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Microsoft Listed As ‘Escort Service’ On Google Maps

A blogger critic of Google’s easily “hijacked” Google Maps local listings search, Mike Blumenthal, demonstrated its flaw by doing a bit of hijacking himself. He re-labeled a Microsoft office as the MICROSOFT ESCORT SERVICE. Google protects businesses against hijacking, but only if they actively claim their Google Maps record.

Original post by Mike

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