SMBs Have Got Google Maps’ Number…

Just found a classic thread on one of those “did you get a call from this phone number” sites. Some samples for your local SEO reading pleasure:

Calls our business several times per day (not interested in their services). If you hang up, they call right back. They repeat this throughout the day and when we come to work have voice mails left on our machine soliciting their services. I want them to stop calling period!

Called me several times, early morning/evening. Pretending to represent google map. He is from outside the country, very heavy accent. Do not give information to this person.

I got a call from this number. the girl has a very heavy india accent..after I talked to her our website is gone from google place. It is really sucks.

Asked for Nurse next door

The guy called and said he was looking at my website and wanted to verify my address which he read to me. Do you think that Sergy and Brin (Google’s founders and biggest shareholders) hire and pay people from India to find my little company on the web and have them call me to verify my address?????? (Actually Google sent a postcard to verify the listing when I signed up for Analytics.) The telemarker scammer said he was with “google maps” an often used ruse. I asked him where “google maps” was and he stammered for a while then I asked him where he was located. He said India. I told him I get about 10 of these calls a day and if he called again I would transfer him to the FBI because he was a scammer. He stammered and said “Yes sir Yes Sir”

Don’t ring me please, I am fed up.

I could go on and on. You can find plenty of these sites on this SERP. Enjoy