> We're happy to announce that businesses in all domains (except China
> and Japan, sorry folks!) can now verify their listings via phone.
> Additionally, we've launched verification through SMS for all
> countries except the US, China, and Japan. The Maps and Local Business
> Center team hope that this will help to speed the process of getting
> your listing up onto Google Maps.
> Additionally, we've launched a new interface for the Local Business
> Center that cuts down on clutter and makes it even easier to
> administrate your listings.
> For our other non-US users, you also now have a pretty login page and
> "edit" functionality for your listings. We hope you enjoy these latest
> updates to the Local Business Center. Comments or Feedback? We'd love
> to hear them!
> Cheers,
> Maps Guides Jen and Brian
This is a nice feature. I used it today to verify. I wanted to
verify on my home phone, so I entered that. I then tried to change
the phone back to my business phone, and it wanted to verify again on
that number. I guess I understand that, but it's a bit of pain.