitched as an iPhone competitor. Will it succeed where many have failed? ... |
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Google Maps Creates a Completely New Town in the UKFrom a Pos by Matt McGeet: Google and its UK map provider, Tele Atlas, are cleaning the egg off their faces this week over the appearance of a town called Argleton in Google Maps. …and there’s even an Argleton place page with photos and more. Matt also points out that there is Google page with ... |
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Homebizlist and Homebizlast are Probably ScamsI’ve been getting a lots of calls and emails about Homebizlist.com and Homebizlast.com today. Seems that someone is hacking Facebook accounts today and posting false status updates with links to these sites. Homebizlist.com and Homebizlast.com are almost certainly scams. If you have websi... |
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Google Targets Spammers With New Local Business Listing GuidelinesGoogle has tweaked its guidelines for local businesses that use the Google Maps Local Business Center. The new guidelines are listed on Google’s Business Listing Quality Guidelines page. On Search Engine Roundtable, Barry Schwartz shows both the old and new guidelines, while on his blog, Mi... |

