Silvery - 1:27 am on Jan 13, 2009 (gmt 0)

Google Maps has partnered with a number of content providers to use their reviews/ratings along with numerous other business info parameters.

If you notice, Google Maps ratings are often derived from adding the ratings from all the various info provider sources into one combined rating.

You'd have to contact Google Maps' business development people to set up an arrangement for using your site/company as an info provider in that case.

I suspect that anallawalla's trial data submission method is likely based upon the data format for Google Maps' normal business data partner format.