I recently filed a reconsideration request and got a response within a week. It was a standard form letter and appeared only in WMT (not in an email to me). In that particular case my reconsideration request was not approved. After I filed another request a few days later, it took about 3 weeks to receive the next response.
Get User Generated Content Published in Google Places Business Listings
12/22/2010 With Google's recent implementation of Places Search, it is now more important than ever for local businesses to have high-quality, complete Google Places listings. One of the ranking (and conversion) factors for business listings is user generated content in the form of reviews and citations. Not very long ago, Google ...