Marketing & search · Website help · Local listing consistency

A profile edit is saved but not publicly visible

A supplier marks the task complete after saving a correction while visitors still encounter the previous destination.

What to change

Separate the requested change from the platform's public state. Record any status shown by the editing interface, then inspect the public profile independently. If the change remains pending or unresolved, assign someone to follow it through rather than repeatedly making conflicting edits. The practice needs to know what visitors currently see, what has been requested and who will confirm that those two states finally agree.

A worked example

Illustrative example

Illustrative test: An administrator and a signed-out colleague compare the same website action. Keep a copy of the requested destination in the issue record to prevent conflicting follow-up corrections.

How to check the result

The task distinguishes submission, pending review and publicly verified completion.

A mistake to avoid

Repeated contradictory submissions make a disputed edit harder to explain.

Your action checklist

Use these checks to prepare a discussion with your team or supplier. Tick a check when you have recorded the decision or evidence, rather than when a feature has simply been promised.

Decisions to record

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Further reading

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