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How Easy is it to Spam Google Places for Business? The FBI Knows
A network engineer intentionally created fake business listings for the FBI and Secret Service without them knowing to prove a point to Google once and for all that its business listings on Google Maps had major loopholes and were primed for spam.
Search Headlines & Links: May 7, 2007
Want a snapshot of the day’s search marketing news? Here we’ve collected today’s top news stories posted to the Search Engine Watch ... read more
Yahoo Publisher Network Executives Leaving Yahoo
PaidContent.org has confirmation of rumors from Valleywag that two top executives in the Yahoo Publisher Network group are leaving Yahoo. Bill Demas, ... read more
Google’s Marissa Mayer Makes Newsweek Cover
Via Valleywag, news that Google’s Marissa Mayer, vice president of search products & user experience, makes the cover of Newsweek and is ... read more
Google & Apple To Do Content, Ad Deals?
Google and Apple in iTV content talks from The Register covers how Google (according to Newsweek) may be providing video clips for ... read more
The end of the Gawker/Yahoo Experiment
Gawker Media honcho Nick Denton says the Yahoo syndication deal signed in November is lapsing. Why? Not enough traffic, a mismatch in ... read more
Google’s PayPal-Rival GBuy Looks Set To Launch This Week
We’ve had rumors that Google would launch its own PayPal-like payment system this week. Widely reported as GBuy, the Wall Street Journal ... read more
Google Founder “Ron Google” Helps Jessica Alba At MTV Movie Awards
Via Valleywag, this clip from last night’s MTV Movie Awards shows Jessica Alba having "Ron Google," the inventor of Google, comment on ... read more
San Francisco’s Mayor & The Google Guys
Via Valleywag, "S.F. mayor’s friendship with Google founders" from the San Francisco Chronicle looks at questions of propriety over San Francisco mayor ... read more
New Gossip Rag On Google Execs Dating
New gossip rag ValleyWag discloses that Google cofounder Larry Page and Google vice president of search products Marissa Mayer apparently used to ... read more
