I have had my gmail account from the time gmail was released by invitation only so it has been a while.

In my other account (which is just over 1 year old) I have 46 listings and each time I try create a new listing I am prompted with validation.

In my account that still requires validation I created listings from May 2007 till just recently and this is the same with my account that requires no validation so I can’t find any connection.

I even thought that potentially having some sort of Google qualification i.e Google AdWords qualified would have played some role but I have confirmed this with a friend and this is not the case.

I am going to continue “playing” and will let you know if I find anything.

cheers
George

Welcome.

It appears to be account based that much seems clear. But what triggers it is not.

It could be time based, number of entries based, some combination of that or something altogether else. By time based I mean from the inception of your Local Business Center account.

How many accounts do you have in your second account? Do you remember when you created them?

Mike

Thanks for the link from the Google Maps forum to your post. I have 23 listings in my Google Local acccount and I only noticed listings did not require a postcard validation and were active a few days ago. Its weird why one of my accounts is like this and my other LBC require validation?:)

cheers
George

Thats of interest but there is very little consistent in the above thats for sure. I really do not have a clue as to why or when Google is relaxing their validation standards.

Mike

Hmm…I experienced no PIN on new listings as noted above but I have also experienced it on listings that were already in Maps but to which I added or changed significant details.

Strange that your listings are taking so long to update. Is that on Bulk Uploads or regular listings?

Are the listings gone from Maps view as well as LBC view?

Mike

I’m saying brand spanking new listings not currently existing on Google Maps. I’ve done a number of listings in my job and with new listings I have not been requested to validate with a PIN, with existing listings that I have to modify or edit, PIN validation is required.

Oh thank you so very much for that link for the lost listings. I have been looking for them every day.
Not only that but my listings are heading towards 45 days to update. I think now that I’ve found you ( ah-ha) I’m going to stalk your blogs and see what I can find out.

I have heard from another reader that the LBC gets flakey at 50! Obviously you are well beyond that and I was thinking that I was getting close to 50 and needed to worry.

Could the “lost listing” problem recently announced be the culprit?

When you say “new listings do not require validation via Pin” are you saying a completely new listing or simply any listing that has been grabbed in Maps via the Edit this Business button?

Mike

I’m new to this blog, but I am not new to Google bashing. I have a LBC with over 400 business listings and bulk uploads don’t require validation as pointed out. However; when editing business listings that exist PIN are required, I did 4 listing last Thursday and each one required a PIN validation. I do beleive that any new listings do not require validation via PIN or at least not that I have noticed.

I do wonder though if there is a limited amount of space in ones LBC… I had over 430 at one point and then at least 25 of them have “fallen off” my LBC. Anyone with thoughts on that? Google doesn’t seem have an answer.

Hmm…that throws the superuser idea out the tubes and puts me back to the first.

You really think that it could random? That makes no sense to me. Also if it were random why did I get it on the last 4 entries, each with a slightly different non-standard twist?

Mike