Businesses with a Bing Places profile are moving in the right direction for AI relevance. As a matter of fact the partnership between OpenAI and Microsoft was highly valuable for businesses who already had a Bing Places profile as this data was shared from Microsoft to OpenAI. The simplest method of verification is to sync the Bing Places profile to an already validated Google Business Profile.

Email Verification

If you create a new profile or move addresses a postcard verification is necessary.  The post card takes about 5 business days and looks like this:

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• EXTERNAL: GBP Verification for Service Area Businesses
• INTERNAL: Listing DB Aggregators