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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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