Postcard verify hack with google plus local??

by Alice grubb

Posted: 11 years ago 15 replies

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Does this technique still work?

http://www.chaddo.com/index.php/postcardhack/

summary: allows you to postcard verify a google plus local account

WITHOUT needing to receive a postcard at that address.

pretty genuis technique, if it still works. anyone out there tried this recently?

#google #hack #local #postcard #verify

Aaron Doud 11 years ago

Not much of a hack.

It will only work if you have a real address in the city where you want the fake address. From there it is obvious as many businesses have a real address but also a PO BOX where the mail goes.

In time google will find a way to eliminate the fake pages.

Also this hack isn't useful for the vast majority of real businesses. A few like Realitor or such in large cities maybe. But there are much better ways to market clients like this vs. trying to game google places.
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Chad Kimball

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Alice grubb

Does this technique still work?

Postcard Verification Hack (Profit from this google places loophole!)

summary: allows you to postcard verify a google plus local account

WITHOUT needing to receive a postcard at that address.

pretty genuis technique, if it still works. anyone out there tried this recently?

I created this video a while back, and it still works, except it won't work with a PO box. Google won't let you even type the words "po box" into line two.

But it still works great with regular, non PO box addresses.

Also, I disagree with Aaron, I have these types of listings out there and they have been fine for a long time. In fact, the live case study from a couple years ago that I used in my google plus local course using a similar technique still has a business sitting on the first page of google, untouched! Anyone who has my course can see it with their own eyes, just by typing the term into google.

There are a lot of reasons to use a technique like this. As any local consultant here will agree, it is sometimes really difficult to get your plus local pgs verified for clients. Or you can use this to gain you or your client an address in the city center, which is still a large percentage of the ranking algo.

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Alice grubb

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Chad Kimball

There are a lot of reasons to use a technique like this. As any local consultant here will agree, it is sometimes really difficult to get your plus local pgs verified for clients. Or you can use this to gain you or your client an address in the city center, which is still a large percentage of the ranking algo.

these are exactly some of the reasons I'm interested in this hack! good to know it still works.

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garrypalomo 10 years ago

Does anyone know if this still works?
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AmazonAff 10 years ago

Few days ago I used their option for support telephone call - you leave a number, their machine calls you, you type number 1 to talk with google representative and explain to him why you can not receive postcard. In my case - and it's true - it was not possible to receive postcard since is stolen or somewhere "in the process" a long, long time. I have explained situation to him, and that I am trying 3 times to receive postcard, so representative approved it manually. Process is simple - he sent me email on gmail account connected to that page, I had to CC email of official website and to reply from that official email. That's it, after 30 minutes page was approved.
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garrypalomo 10 years ago

Can you let me know what you mean by this? "I had to CC email of official website and to reply from that official email."
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  CC stands for Carbon Copy of email, I had to send them email and to copy another, official email of the website and business that I had to register. After that I've sent them another email, from official email (that website domain).
  Most important part is to make a request for google assistance; they call you, human is talking to you and actually listening what you have to say and if you sound legit he will help you. Also he is trying to be helpful because after the call you can give short review of his performance (did he helped you, did he knew all the answers, etc) and he will do an extra step to prove himself and get better rating.
  
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garrypalomo 10 years ago

So no one has tried the actual 2 line postcard hack that OP posted?
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10 years ago

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garrypalomo

10 years ago

Originally Posted by xverify

Hey Alice,

If you end up having a need for postal address verifies in US/CAN feel free to email me krista.barrack@xverify.com we can do it for an affordable rate with out any minimums. We also can verify POBox data as well.

I think you misunderstood this thread, this is about creating google plus local listings that get verified by GOOGLE, not about verifying addresses myself

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9999 10 years ago

Seems risky but for some people the risk is worth it.
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WebdevelopmentGroup 10 years ago

I wouldn't do it. It's just a waste of time. Been there done that
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- garrypalomo 10 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by WebdevelopmentGroup
  
  I wouldn't do it. It's just a waste of time. Been there done that
  
  I already profit from a similar technique, not a waste of time at all. My main question is if this postcard hack the OP posted still works.
  
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garrypalomo 10 years ago

for me, it is totally worth it.
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- Catalyst eMarketing 10 years ago
  
  Trust me when I say Google is closing a lot of loopholes that worked in the past.
  
  You may be willing to take a risk on certain black hat tactics if you are trying to game the system with your own rent-a-site model or something. If it goes south you only hurt yourself
  
  But I sure would not risk a clients existing ranking, by using black hat tactics that blatantly violate the guidelines.
  
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garrypalomo 10 years ago

I'm not talking about client sites, I'm talking about leadgen. But anyway doesn't seem that anyone has actually tested the OP's technique. I was hoping for a shortcut but I'll have to just test it myself
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Postcard verify hack with google plus local??

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