{"id":344,"date":"2007-12-25T13:47:29","date_gmt":"2007-12-25T17:47:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2007\/12\/25\/google-maps-lbc-coupon-bug\/"},"modified":"2007-12-25T13:48:45","modified_gmt":"2007-12-25T17:48:45","slug":"google-maps-lbc-coupon-bug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2007\/12\/25\/google-maps-lbc-coupon-bug\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Maps: LBC Coupon Bug?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This Google Local Business center coupon bug was <a href=\"http:\/\/groups.google.com\/group\/Google-Maps-For-Business-Owners\/browse_thread\/thread\/9d1aa845dc1de8b2?hl=en\">reported today in Google Maps for Business Group.<\/a> I have not verified this but there have been a number of reports of coupon problems. <\/p>\n<p>\nTOPIC: Coupon post<\/p>\n<p>====================================<\/p>\n<p><em>== 1 of 1 ==<br \/>\nDate: Mon, Dec 24 2007 7:50 am<br \/>\nFrom: The Refinisher <\/em> <\/p>\n<p><em> I asked a similar question yesterday. See this <a href=\"http:\/\/groups.google.com\/group\/Google-Maps-How-Do-I\/browse_thread\/thread\/ef81abfda4cbc0b0\">link to my<br \/>\npost<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> I found out that if you do not choose an expiration date for your coupon, then it will work. It is a Google Bug. I know this is not the<br \/>\nanswer you are looking for, but it is all I could find. I had to manually add my own expiration date on my coupon.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>On Dec 23, 11:21 am, &#8220;t&#8230;@rrlawncare.com&#8221; <t ...@rrlawncare.com><br \/>\nwrote:<br \/>\n> How do you get the coupon to show up on your business map?<br \/>\n><br \/>\n> What I did or tried;<br \/>\n><br \/>\n> 1). I went here  http:\/\/www.google.com\/local\/add\/businessCenter?hl=en-US&#038;gl=US<br \/>\n><br \/>\n> 2). Clicked on the coupon tab, filled in all required fields, pressed<br \/>\n> continue at the bottom.<br \/>\n><br \/>\n> 3). Read all the Editorial Guidelines.<br \/>\n><br \/>\n> And it still dosn&#8217;t show up in MY Local Business Center, Locations<br \/>\n> Control Panel.<br \/>\n><br \/>\n> Thanks <\/t><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Google Local Business center coupon bug was reported today in Google Maps for Business Group. I have not verified this but there have been a number of reports of coupon problems. 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