Cleaners in London – google local wtf ?
Since Google said they where adding new features to Google Local to stop the spam I thought I would keep an eye out, normally I am banner blind to maps these days..
But how the hell do you get Covent Garden’s Hidden Village shopping centre, Adidas (Twice) and a Pay as you go car hire company !! some help me understand..
Google Local gets cleaners in london mixed up
Dave
malcolm coles 1289 days ago
http://www.malcolmcoles.co.ukMaybe someone has been deliberately mucking about?!? If you click on the result, the HTML contains the hitbox code:
var strUrl = “http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/place?cid=12715116471710724715&q=cleaners+london&gl=uk&cad=src:ppreviews&ei=AQb4SuWaPJfKjAem-YE0&dtab=2&pcsi=12715116471710724715,0&geocode=FaYJEgMdhgz-_w”;
//0 – No tracking, 1 – TestAccount, 2 – Production.
var numHitBoxTrack = 2;
Perhaps if you make a site appear often enough in google local and click through enough times, google sees ‘cleaners london’ in the HTML of the referrer.
That sounds a bit rubbish as a theory, I’ll give you…
malcolm coles 1289 days ago
http://www.malcolmcoles.co.ukThat was the Adidas one by the way …
rishil 1289 days ago
http://designer-watches.orgI think it was based on the semantic markup languacge offered by thir party reffering pingbacks via the propsed anchor text developed on the hCard format of the geolocational factor.
rishil 1289 days ago
http://designer-watches.orgActually jokes apart, this>>>>>> http://twitter.com/patrickaltoft/statuses/5557076124
malcolm coles 1289 days ago
http://www.malcolmcoles.co.ukExcept Google wouldn’t be surfing through its own search results. Doh. So what @rishil said.
Dudibob 1289 days ago
Maybe it’s because they’re cleaning up?
Jokes aside, perhaps the maps system is a lot cruder than the main search function and is including Adidas because they’re popular for ‘London’? Weird how it is only them in that case though
arse 1289 days ago
why are google been such a arse nugget about this
DaveN 1289 days ago
arse don’t be a arsehat
George 1289 days ago
Yeah arse, you arsehat, spamming sucks!! Loft Conversions London is just as bad.
Gul 1280 days ago
Dave
You don’t really like Google localisation do you
First Google.co.uk results and now this,
but most of the points you make are valid and hopefully Google will listen.