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Local Internet Marketing Firm Spams Google Maps Bigtime
Searching News Source: http://searchengineland.com
Story Found By: seosurvivor 1379 Days ago
Category: Searching
In another case of major mapspam (discovered first by Imnotadoctor), a SMB-local internet market firm, Big Local, has captured many of the top positions in the Google Maps "onebox" for the category "internet consulting." Below are some examples from various cities.
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from mbun 1379 Days ago #
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If you look at the fine print (http://www.biglocal.com/works.php) they clarify that the #1 listing guarantee applies to searches on your business name. Sneaky.

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from imnotadoctor 1379 Days ago #
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Wow i hope no poor suckers actually bought this service.These types of scams give our industry such a bad reputation!

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from rickvidallon 1378 Days ago #
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Their about us page is down... http://www.biglocal.com/about.php I guess they are scambling like roaches now that someone has turned on the lights.  I searched (virginia beach internet consulting) and I found more interesting text in their google map listing. Click on DETAILS and you will see: Description‎: We think your new business is #1, and it’s our job to put it there. Be found for searches in the Virginia Beach area. Not a Physical Location.Interesting that they have the caveat (Not a Physical Location) - clever roaches...

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from VikramSingh 1378 Days ago #
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Big Local is just the kind of firm that inspires me to write more posts like this: http://www.thebigwaveblog.com/2008/04/28/jason-calacanis-of-mahalo-on-seo-bullst-wasting-time-and-the-google-gods/ . I hope Google web spam team gets to them soon (Go Matt!)

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