j_holtslander
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I've managed to get myself apparently soft suspended on my personal Google account from leaving reviews (Good or bad) on any businesses on Google Maps.
(Local Guide Lvl 8 with 22,231 points for 4065 contributions including 1408 photos with a combined 61M views)
This happened about a week ago and since then 3 reviews I've left for businesses are now completely invisible and do not register as existing when looked at while logged out or while logged in as another maps user. Photos attached to my reviews still show up but the review that it was attached to does not.
All my old reviews are intact and fine.
It was one of 3 things that I did recently that seems to have triggered this.
1. Less likely - Fixed typo in an old 1-star review I wrote 1+ year ago.
2. Less likely - Flagged both a review and the reviewer's account to Google as breaking policies. (Name calling by a single review account with a clearly fake name like "Lik Maballs".) (Reviewed by Google and determined to be ok.)
2. Most likely - Left a new 1-star review with text content on custom rug printer (actually in India) whose N.American corporate headquarters are located in a co-working space, complaining about all the unsolicited emails I receive from them. Like other reviewers there had done before me. (sigh)
What can I do at this point?
(Local Guide Lvl 8 with 22,231 points for 4065 contributions including 1408 photos with a combined 61M views)
This happened about a week ago and since then 3 reviews I've left for businesses are now completely invisible and do not register as existing when looked at while logged out or while logged in as another maps user. Photos attached to my reviews still show up but the review that it was attached to does not.
All my old reviews are intact and fine.
It was one of 3 things that I did recently that seems to have triggered this.
1. Less likely - Fixed typo in an old 1-star review I wrote 1+ year ago.
2. Less likely - Flagged both a review and the reviewer's account to Google as breaking policies. (Name calling by a single review account with a clearly fake name like "Lik Maballs".) (Reviewed by Google and determined to be ok.)
2. Most likely - Left a new 1-star review with text content on custom rug printer (actually in India) whose N.American corporate headquarters are located in a co-working space, complaining about all the unsolicited emails I receive from them. Like other reviewers there had done before me. (sigh)
What can I do at this point?
