{"id":8063,"date":"2010-11-18T05:30:47","date_gmt":"2010-11-18T09:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/?p=8063"},"modified":"2010-11-16T06:26:04","modified_gmt":"2010-11-16T10:26:04","slug":"google-places-do-800s-put-your-listing-in-places-purgatory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2010\/11\/18\/google-places-do-800s-put-your-listing-in-places-purgatory\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Places – Do 800#’s Put Your Listing in Places Purgatory?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The general consensus in the Local Search industry has been that using an 800# in a Places listing<\/a> might be a cause for some loss of rank but was generally not considered a deal breaker. Has the new Google Places Rejection algo<\/a> now found a place\u00a0for burying businesses that use an 800 number?<\/p>\n

This poster, who recently had been relegated<\/a> to Google Places Purgatory<\/a>, found his way back to the promised land by simply replacing his 800# with a local exchange:<\/p>\n

My Listing disappeared from Google Maps even though my listing is “active”<\/strong><\/p>\n

hac76<\/strong>
\nLevel 1
\n11\/12\/10
\nI received an email from Google Places advising me that my business Google Places tag was recently deactivated for violating Google Places Quality Guidelines. I made changes to the tag line and the listing is completely accurate. However, my listing does not appear on google even though my listing appears as “active.” Please help.<\/p>\n

eGumBall<\/strong>
\nLevel 2
\n11\/13\/10
\nYep… 2009 geo phrase tricks in the business categories… Google will no longer support that location.\u00a0 While you have to reset up your listing in another account maybe its time to consider using a local line over the 800#.<\/p>\n

hac76<\/strong>
\nLevel 1
\n11\/13\/10
\nLooks like the phone number was the problem. I changed the 800 number to the main land line and the listing appeared. You all have been very helpful. Thanks again for all of your help!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The general consensus in the Local Search industry has been that using an 800# in a Places listing might be a cause for some loss of rank but was generally not considered a deal breaker. Has the new Google Places Rejection algo now found a place\u00a0for burying businesses that use an 800 number? This poster, …<\/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-8063","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