UPDATED: The Internet abhors a vaccuum
Google+ on Monday opened its doors to businesses and brands, but it would appear as though no one at Bank of America got the memo. (Update: That has changed.)
Into the void has moved the prankster responsible for this BoA parody page.
That top post reads: “Big company party in foreclosed house #2340087 tonight!”
There are at least four other Bank of America Google+ pages, too, although none of them look to be active … or genuine.
How could Google allow such tomfoolery?
Well, it’s apparently sidesplittingly easy to create a business or brand Google+ page, according to Mashable writer Tom Wasserman, who demonstrated the point by creating his own Coca-Cola page.
Other companies are suffering similar fates, including Rackspace Hosting, according to Robert Scoble, who works for the company and has been among the most vocal advocates of Google+.
Google says it will be authenticating brand pages and providing the real ones with “verified name” check marks the likes of which you can see after my name on my own Google+ page.
In the meantime, watch out for the fakes.
Update, Friday: The parody page is still there, surprisingly. And Bank of America has now established a real Google+ Page. You can tell because it has the “verified name” check mark.
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