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Fixing Google Places once Banned

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I have a lot of clients who have somehow botched up their Google Places listing, and now are not showing up in local search results. In one particular case, they were using 2 different Gmail accounts and submitted their listing twice by accident. It appears Google has banned them from local search results. How does one undo steps like this and start fresh?

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It will be labor intense. I suggest starting by claiming all listings in one place under one new login. Try to claim by postcard to be more legit. Otherwise you may just have to get reconsidered by going to the google places forum. Also another strategy is try a suite # if you can't get or register the main addy.
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