Comments on: Google Places APB: ANY PLACES EDIT CAUSES SMOOSHING BUG

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 15:57:18 +0000

Glad it worked!

By: Michael Borgelt

Michael Borgelt — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 15:47:42 +0000

Mike,

Just fixed a phone number that was smooshed. Did exactly what you said and it worked perfectly.

Thanks Mike!

Michael

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 16:13:12 +0000

Ha Mary, too funny. See Illusory Laptop Repair – A Most Elegant Google Places Hack

By: Mary Bowling

Mary Bowling — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:58:21 +0000

Hi Mike, This is totally off-topic, but I’m amazed that your brother’s main competitor named his/her shop Illusory Laptop Repair. That doesn’t exactly inspire confidence!

By: jeffrey magner

jeffrey magner — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 15:38:17 +0000

Yikes!

By: Andy Kuiper

Andy Kuiper — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 21:05:02 +0000

Edited pretty well everything but the phone number and business name on a new Canadian account (entered PIN after editing today) and no smooshing. I feel left out… thank God

By: MiriamEllis

MiriamEllis — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 19:50:58 +0000

Yikes! Thanks for the red alert Mike. Hands off until this is fixed.

By: Frank Smith

Frank Smith — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 19:23:02 +0000

Good lord… this is frightening. Keep us posted and thanks for the find. I hate it when my data gets smooshified. Reminds me of the time we had a store that got its listing concatenated with a scooter business that’d had the same phone number months earlier, and then went under. Death to Smooshie!

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 19:06:05 +0000

@Eric
It seems to affect any listing that is edited, even in the most minor way. The forums will light up with this one.

By: Eric Marshall

Eric Marshall — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 19:01:34 +0000

Made an Edit to a Page this morning, and yes, the phone number is now “smooshed” everywhere.