Comments on: Google Places – Flakiness and New Display

By: Weird Google Places Bugs: The Smooshed Phone Number Bug | Understanding Google Maps & Local Search

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:11:59 +0000

[...] Bugs keep cropping up in the Places Dashboard and Places. Yesterday I received the “No such State/Province in this country” message as did several other users. Today I am getting the “System Error – We’re sorry, but we are unable to serve your request at this time. Please try back in a few minutes” bug when trying to save a listing. [...]

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 23:15:45 +0000

@EdW this is a known current issue, so until it is fixed by Google I will give you my standard advice: Take two beers and return another day

By: EdW

EdW — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 20:01:44 +0000

I’ve got at least one service client (at least one – I’m afraid to look at the others) that has reverted back (at least at the Dashboard | Edit view level) to “No – all customers come to this location…” for areas served.

I’ve tried to change this 3 times and it will not “stick”. However, the searches that I do in the areas where I have previously specified for their service areas are still doing well.

The carnival game “Whac-A-Mole” comes to mind here. Like I have nothing better to do with my time than to continually babysit changes that should be set in stone in a database and not EVER messed with…

Insert *pounding-head-against-brick-wall-emoticon* here.