Google Places crackdown?

[Cambridge PC Support]

I just had a chap from Yahoo Local on the phone telling me that Google are about to seriously crackdown on their Google Places database and will remove 250,000 entries

I reckon that he was bs'ing but just wanted to check to see if anyone else has heard anything?

 

[Xander]

I'd call BS on it. If there were any truth to it, Google would have to be verifyng that those 250,000 were no longer/never were in business.

Sounds like crappy scare tactics to me.

 

[Corbin]

That sounds like the guy who wanted all my old file cabinents for him to recycle because japan is buying all the metal in america to make nukes.

I took them myself why would I let him make 200$ from japan when I could....

 

[PremierTech]

There may be some truth in this.
We have 2 websites for our business, but they both use the same phone number. These now only show as 1 business. If you only have 1 domain then i dont think it will affect you.
We have changed one of the phone numbers and now both are showing up again.

 

[vdub12]

I have heard people say this before and nothing ever comes from it

My service aria consists of 2 counties and I have my business listed in 3 city's right now. I am thinking about getting PO boxes in some other city's so I can add more listings.

Google only allows 3 listings before they require you to provide a physical address to verify. I want to add my business to 3 other city's that are in my service aria. With the amount of business I get from Google I feel that the price of a PO box in those city's would be a good investment.