Check your location data

If some of your locations appear in "error" status (or have been pending for some time) in BRIDGE, make sure that your data is correct, so that it can be accepted by the publishers.

Main address and additional address

• Main address of location must be set in address 1
• Additional address details must be set in address 2
  

  GOOD	NOT GOOD
  Address 1 : 35 Ariel Way Address 2 : Westfield Shopping Centre	Address 1 : Westfield Shopping Centre Address 2 : 35 Ariel Way
  Address 1 : 9 Victoria Street Address 2 : Unit 10 Cardinal Place	Address 1 : Unit 10 Cardinal Place Address 2 : 9 Victoria Street

Address, Zip code and City

Each location must have a standardized mailing address with:

• the number of street / avenue / road 
• the name of street / avenue / road 
  

Best practices

• Avoid abbreviations 
  

  GOOD	NOT GOOD
  Street	St.
  Shopping Center	S/C
  Road	Rd
  Avenue	Ave

• Don't use PO Boxes.
  

  GOOD	NOT GOOD
  345 Airport Road Malta, MT 59538	345 Airport Rd PO Box 1242 Malta, MT 59538

• Put the right zip code:
  - if the zip code begins with a zero, make sure that this number appears in BRIDGE
  - check the correspondence between the zip code and the city
  

  GOOD	NOT GOOD
  01000 Bourg en Bresse	1000 Bourg en Bresse
  13000 Marseille	39000 Marseille

• Put the exact name of the city :
  

  GOOD	NOT GOOD
  Roissy-en-France	Roissy Charles de Gaulle
  Juan-les-pins	Antibes juan les pins

Phone number

If the location has a phone number, make sure it is a long (10 digits) number and not a short number. Indeed, short numbers are not accepted on most of publishers.

GOOD	NOT GOOD
0102030405	+33 (0)201010101
+33102030405	0033 (0)102030405
0033102030405

Location's URL 

If the location has an url, check that this url is valid, well written and does not return to an error page.