Silvery - 4:42 pm on Feb 9, 2010 (gmt 0)

anallawalla, the "feature" is very new, thus far, so perhaps it hasn't yet been rolled out to Google's non-domestic Maps properties.

Others of us have also observed the mystifying lack of consistency and relevancy for various Place pages.

It seems to me to be a very mixed message to try to persuade businesses to claim their place pages in order to add/update/control content upon them, and then to turn around and plaster competitors on the same page...

From a usability standpoint, I would think users could click on linked Business Category names or click breadcrumb navigation or the Back key in order to see other similar businesses in the area...