Google Maps Spam Hurting Businesses

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Many businesses rely on being found through Google Maps’ search results. Unfortunately, malicious users are abusing the error reporting system and marking many businesses permanently closed. The misreporting has become so rampant that business owners are lashing out at Google to stop the damage. Read the full article at NYTimes.com

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Shelly Palmer

Shelly Palmer is Fox 5 New York's On-air Tech Expert (WNYW-TV) and the host of Fox Television's monthly show Shelly Palmer Digital Living. He also hosts United Stations Radio Network's, Shelly Palmer Digital Living Daily, a daily syndicated radio report that features insightful commentary and a unique insiders take on the biggest stories in technology, media, and entertainment. He is Managing Director of Advanced Media Ventures Group, LLC an industry-leading advisory and business development firm and a member of the Executive Committee of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (the organization that bestows the coveted Emmy® Awards).