zett - 10:11 am on Sep 25, 2009 (gmt 0)

as the Place Pages data is aggregated from elsewhere on the web and organized into well-structured documents from algorithmically chosen images, articles, reviews, and other information

It will be interesting to see how they actually implement this. Will they embed (hotlink?) images into the Place Pages? If randomly chosen, how will they ensure that they are on-topic?

the Place Pages of more popular places are likely to be justifiably considered threatening to many types of sites.

Absolutely.

I can already envision the Place Page grabbing unique content from our sites and displaying Google ads next to it. If the users can find what they are looking for at the Place Page, why visit the originating web site? Argh.