Thank you so much for all this detailed information. We'll look into your
reports further to try and track down where our data might be outdated. I
definitely appreciate your taking the time on this!
> Jen:
> Thanks for the response, Jen. It would seem G would want to work off of
> current, rather than very antiquated information. The example, I gave shows
> quite a number of locations and information that is outdated by 7 years or
> longer.
> Since I do not see a way to inform Google of current changes I'm going to
> reiterate a number of closed businesses that were specifically bartending
> schools but have been out of business for some period of time. (I won't
> bother referencing the other sites, some of which have very obscure
> references to this category, some of which have less obscure references)
> Global Bartending
> 404 N George Mason Drive, Arlington, VA
> 703 526 0342
> This place has been closed probably 9 years. The phone # is disconnected
> Bartending School-Vli
> 803 W Broad Street,
> Falls Church VA
> 703 237 3905
> This number is for a Massage Therapy School. I believe this is a carry
> over from a school that closed 7 years ago. This is definately not a
> bartending school.
> Professional Bartending School
> Falls Church, VA
> (703) 241 -2420
> This is a roll over number to our operating school. We purchased it about
> 7 years ago when another bartending school folded. We believe the number we
> purchased and the above referenced school (bartending school vli) were one
> and the same. We'd suggest you rid yourselves of both. With G's new method
> of highlighting local businesses via G maps and accessing every source under
> the rainbow....it leads to dramatic and massive confusion. It is simply far
> far far more pronounced since G maps became very visable. It wasn't
> anywhere's near this pronounced over the last 7 years. I'd say the power of
> G maps has dramatically more impact than any form of print yellow pages.
> Allowing situations like this will provide for widespread confusion for
> consumers. The distance between the two locations is 8.3 miles and 14
> minutes using G maps
> Capital Bartending School
> 716 Church Street
> Alexandria, Virginia.
> (703) 549 5850
> This school closed last year. We know. They sold us their equipment.
> The phone still operates and it rolls to an individual's personal number.
> We are aware they remain licensed to operate for some portion of a year in
> which they have a license to operate through the state regulatory board.
> Maryland Bartending Academy
> College park, Md
> (301) 513 0256
> This location closed at least 7 years ago, or longer. The phone number
> rolls over to a school in Glen Burnie, Maryland. The distance is
> approximately 28 miles and 34 minutes using directions via Google maps.
> That is quite a distance and time frame for a reference that is trying to be
> local. Similarly it references a business that is generally considered
> within the Baltimore metropolitan region versus the Washington DC region.
> Bartender's Academy Inc
> Beltsville, Maryland
> (301) 513 0256
> This is a 2nd location for the school referenced immediately above. Again
> it had to have closed approximately 7or more years ago. The actual location
> of a school which both of these represent was in College Park, Maryland.
> Bartender of America Bartending School
> 9651 Baltimore Avenue, Coolge Park, MD
> (301) 220-0055
> This represents a web site purportedly representing a school. The actual
> physical site was closed by officials of the Maryland Education System which
> oversees all such schools. The website was advertising an entity which is
> supposed to operate under state regulation for consumer protection laws.
> The current phone number rolls over to a second phone number, 301 220
> 0221.
> By advertising these closed schools Google is actually making the job of
> state consumer regulatory boards more difficult.
> All other listings for searches of bartending schools either show
> operating bartending schools, or some other obscure references.
> Since there is no other way for Google to remove listings I hope this is
> sufficient to get Google to remove the seriously erroneous information. If
> not please let me know what we can do to help Google supply more accurate
> information.
> Sincerely,
> Dave
> -----Original Message-----
> *From:* Google-Maps-For-Business-Owners@googlegroups.com [mailto:
> Google-Maps-For-Business-Owners@googlegroups.com]*On Behalf Of *Maps Guide
> Jen
> *Sent:* Saturday, February 17, 2007 1:11 AM
> *To:* Google-Maps-For-Business-Owners@googlegroups.com
> *Subject:* Re: Google Maps shows many businesses that are either closed or
> inappropriate
> Hi Dave,
> Google Maps receives its information from a variety of Yellow Pages
> sources - if a business never opens, it should drop out of our database when
> we update our information from those sources. I can't shed any light onto
> how keywords or categories are assigned to specific listings, but I can
> assure that it is done through an algorithm and that all the search results
> you're seeing are generated that way.
> I can certainly understand why these listings might be misleading. We're
> working to make our listings as accurate as possible.
> Thanks,
> Jen
> On 2/12/07, Earlpearl <david.oreml...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I operate a bartending school in the Washington DC region; the
> > Professional Bartending School 2440 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington
> > Virginia 22201 703 841 9700
> > For searches that include both Washington DC, a nearby town, and the
> > term bartending school the following businesses show up on Google
> > Maps; all of which are closed, not operating, or haven't been
> > operating for years.
> > Capitol Bartending School Alexandria 703 549 5850. Closed this year.
> > Bartending School vli Falls Church 703 237 3905. This is a massage
> > therapy school.
> > Global Bartending. This number is disconnected and hasn't been
> > operating for many many years.
> > Maryland Bartending Academy College Park .....and
> > Bartender's Academy Greenbelt
> > Both have the same number 301 513 0256. The number rolls over to a
> > location for the Maryland Bartending Academy located in Glen Burnie
> > Maryland.
> > Bartender of America Bartending School 9651 Baltimore Avenue, College
> > Park.
> > This school never opened.
> > Besides that you show a number of higly ranked or top ranked services
> > that are simply not bartending schools.
> > Your information needs to be cleaned up. It is dramatically wrong and
> > misleading.
> > It is more misleading than any other source including the Yellow Pages
> > print versions or anything in existance.
> > How can the clean up of the information be accomplished?
> > Dave
