immediate "not applied" when adding new places

[knaf]

My first post.  I don't frequent these forums, only read if I have a problem to research.  I'm level 8 / 41,235 at this time.  I know this has been discussed before, but it seems without answers or a good resolution - only guesses as to what is the cause.  I want to mention it again to bring more attention so Google addresses the problem.

Too many times I add a new place and it is immediately not applied.  I understand if don't apply all the information it may not be applied, and I have no problem with this.  But when I supply name, website, phone number, hours, category, date opened, and a picture and it's immediately not applied, I get frustrated and angry.  Maybe I won't even try to do this anymore because its a waste of time more more often than not.

[GeorgesHR]

Hey @knaf,

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Thanks!

Georges

[Wizzard]

By the way - the not applied status happened to me as well.
I wanted to add a missing pet shop in my neighborhood and the status immediately went to not - applied.
I long though about it and then it hit me, the pet shop was not accepted because the address I wanted to add it to already had a business registered there.
So I just changed the number of the street and voila the pet shop appeared.

Please note that this was just my case, other cases may be different.

[knaf]

That's great feedback, thank you. So I guess in this instance you add the new place with a wrong address, get it applied, then mark the old business closed and change the address of the new place later.  A lot of fuss for something that should be so simple.

It would be great if Google would publish for us some criteria about the not applied so we don't need to figure things like this out ourselves.

[Amiran]

Hi @knaf, You know not applying is so common but it happens rarely. So please tell does this happen for all of your additions? Is this also for all other edits or this is only for additions?

If all of your edits deny instantly then it means that you've done some actions that caused banning your account on Maps. Please describe more

[knaf]

It's not for all additions or edits.  Many of them are accepted, but many are not as well.  My account being flagged does not seem to be the issue.

[RonneBD]

Dear @knaf

Nice to hear from you about this same issue again. Already many of top local guide report the same. 

It's happen only for Google mapping algorithm. 

A superior team working hard to resolve issues like that. 

Hope good day will come soon. @Briggs

[Amiran]

@knaf Yep, So your account status is normal. Don't be discouraged and continue to do your edits with more accurate info. For example adding landline number or prevent from adding general or keyword names are what can help in this case. Also time is another factor so you can try to add one real location on the map again after some days or weeks.

Please read this article in this case.