chrisnrae - 2:55 am on Mar 6, 2005 (gmt 0)

Hmmm, looks like Google didn't quite follow their own advice by "creating unique and quality content for the user". (I so tried to resist.) Seems they went with the ride someone else's content idea. Which is fine. Just kind of ironic when you think of the advice often spouted to webmasters by G. ;-)

Frankly, if the reviews from gayot and citysearch are so great - why do I need Google Local? I'll go direct to the source myself and cut out the middle man, er clicks.

I can't decide if it's a smart move (because they now have a ton of reviews without any massive work to get them on their own) or if it's a dumb move (because they are basically sending traffic to sites that offer the same thing as Google Local - only complete with on site reviews). Guess we'll see.