Google Places: Pending Status Showing Up Erroneously?

I have received several recent inquiries about the Pending message showing up on more Google Places accounts of late. According to this post by John Audette of 406 Strategies, a local internet marketing firm in Bend, Or. it is a fairly widespread bug. From his post: “Pending – Being Reviewed. This listing needs to be …

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Fake Reviews Starting to Get Mainstream Media Attention

The latter part of this otherwise lame ‘expose’ about deceptive hotel marketing practices from NBC’s 2/24 Today show highlights the issue of fake reviews. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Certainly the issue of fake reviews is both more pervasive and more common than the report indicates. Our industry …

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