NZ florist charged after hijacking Google map listings

[gloriosaflorist]

From the article:

A Napier florist is thought to be the first person in New Zealand to be charged with maliciously changing the website details of her competitors.
Kendra Drinkwater, 40, has been charged with using the Google search engine dishonestly, causing loss to seven Hawke's Bay florists.

Full story HERE.

 

[Mikey the Flower Guy]

do you know that shop's name by chance??...I have an "issue" with a NZ florist....

 

[lovesroses]

Stealing flowers!

"Tis the season, I guess. Things must be really bad out there if people are resorting to stealing flowers; see this story: http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/...120308/Fake-flower-coupons-flummox-in-Swanton

 

[gloriosaflorist]

do you know that shop's name by chance??...I have an "issue" with a NZ florist....

I don't know any more than the article says, it was forwarded to me by a friend in NZ.

A quick Google tells me that

Drinkwater... runs Napier Florist from her suburban home

(from HERE).

The website looks like it's not fully functional any more: http://www.napierflorist.co.nz/

 

[Palms]

Mikey i think one of the others have put a thread up as well about this and CHR commented with a post. Maybe this may tell you something as well.

 

[gloriosaflorist]

Mikey i think one of the others have put a thread up as well about this and CHR commented with a post. Maybe this may tell you something as well.

Apologies for the repost, this has indeed already been posted elsewhere (here).

 

[Palms]

No need for the apologies Gloriosa, there are no rules against it. Just pointing Mikey to an article that CHR posted.