Google slaps its own service as a "content farm"?

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This looks like it might be an early April Fool's joke, especially considering Matt Cutts' and Marissa Mayer's quotations at the end of the article, but if it's real ... this is just rich:

Google Inadvertently Classifies Google Places As A "Content Farm" And Removes From Search Index
#content farm #google #service #slaps
  • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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    Originally Posted by OnlineBizFlash View Post

    This looks like it might be an early April Fool's joke
    Indeed: especially judging by the last sentence, I'd say there's about a 99.99% chance of that.
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  • Profile picture of the author JBrooks
    “Screw the webspam team,” and “It’s not like people are going to start using Bing.”

    yep april fools.
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  • Profile picture of the author tpw
    We do realize don't we that it is already April 1st in the Far East?

    This story was actually posted at 5pm CST, i.e. when Europe entered the April 1st window.
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