Lisa from Online Marketing Mavens discovered that Earthlink might be spamming Google Local.

Last Friday I found that Big Local was spamming the Google Local, now Earthlink is?

Check this out!

Looks like Earthlink has over 1,700 listing in Google local!?

Is this another case of a bulk upload to Google local gone wrong? I think so!

If get an horrible accident and no longer have the use of my hands I can still play World of Warcraft!

This crazy eye tracking software, after some configuration, will control my avatar with my eyes!

Lets hope I never loose my the use of hands, but if I do I can still be a dork gamer!

Via TechCrunch

Big Local is totally spamming Google Maps. They are everywhere!

I was just doing some normal daily analytics checks this morning and I searched for the terms:

San diego internet consulting

I saw this!

I noticed “Big Local” dominating the results!

Looks like they are using the domain name www.clover.com, but that 302 redirects to www.BigLocal.com.

They are also using various street address to get these multiple results! They must be using PO Boxes or UPS addresses.

I am so surprised that Google let this happen. Hell even in there their description it mentions that this listing is not a physical location!

We think your new business is #1, and it’s our job to put it there. Be found for searches in the San Diego area. Not a Physical Location.

Then it got worse!

I searched: Dallas internet consulting

All you have to do to find more spam is search “City Name” + internet consulting.

Try it for yourself!

PLEASE PLEASE GOOGLE REMOVE THIS SPAM FROM GOOGLE LOCAL!

Update:

Thanks to Mike over at Understanding Google Maps & Yahoo Local Search he sent me this link:

Good find. Here is a more revealing search:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&view=text&hl=en&q=%22big+local%22+site:clovers.com&ie=UTF8&sa=N&start=990