Squidoo definition
(Remember I'm here only because I accidentally found it in updating Firefox.)

Quoted: Spam, on the other hand, is an aggressive act. It's about tricking people, redirecting traffic, larding stuff with keywords just to deceive. Spam is about unsolicited email and stuffing pages into searches where they don't belong. We don't tolerate spam at Squidoo. If you find spam, please tell us! If you find a great lens, tell everyone. Sharing lots of positive stories can combat the bullies more than focusing on the bad ones. ...

Spam, on the other hand, is an aggressive act. It's about tricking people, redirecting traffic, larding stuff with keywords just to deceive. Spam is about unsolicited email and stuffing pages into searches where they don't belong. We don't tolerate spam at Squidoo. If you find spam, please tell us! If you find a great lens, tell everyone. Sharing lots of positive stories can combat the bullies more than focusing on the bad ones. ...

Another bluedot competitor

Quoted: Do you spend a whole lot of time looking at things on the Web, and end up finding piles of things that you want to share with other folks? Tired of copying and pasting endless URLs? ...
* Shareaholic was the Grand Prize winner of Extend Firefox 2, a Mozilla sponsored contest for the best Firefox addons *

Competitor to BlueDot

Mre and more about less and less,
A link to here: http://www.answers.com/topic/metacrawler?cat=technology
and finally to hear http://www.metacrawler.com/
seems common ownership with Dogplie (the search engine I used prior to Google, been a little disapointed with Google recently ... )

Quoted: Google bomb A campaign that causes a particular Web page to rank first in the Google results list based on specific keywords

Google Maps have changed themselves again, in a most confusing manner. And I won't bother writing how here or trying to contact them. Appropriate people can contact me, instead.

Quoted: Note - If you would like to suggest a business listing addition or correction for Google Maps, see these help center topics or just use ...

http://www.google.com/local/add/lookup?hl=en-US&gl=US

Took about 3 minutes to load it all in.
Take a look at GasBuddy.com.
From Google maps, click the <<My Maps>> tab and click in the (put a checkmark in) Gas Prices from ... box

http://maps.google.com/maps/mm?ie=UTF8&hl=en&ll=33.681782,-117.842102&spn=0.156272,0.352249&z=12&om=1

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I should point out that the hybrid (satellite) view is several years old. Strange things happen to the accuracy of the overhead images in areas like Irvine (where Google has an office) where heavy construction (they grow houses, not oranges anymore, there) outdates the map quickly.
I should also point out that it is best to use an accurate street address. Google maps has boners of errors when one types in a place name

Big Brother is watching.

1. Use Bookmarks for Your Google Services Create bookmarks (or modify them if you already have them) for Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Reader, and iGoogle (your Google homepage) using https instead of http, like so: https://mail.google.com/mail/. Do this for every service that you use at Google.
2. Don’t Click on Links Within Google to Take You to Your Services If you use their links Google will often take you to the unencrypted version because it’s easier on their servers. Use your links instead to ensure that your sessions are encrypted