Hi David,
That's brilliant - thanks for that. I was fairly shocked at what came up for ours!
Duncan - thanks also for input - much appreciated.
Cheers to both,
Mike
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Information Sharing List for Scottish Web Folk
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of David Gibson
> Sent: 11 March 2010 09:42
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Google profiles
>
> Hi Mike, we used the Google Local Business centre:
>
> http://www.google.com/local/add
>
> to take ownership of the dodgy entry. We tried updating the incorrect
> entry once we had ownership but this didn't seem to work, so we
> disappeared it and created a new one based on the correct contact info.
>
> Things to watch out for:
>
> * They'll want to confirm it's you by phoning your main phone number
> with an automated message: this probably won't work if you have a
> switchboard setup. We ended up using the postcard option and asked our
> Mailroom to watch out for it arriving and redirect it to us.
>
> * The incorrect info looked like it had been harvested from city
> networking sites like www.qype.co.uk (and others) so it's worth Googling
> for the incorrect postcode/phone number etc. to see if it's been
> registered elsewhere. We found these sites easier to get updated than
> Google Biz entries (YMMV).
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Cheers,
>
> David
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> From: Information Sharing List for Scottish Web Folk
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of McConnell, Mike
> Sent: 10 March 2010 16:56
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> Subject: Google profiles
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> Re the last meeting, can someone remind me what the accepted wisdom is
> on how one corrects one's dodgy Google profile? I think Glasgow had
> managed it successfully, but I'm not sure.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Mike
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