Has anyone else has their Google Places account suspended?

[E2E]

This happened quite a few weeks ago and the review is taking 'several weeks'  as promised by Google.  Meanwhile our clients places listings are plummeting.  Has anyone also has this experience and can they indicate how long it took for Google to review?  Any other solutions gratefully received.

[British_Hardwoods]

I don't have a response as such, but I am curious as to how your Google Places page was suspended in the first place - something to which I would like to keep in mind, as I have been trying to improve our places page. So I do apologise again that this isn't a response.

[E2E]

I suggest adhering to the Google Places guidleines very carefullyWe have many listings for several clients which are now all suspended due to one listing not adhering (the place name did not relect the business name registered).  Hope this helps.

[atomicdc]

We have also seen this happen. I have a few recommendations that I would adhere to especially when managing multiple accounts such as in an agency setting.

1. Don't keyword stuff in the company name. Use the legitimate name of the company, I have read several articles and posts that mention the fact that Google merges (or tries to) information from other sources such as infoUSA database records.

2. It 'seems' like when the city name is placed somewhere in the title it frequently causes issue.

3. Setup a different account for each client! If you do get an account suspended it will only negatively impact that client an the rest will remain okay. This will also help you track down exactly what got the account suspended in the first place. When there are multiple accounts and many updates made to them at once it is hard to tell what change was the one that caused the issue. Hope that helps... The review process can take a while and I have also seen some posts point out that if your "account" is suspended that you almost have to start over from the beginning.

Good luck and I hope that the issue gets resolved for you!

[E2E]

Thanks for taking the time to respond.  10 days ago Adwords sent us an email confirming the review had taken place and the account was now active (but 10 days later we are still suspended in our dashboard).  We are now in the process of setting up new accounts....