Why has Google localremoved my listing.

[The Panda]

I checked up on my local listing about a month back only to find it had been removed from spot number 2 and gone altogether.
On checking my google dash board it was marked as awaiting verification.
Nothing had been changed so why this.
I had to request a new pin which took 2 weeks and now have to wait another 6 weeks before it goes back into Google Local.
All this showed a drop of around 50% hits to my web site and a drop in revenue.
This sort of thing could wreck a growing business. It wont effect us too much as word of mouth more than compensates for it.
Any reason for this happening?

[WeblinkPlus]

Most likely it's breaching their terms...

[webhostuk]

Hello,

Was the submission done as per there rules and in correct section?

[The Panda]

It ran for nearly 2 years. Then wham. I got the new pin code and have resubmitted.
No real reason as to why. Just a flag next to it saying it needed verifying.
It had already been veryfied. Have no idea why it stoped in the first place.

[OldWelshGuy]

Looks like a competitor has found the loophole to getting competition listings removed. Sadly you can drive a truck through the Google Local business centre security system.

[The Panda]

I was starting to suspect this as some of my local adds were stopped too. I have now set up passwords with these but how do I stop it with Google.
It has not done me too much harm as advertising takes second place to word of mouth anyway.

[OldWelshGuy]

Sadly, until Google change their system, there is nothing that can be done. Obviously I am not going to post detail on a forum as to the loophole :)

Sorry to hear that this has happened to you.