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I have a really old google account and the vast majority of my reviews stick (only level 6, working on level 7 guide). I was just informed that Google can decide you are spamming you post too many reviews in one day? That scared me a little bit because I really DON'T want my account to get flagged as a spammer but I typically sit down when I'm bored and will leave a bunch of reviews in batches (5-10 per day on occasion).

They must not be too terribly concerned about where we've physically been recently either because I'm sitting here in the PNW and will remember somewhere we went in Florida and review it 1+ years later and those seem to stick ok as well.

Their algorithm needs a guide so we know how not to get into trouble lol.

Hi everyone I want to upload pictures from a trip I did a year ago and the only pictures I can browse are from the most recent camera roll on my iphone without an option to browse the gallery. and ideas that are easy to use? to download to pc the upload from pc is much of a mess. please advise

Hi All, since last 3 weeks ,all my reviews+update not posted. I deleted and reposted no use. I dont spam and write genuine reviews still its posted. I appealing since last 3 weeks in google doc link as well. Now i deleted the recent review in 3weeks n put ratings alone. Its so frustrating. Need help

P.s. this issue isnt new to me but frustrating that google dont create a trust forum for long time reviewer even thoigh they are getting free data. Please check your reviews if being posted in incognito mode else ull be wasting time like me. Thanks

My profile- https://www.google.com/maps/contrib/106386215987326992036/

Having answered a couple thousand questions I am done.
Every question that google asks me is the same thing over and over again.
No matter what place it is.
At this point I think questions are just a way to waste people's time.
When the questions are the same for everything such as.
Is this place cash only, which floor is it on, does it have a restroom and so on.

You would think these places that are controlled by other people could be answered and confirmed by the owners.

Not only does it ask me questions its clear I have no clue about. If I search for a place it then asks me the same questions. Not only are they the same questions I can search for a super popular place and if it shows up in my "rate this place you have never been at or it stays in your maps lists for ever and never goes away until you rate it" list It would ask me the same question like I am sure it has asked thousands and thousands of other people already.

Once I have uploaded a photo to a review, can I delete said photo from my Google Photos storage, or will that delete it from the post too? Example: I take a photo of a menu, post it to my review, and now would like not to have 20 GB of menu photos sitting in my Google Photos collection.

I cannot seem to find a clear answer online, sorry if this has been asked here before and I have not found the thread!

I’m not sure if you guys have heard, but there is an ongoing investigation regarding a man named Cody Robert’s recently running over a wolf with a snowmobile and dragging him back to the Green River Bar in Wyoming recently. The owner of the business was there and let this man torture this 9 month old wolf puppy in the bar for hours before killing him. Despite multiple reviews for this bar, it still remains 4.8 star and no reviews showing up. I need your guys help in fixing this situation. This man should not only be going to prison, but this business needs to fail because of what they allowed.

So I keep getting notifications that I rank in the top 10% of reviewers for certain subjects... is there anyway I can get s list of these?

I have gotten many and I have lost track.

Anyone else’s view counts still not fixed? I’m trying to see if anyone else’s are still showing zeros/unusual low numbers on computer and mobile.

This is the first location I’ve found that I can’t seem to contribute to. It has photos being added by someone fairly regularly but I have no option to add them or review.

I’m not actually that fussed about this specific place but am curious why this is the case. Anyone come across any locations like this before and know the rationale behind it?

So it's here. After 3 more grueling months and another 10k roads, I reached a new milestone. Although I'm second in the number of roads right now, the morale is high. Let's add every road possible!

So I’m scrolling back through my contributions and the pictures I’ve taken of places seem to be bundled up with other places that I’ve taken separate pictures for. Anyone else having this issue? It’s on the IOS app.

If that makes sense

So, sometime ago I realized that Google is not showing the reviews I write. despite making the review appear as publicly posted for my login..I see them but when I go incognito or even search from another phone with their email address, my review does not appear in the list as expected.

I feel this is intentional bc it shows under mine leaving me to think the public can read it but nope, it is nonexistent to anyone else

Has anyone else encountered this or can provide info in how to fix it? I cant even find info how to report it but based on what I read, sounds like they single handedly choose whether to block you or not..

thanks

I am on level 9 of local guide. I made 1 star review to an ice cream store due to their bad service. My review was posted but my update pictures were not posted. Is there any possibility that the owner reported my updated pictures by visitors? Thank you.

There’s this business owner who replies valid negative reviews with abuse - calling people idiots, bastards etc. It’s been going for years with no repercussions. Just wondering why this is allowed while Google easily shadow bans reviewers? Any way to report this behavior?

Please see this announcement on LocalGuidesConnect.com

https://www.localguidesconnect.com/t5/General-Discussion/View-Count-Graph-Restored/m-p/3739698

It's taken years and many reviews, photos, and questions answered, but this morning I finally made it to level 10!

I know nothing really changes now but the number on my profile, but still it feels kinda nice --

I am adding little free libraries to my local map, but there are two that Google keeps rejecting. One of them was successfully added to the map and then deleted by google a couple months later. I don’t understand what the issue is. I have added 50+ libraries to the map and all the others got approved except these two. Is it possible for the business owner (in the case the person or organization who built the library) to ban their spot from being added to google maps? Also the two libraries are close to each other on opposite sides of the same block. I wasn’t surprised when only one got approved the first time, because google probably thought they were duplicates. But now neither one is getting approved.

I've posted to the Google support, but they weren't helpful.

Anyways, Im a local guide level 7 and I think I found a vengeful business owner. Wife and I went to this restaurant in SF. It was supposed to be an authentic Thai restaurant but upscaled, but it wasn't good and the acoustics were horrible, so left a 3/5 review. Shortly after that, I noticed all my uploaded pictures are no longer visible when I looked up my review. Jump to now and I have a bunch of reviews getting removed and other saying they were posted in the last 2-3 months when it's been 6 months to a year. It's been 3 months since we've been to that restaurant.

So reached out to Google and they said about 20 reviews and 60 pictures have been removed since I posted them...

Has anyone had maybe a weird bug that caused this to them or did I find a vengeful owner?

I am a level 8 guide and I have noticed recently about a dozen new followers over the couple of weeks with little or no google history. No contributions and only following me.

Is that out of theordinary or are my Spidy senses tickling for nothing?

https://www.reddit.com/r/london/s/u0E9bgCMbe

Is this a bug? It shows ratings and captions as 0. When all my reviews includes ratings with stars and photos with captions.

If not, what are ratings and captions?

https://preview.redd.it/q6ppmtgyw6sc1.png?width=1080&format=png&auto=webp&s=a34e9e52380e131c7a5ae216465ae60ce0c40b5f

I know some people claim the numbers are fake or that it’s sort of irrelevant as a whole but I’ve been tracking my counts weekly to see which trends I can find, if posts were in the front page etc.

As we are mostly all aware that the counts have not adjusted for over a month they recently - 2 weeks ago - changed. In my findings only 2 have lost views. Most have increased views at the same rate as previously changed, though a few lost their primary photo status and thus no more counts.

Anyway, I’m really just wondering if we are ever gonna get some type of info on this. I have new photos receiving some views after about 10 days but then remains stuck there forever. It seems people have stopped posting about the counts so maybe mines the only one screwed?

I just reached level 7 and I know I’m a few years off of level 10 but I wondered if there’s anything after that? If I get to level 10 and achieve all of the badges is that it? Or is there like some secret level where I get an eleventh spike on my star? ⭐️

Our local bicycle repair shop does also duplicate keys. How can I add this as an activity with the shop?