As with any other online presence, it's a good idea to build in reminders to check on your Google Places account once every few months or so just to make sure your information is up to date.

'Closing' a Business Should Be Harder Than Changing an Address

Unfortunately, it is harder to change your address on Google Places than for someone to report a business as closed. My attempt to report a changed address today for my own business generated a postcard that will take two weeks to mail to me, and my address will change on Google Places only after I receive the postcard and enter the PIN number on it.

Should it be harder to change your address than to report a business as closed? It would seem that a similar procedure could be followed using email rather than mail to confirm that a business is closed before any tags are generated.

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