Get your Google Places answers once and for all

Let me apologize to you WSO owners. With all the mix of different information out there, it would be good for the WF members to get the correct information. I am only trying to get the correct answers for the members of the WF. I would like to have an easy to find thread for G-Places questions and answers. I will collect the answers and the most industry standard answers will be posted below.

Question 1- You just got a client that already has a G-Places listing, that has 4 citations and the 7 box positions have between 10-20 citations. Do you claim the listing and optimize it with Category, description, photos,video,etc., then build citations, or build the citations then claim the listing and optimize it?

Question 2- You just got a client that doesn't have a G-Places listing. Do you create one, then build your citations, or create your citations then create the listing?

Question 3- Do you use your Google acct. to create the G-Places listing, or do you create a new gmail acct. for each new client?

Question 4- Do you use a gmail or example@domain.com as the email and does it make a difference?

Question 5- When you make changes to your clients G-Places listing, how long does it take for the changes to go live?

Question 6- How long does it take on average for citations to hit the G-Places listing? Providing your citations were created exactly as the G-Places listing.

This is a start. I would like to add more questions, so if you have a G-Places question, send me a pm, or email me at sconlinemarketingatgmail.com. I will then add it to the list.