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Re:Wouldn't it be fun to build your own Google? by rjaco31 on Thursday December 11, 2014 @04:00AM (#8733861)
>A classic example of this can be found by searching for "laptop repair bradford pa". This brings up "Illusory Laptop Repair", located in the middle of a railroad crossing. A SEO expert created that phony business listing to demonstrate how bad Google was at detecting such spam. Google still thinks it's real.

This doesn't seem to work.

Re:Wouldn't it be fun to build your own Google? by FeeTinesAMady on Thursday December 11, 2014 @05:38AM (#8734091)
It does work on Google Maps, I find, but not on the main search page.

This is what I found: https://maps.google.com/maps?q=laptop+repair+bradford+pa&hl=...

Re:Wouldn't it be fun to build your own Google? by Animats on Thursday December 11, 2014 @01:59PM (#8736457)
If you're logged into Google, your results may vary.