Drudge - Front Page Story on Mismatched Google Search Results

[scottsonline]

If you check out the Drudge page - they mention how a search for the lincoln memorial returns the FDR memorial complete with a link of the results.

It isn't just site owners and webmasters that are noticing the problems.

[tedster]

Interesting - have you got a link you can share? I'm having trouble finding the story through Google Search ;)

[Tallon]

It's on the front page of drudgereport.com, right column. It links to a google map result (link is too long to post in here). Headline: "GOOGLE search for Lincoln Memorial pulls up FDR Memorial?!"

[ken_b]

Yup, I just tried the Lincoln Memorial (no quotes) search and sure enough the first listing was for a Google "Place Page" for the FDR Memorial.

How fun.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
Place page
1850 West Basin Dr SW
Washington, DC 20242
[phone]
Get directions - Is this accurate?
Open Daily 8am-12am

Rated 4.3 out of 5.0
51 reviews

I love the "Get directions - Is this accurate? " question.

Well, maybe for the FDR Memorial, but that wasn't what I searched for.... :)

[tedster]

Ah yes - so Drudge is reporting a Google Maps issue, rather than an organic search issue.

Here's the link [maps.google.com] to the bad Google Maps result

[TypicalSurfer]

sounds like political dirty tricks if you read the reviews.