Competitors trying to remove my google places listing.

[A.S.]

I noticed over past few weeks my google maps business listing has been edited 36 times! I was shocked. (My google places page:  http://maps.google.com/maps/place?cid=15066563796081435892&hl=en )

I run a limo company and the competition is really fierce here. (For example, I clicked on one "editors" name and I saw his history of editing and removing all other limousine company listings. He was also writing 5 star reviews for his own company). So there are a lot dishonest folks which are trying to edit competitor companies for worse or remove them completely. 

The "review edits" tab is really confusing to me. (I'm not very computer savvy) How can I deny the edits to remove my business? I could only review the last one "edit", but there are 3 of them! the 2 ones I could not review are trying to remove my listing completely.

Also, my location pointer is now yellow instead of being red - what does that mean? Also, it was dragged all the way from my real building to the nearby park, and that change was approved and now my business appears to be located in a park..!? 

How can a business owner verify and approve the edits? Any help would be appreciated.

Thank You,

A.S.

[James Williford]

We currently do not support the location      is all that shows, add your business info with name, address, and phone number and you may get a faster response,

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[Akif]

Hi there,

You should try posting your query on Google Places Help forum

http://groups.google.com/a/googleproductforums.com/forum/#!forum/business

as this is a Mapmaker Help forum.

[Jacob Smith]

Well all the edits are being done on the map maker, why would I post on google Places forums? This problem was caused by folks using map maker and editing the listing.

[Jacob Smith]

That's exactly what happened. they removed the listing so it doesn't show at all. 

Business name: Elite Chicago Limo

Address: 400 E Randolph Street, #2820

Phone: 312-201-1055

Category: Chicago Limousine Service

Website: http://www.elitechicagolimo.com

On Wednesday, March 21, 2012 12:01:30 AM UTC-5, allin wrote:

We currently do not support the location      is all that shows, add your business info with name, address, and phone number and you may get a faster response,

[Flash]

You are being asked to go to Places because you are providing a Places link and asking for help with it.  Your question is about verifying, which is a Places function.  If you have a Map Maker question, we can help; but at this point you have not asked a Map Maker question.

BTW - Your Places link does not work.

[Flash]

I see that you say you have been completely removed from the map due to the edits, likely why your link did not work.  Can I ask what makes you think the edits are coming from Map Maker?  Do you have Map Maker links to the edits?  Or perhaps a link to the profile of the person that submitted the deletion?  If so, we can look at it a bit more.

However, usually when an item is deleted, it lingers in Map Maker for quite some time in order that it might be reversed.  Can I ask how long ago this deletion happened?

[A.S.]

Thank you for replying!

The confusion was due to the link to Google places, I apologize.

The link for the map maker latest edit: http://www.google.com/mapmaker?gw=55&editids=vVOKSsaV0262w0oq2H&iwloc=0_0

If you look into the history of the edits, there is one from an Anonymous user (http://www.google.com/mapmaker?gw=66&uid=212777490283275261903).
I see his/her profile is active on map maker, however, I do not understand why he/she removed my business? And why the edit was approved?

On Thursday, May 10, 2012 3:16:39 PM UTC-5, Flash wrote:

I see that you say you have been completely removed from the map due to the edits, likely why your link did not work.  Can I ask what makes you think the edits are coming from Map Maker?  Do you have Map Maker links to the edits?  Or perhaps a link to the profile of the person that submitted the deletion?  If so, we can look at it a bit more.

However, usually when an item is deleted, it lingers in Map Maker for quite some time in order that it might be reversed.  Can I ask how long ago this deletion happened?