{"id":944,"date":"2012-10-08T13:33:30","date_gmt":"2012-10-08T13:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.consultancymarketing.co.uk\/blog\/?p=944"},"modified":"2012-11-19T19:17:44","modified_gmt":"2012-11-19T19:17:44","slug":"verified-your-localpage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.consultancymarketing.co.uk\/blog\/verified-your-localpage\/","title":{"rendered":"Verified Your Local+Page | Problems with Google Automated Systems?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have been having some trouble with a few clients recently, attempting to move their Google Places listing over to the new Google+ Page. The process was not working, and unfortunately Google decided they needed to send another card through the post (snail mail).<\/p>\n<p>However, this morning, my client received an email stating:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Congratulations, I have expedited your request to verify your local +page.<\/p>\n<p>It looks like you have requested a postcard PIN to verify your +page, but I have manually reviewed your page and verified it. You can discard the postcard when you get it in the mail.<\/p>\n<p>Remember to keep the information on your page up-to-date by editing in your Google+ account. Please note that after you verify, changes you make to your page may be subject to review before being published. Learn more at <a href=\"http:\/\/support.google.com\/business\/bin\/answer.py?hl=en&amp;answer=2566475&amp;p=edits_policy\">http:\/\/support.google.com\/business\/bin\/answer.py?hl=en&amp;answer=2566475&amp;p=edits_policy<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>My first reaction was that it was rather helpful of Google responding in this way. But I then remembered the array of problems that has existed with different clients on Google Places over the past 12 months and the fact that (until now) it has been a big problem trying to get them resolved.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone else seen this happen? 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