Hi everyone. Wondered if anyone had had a similar issue to this, and if so what was the solution? Thank you
For context I’m a level 8 contributor (only 1,700 points off level 9), and have added over 350 places new to Google Maps before without this issue.
Whenever I travel I look for gaps on Google Maps to fill. I was in Greece last month and found lots of places missing from Google Maps, primarily churches, so sites clearly visible on satellite view.
I suggested them as missing places, and almost all of them were approved. I then added photos and reviews to them to help others.
Over the past month I’ve had a bunch of automated emails from Google Maps saying that my content hasn’t been posted. Here are a couple of examples…
I believe what has happened is that another automated review process has taken place since I added the missing places and content, and has removed the original place, leaving stranded reviews. I added dozens while travelling so it may have thought that I was a bot, despite having a clear track record.
It is obviously somewhat frustrating to be putting time and effort into Google Maps to improve it, and getting this outcome.
I found a link a few weeks ago, which I can’t find again, to ask Google Maps to review my recent content which I haven’t had any response to. Any ideas what I can do to get these places and content reinstated? Many thanks
I would be careful about adding new places in a country using a different alfabet and language, as checking if a place already exists on Maps can be very tricky.
Just zooming in on Maps will not show all places in the database. You need to do a text search to be sure. Obviously we can’t do a text search in Greek when we don’t know the language and don’t have the needed keyboard installed. Making a category search might work, but there are many different church categories. But it is likely our best bet.
Then, adding a Greek church without being able to add the correct name in the local language makes your new place more subseptable to being removed as a duplicate sooner or later.
The different categories on Maps are “grouped” so searching for one type of church might show churches across categories. Especially when yuuvare zoomer in by a lot.
I completed the form on 5 May so 14 working days ago, and hopefully I’ll get a response soon. Not sure whether all the reviews and photos will be savable if the original places have been removed on mass.
It can take 6 weeks before they get to your form submision so please be patient. And you will not get notified. So I propose you check your contributions once a week or so.
