For those of you that didn’t notice, Maps Guide Jen has noted in the comments on my Local Business Center System Errors post:
Looks like the team was able to get a fix through faster than expected. Most people who were experiencing this error should find that it’s resolved. There may be some people who are still seeing a server error. Those people should file a reinclusion request for their account.
It is great that Google has fixed the problem and that there is a mechanism to report a lingering problem in a structured format.
It is strange, however, that if a business is still experiencing the problem that they would need to notify Google of the fact that their account if broken via the reinclusion form.
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One has to wonder exactly why they were being called down to the principal’s office. Did he really notice that little transgression from last month in math class? Man, my mom’s gonna kill me.
Well like they always say … The best defense is a good offense. And shame on you for getting kicked outta the LBC in the first place… *rolls eyes*
Comment by Joan van Hilten (102 comments) — October 16, 2008 @ 7:29 am
Me? No, no that was my fictional side. Really.
Mike
Comment by Mike (2485 comments) — October 16, 2008 @ 7:35 am
The issues might not be over… I just logged into the LBC’s that I was unble to yesterday prior to the fix. I all the listings are disapproved. One reason we figured out – the attribute is not under 170 characters even though Google allows 200. It goes into cardiac arrest at about 175 characters totally passes out at 186 and does a wonderful death scene in Carmen if you even try the 200 max.
it also it telling me that there is no such state/province in this country. So apparently OHIO has succeeded from the Republic of the United States of America. Go figure.. CNN missed that coverage.
Comment by Joan van Hilten (102 comments) — October 16, 2008 @ 7:53 am
the description field also dies instantly when you forget about spacing and try to cramp as much characters in there as you can.
It tells you it detected a URL ( based on the multiple dots text.text.text. ). What kind of failsafe is that? My teacher in C++ classes would kill me for such kind of exception handling.
Comment by martijn (77 comments) — October 16, 2008 @ 9:42 am
Hey Joan,
Thanks for mentioning the cardiac arrest at 175 characters. I’m pretty sure that’s my issue. Much appreciated!
Comment by Ed Reese (7 comments) — October 22, 2008 @ 4:31 pm
Hi Joan,
I had to drop to the 160′s to bring the patient back to life. So strange. Thanks again for the tip.
Comment by Ed Reese (7 comments) — October 22, 2008 @ 5:37 pm
Hey no worries. Glad you were able to sort it out. Pretty soon the length with be 100 characters including spaces & by that point.. well what’s the point.
We’ve also noted that if you have multiple “additional details” that are “long” i.e. 160 + characters you can only have about 3 or 4 max before Google won’t let you submit the listing. If you have smaller additonal details – i.e. 75 characters or less. you can upload roughly 5 of them.
*shrugs*
Go figure.
Comment by Joan van Hilten (102 comments) — October 23, 2008 @ 7:05 am