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Re: Garbage In, Garbage Out: Why Scraping Doesn't Work for L... by jshen on Tuesday July 14, 2009 @02:19PM (#704273)
I think you missed my point. Manual oversight of tens of millions of listings is not remotely practical. The article points out bad data in google, and it hasn't eroded their user base ;) Don't you think there is a reason google hasn't manually reviewed each listing?
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Re: Garbage In, Garbage Out: Why Scraping Doesn't Work for L... by tokenadult on Tuesday July 14, 2009 @02:31PM (#704303)
The article points out bad data in google, and it hasn't eroded their user base ;)

I don't trust Google at all for local information. I use social networks and ask my local friends rather than Google when I'm looking for a restaurant or other business in my town.

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Re: Garbage In, Garbage Out: Why Scraping Doesn't Work for L... by jshen on Tuesday July 14, 2009 @02:54PM (#704352)
apples and oranges
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