{"id":11085,"date":"2011-09-15T19:38:02","date_gmt":"2011-09-15T23:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/?p=11085"},"modified":"2011-09-15T19:45:59","modified_gmt":"2011-09-15T23:45:59","slug":"google-announces-fix-to-closing-report-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/15\/google-announces-fix-to-closing-report-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Announces Fix to Closing Report Issue"},"content":{"rendered":"

This update was posted late yesterday on the Google LatLong Blog post about\u00a0Combatting Spammy Closed Listing Labels on Google Maps<\/a><\/p>\n

Update 9\/14\/11 at 6:26pm (PST):<\/strong>\u00a0As promised, we’ve recently made a change to our process of displaying when a business has been reported to be closed on its place page. More specifically, we have removed the interim notification about a report having been made so that a listing will only be updated after it has been reviewed by Google and we believe the change to be accurate.<\/em><\/p>\n

The good news is that Google will only report out a business as being closed after it has been reviewed by Google. There will no longer be the interim message of “Reported to Be Closed”.<\/p>\n

The questions remains as to whether an email will be sent to a claimed business and what signals and how Google will actually close the business. But on average it appears to be a solution moving in the right direction.<\/p>\n

Here are previous articles with a timeline on the topic for those of you just catching this story:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Date<\/td>\n\u00a0Source<\/td>\n\u00a0Article<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a09\/14<\/td>\n\u00a0This blog<\/td>\n\u00a0Google Places: Now Permanently Closed with 2 clicks \u2013 Its Getting Worse NOT Better<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a09\/6<\/td>\n\u00a0This blog<\/td>\n\u00a0NY Times: Closed, Says Google, but Shops\u2019 Signs Say Open<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a09\/6<\/td>\n\u00a0Lat-Long Blog<\/td>\n\u00a0Combatting Spammy Closed Listing Labels on Google Maps<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a09\/5<\/td>\n\u00a0NY Times<\/td>\n\u00a0Closed, Says Google, but Shops\u2019 Signs Say Open<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a08\/16<\/td>\n\u00a0Google PR\/Joey<\/td>\n\u00a0Clarification re: Clarification re: closed listings on Google Places<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a08\/15<\/td>\n\u00a0This blog<\/td>\n\u00a0News Flash: Google Mt View Reported Closed!<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a08\/15<\/td>\n\u00a0This blog<\/td>\n\u00a0Places Blackhat Playground \u2013 Reported To Be Closed<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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This update was posted late yesterday on the Google LatLong Blog post about\u00a0Combatting Spammy Closed Listing Labels on Google Maps Update 9\/14\/11 at 6:26pm (PST):\u00a0As promised, we’ve recently made a change to our process of displaying when a business has been reported to be closed on its place page. More specifically, we have removed the …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-google-maps-google-local"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t