Comments on: Google Sorry for Rewriting History, Changing Borders http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2009/08/google-mistake-changing-borders.html Internet Marketing News Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:00:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: » Pandia Search Engine News Wrap-up August 16 http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2009/08/google-mistake-changing-borders.html/comment-page-1#comment-81149 » Pandia Search Engine News Wrap-up August 16 Sun, 16 Aug 2009 14:10:04 +0000 http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/?p=12105#comment-81149 [...] Google Sorry for Rewriting History, Changing Borders [...] [...] Google Sorry for Rewriting History, Changing Borders [...]

]]> By: A little news.. | Fredhost.com blog http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2009/08/google-mistake-changing-borders.html/comment-page-1#comment-80645 A little news.. | Fredhost.com blog Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:17:43 +0000 http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/?p=12105#comment-80645 [...] search rollout Search functionality is getting more and more popular amongst the social media sites.Google sorry for rewriting history, Changing borders A little funny, but proves that its not that easy to maintain the whole wide world, nor the world [...] [...] search rollout Search functionality is getting more and more popular amongst the social media sites.Google sorry for rewriting history, Changing borders A little funny, but proves that its not that easy to maintain the whole wide world, nor the world [...]

]]> By: Robert http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2009/08/google-mistake-changing-borders.html/comment-page-1#comment-80632 Robert Mon, 10 Aug 2009 22:31:44 +0000 http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/?p=12105#comment-80632 Seems a little silly to create a national controversy over, and this is the 4th or 5th place I've seen with similar articles, but then again, I'm not the chinese government. Leave it to them to get all excited over this. Seems a little silly to create a national controversy over, and this is the 4th or 5th place I’ve seen with similar articles, but then again, I’m not the chinese government. Leave it to them to get all excited over this.

]]> By: Rajesh http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2009/08/google-mistake-changing-borders.html/comment-page-1#comment-80615 Rajesh Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:10:52 +0000 http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/?p=12105#comment-80615 Well - this is the joke. In google maps India - Arunachal Pradesh is shown in English and Hindi (a popular language - NOT the national language of India or anything). In google maps China - Arunachal Pradesh is shown in Chinese (while the other states of India) are still shown in English and Hindi. -- In google maps India - Arunachal Pradesh is shown as part of India In google maps China - Arunachal Pradesh is shown as China !!!!! Well – this is the joke.

In google maps India – Arunachal Pradesh is shown in English and Hindi (a popular language – NOT the national language of India or anything).

In google maps China – Arunachal Pradesh is shown in Chinese (while the other states of India) are still shown in English and Hindi.

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In google maps India – Arunachal Pradesh is shown as part of India
In google maps China – Arunachal Pradesh is shown as China !!!!!

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]]> By: john andrews http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2009/08/google-mistake-changing-borders.html/comment-page-1#comment-80596 john andrews Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:51:49 +0000 http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/?p=12105#comment-80596 Welcome to the modern world: - user submits edits to Google maps - Google accepts them into the map data and republishes them, redefining international borders - someone updates wikipedia to show new borders, thus making it official - teachers promptly update their lesson plans, because, well, wikipedia says so - a generation learns the new borders at school, and witnesses the verbal disputes amongst parents/grandparents who also claim Wikipedia and Google are stupid (yeah, right!) - upon hearing of these disputes, Americans check wikipedia and decide it's all just nonsense... those crazy Elbonian back country borders are clearly defined by wikipedia, and even Google maps shows them the same way. Someday those yokels will get The Internets and be learn a thing or two, instead of just feuding. American's go back to watching "Cops" and "the Bachelor" on TV. .-= john andrews´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/johnon/pDvU/~3/ZrXL4lKs_KQ/japanese-incense-2.html" rel="nofollow">Google Loves Brands in a Hard-Coded Way?</a> =-. Welcome to the modern world:

- user submits edits to Google maps
- Google accepts them into the map data and republishes them, redefining international borders
- someone updates wikipedia to show new borders, thus making it official
- teachers promptly update their lesson plans, because, well, wikipedia says so
- a generation learns the new borders at school, and witnesses the verbal disputes amongst parents/grandparents who also claim Wikipedia and Google are stupid (yeah, right!)
- upon hearing of these disputes, Americans check wikipedia and decide it’s all just nonsense… those crazy Elbonian back country borders are clearly defined by wikipedia, and even Google maps shows them the same way. Someday those yokels will get The Internets and be learn a thing or two, instead of just feuding. American’s go back to watching “Cops” and “the Bachelor” on TV.
.-= john andrews´s last blog ..Google Loves Brands in a Hard-Coded Way? =-.

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