When you click on the profile picture of a local guide in Google Maps, a screen pops up listing the number of contributions (s)he has made, split up b...
The Local Guides program in Google Maps is 100% based on volunteer work. There is no payment for the contributions we all make on Maps. Still the topi...
Not everything you see on Google Maps belongs there. Quite a few entries are in fact spam, often added on purpose for malicious or at least deceptive ...
Look, this Google Maps team is seriously messing up my planning. Typically I record one episode per month on a specific topic related to the Local Gui...
An important element of the Local Guides program is the gamification - the fact that you can earn points by contributing to Google Maps and that those...
The last few weeks and months, quite a few of the ways you can suggest edits on Google Maps have changed - both in terms of the processes and the scre...
Not all contributions on Google Maps are made by local guides. A lot of information is also contributed by the businesses shown on Maps - either by th...
In this episode we will explore some of the intricacies local guides are faced with when adding places to Google Maps or editing existing ones: we tak...
In this very special episode you can listen to an interview with none other than Mara Chomsky, Global Lead of the Local Guides program – the big boss,...
Two of the activities a lot of local guides most frequently engage in are: giving places on Google Maps ratings (1 to 5 stars) and writing reviews for...