You may have read my previous article published in January 5, 2009 about Google Map Spam – Multiple Listings By The Same Company. I noticed that in my fabulous traffic tracking tool (Web-Stat) that I had several visits to this particular blog article from Google in Mountain View California. I hoped that maybe, just maybe, Google was reading my blog article and would fix this particular issue. I thought, no, I was just having delusions of grandeur.  I just checked my listing, and it’s now moved up to #1 for “website design seattle” and the two duplicate listing are gone!

Re-read my previous article and take a good look at the screen shot. See how the top two are the same company, and I’m in fourth place? Take a look at what I noticed today:

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I can’t believe my eyes! Did Google actually read my blog article and fix this issue? Or was it because I posted the issue in their Google map spam forum? Or is it completely unrelated?

I guess I’ll never know for sure, but what I can say is that something changed, and if you see that there’s a company that’s spamming Google maps, you should report it in their forum and if you have a blog, write an article about. I do believe, now more than ever, that Google does try to give you the most relevant search results and tries to fight fraud and cheating whenever they can, so if you see something amiss, report it and maybe you’ll get lucky too!

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