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Instant Websites and Merchant Circle Questionable Practices

April 20, 2009

Over the weekend I wrote how Merchant Circle was up to something shady. After doing more research it seems the rabbit hole goes deeper than expected.
Merchant Circle Instant Website
After BTS commented that these sites may have been generated via MerchantCircle’s "Instant Website" service. I began to probe deeper into [...]

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Merchant Circle Hijacking Local Business Listings

April 18, 2009

Updated:
I have followed up on this post with Instant Websites and Merchant Circle Questionable Practices. Check it out.
This post outlines the finer points of the MerchantCircle issue in much better detail.

Revision
When writing this post I made some assumptions that may not be 100% accurate in the example of Rutt of Los Altos. I do [...]

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Local Search and Website Copyrights

March 21, 2009

Sleepless Again
The majority of this post was written while my insomniac mind continues to mull over the MerchantCircle case. After about 45 minutes of laying in bed, sleepless I decided I might as well get my thoughts out here.
Wrong URL?
To be honest I find it puzzling how the wrong URL to many of these listings. [...]

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