Misspelled locations
August 03, 2012
After reviewing our sitemaps (the pages that showcase the cities for which we feature providers), we noticed that there were quite a few typos -- "New Yor" vs. "New York" for example. Since our sitemaps are automatically generated by our software, they will include all cities in providers' addresses, regardless of whether or not they are misspelled. What we had not realized was how frequent the typos were, not to mention their sheer variety.
The most common misspelled cities tend to be long, but not necessarily obscure:
Instead of Brooklyn, NY, we discovered "Brookly," "Brookyln," and "Brookyn."
In lieu of San Francisco, CA, we found "San Franciso" vs. "San Francsico," and "San Fransisco".
In place of Philadelphia, PA, (an admittedly difficult-to-spell name), a slew of silly alternatives:
"Phialdelphia," "Philadelhia," "Philadelpia," "Philadephia," "Philadlephia," "Philaelphia," "Phildelphia," "Philiadelphia."
Perhaps most unexpected were typos in state names. We were surprised to discover that several sources had listed providers' offices as being in "Tucson, AS" -- AS as in American Samoa. Or addresses that placed doctors in fantastical locations such New York, North Carolina or Brooklyn, New Mexico.
In the upcoming weeks, we hope to pare down the number of typos in city names to further improve your experience using DocSpot.