Culinary greeting from Berlin, @MortenCopenhagen.
Today I took me the time to identify my contributions which got the private-state without any hint from Google in my direction mentioning that.
- In total I loaded up 6572 pictures & Videos - 211 are not visible to the community.
- In total I did 438 reviews - 45 are not visible to the community.
Before I try to think about the not shown pictures, I started to figuring out why those reviews are not shown - if I am able to fix those, the amount of not visible photos will shrink as well - hopefully.
We all take a lot of unpaid time to share our experiences with the world and help Google Maps to become more and more complete and accurate - but this should not be a one-way street.
In principle, I think it would be appropriate and fair of Google if we as local guides were informed directly when posting a review if something leads to our reviews not being visible to the community and what to do to fix that.
One thing f.e. I can’t understand is that even links to videos on Google’s YouTube not work - especially when videos are longer than 30 seconds, this is the best way to point to those - it stays "in-House @Anonymoususer1 ", so to speak.
Here two samples where I can not find any issue which kicks those review to private.
https://goo.gl/maps/1KzMKh1iunxSSALu8
https://goo.gl/maps/eMvvtzWF68vnoJyw9
Review Text:
“Some time ago I visited with a good Bangkok friend the El Gaucho Bangkok - the “branch” not far from the Grand Mercure ASOKE…right next to Terminal 21. The atmosphere of the restaurant was very inviting and authentic, you felt right at home and almost like in a Argentina steakhouse. The furnishings are very attractive and invite you to linger even beyond the good steak.
The service was professional and courteous from the welcome to the farewell. The staff were always very attentive, but by no means intrusive - and it was immediately obvious that the service staff were also real meat lovers. Of course, this makes the selection and advice on the “right slice of meat” even more enjoyable. We started this evening with a very tasty carpaccio - but to be more precise with the warm bread, baked garlic, herb butter and a salsa that is always served in advance, which is unparalleled in freshness and taste. The carpaccio was - as it should be - quite simply arranged, the fine meat should be the focus here - it was well tempered and had an excellent taste of its own - a real treat right at the beginning. We started each with a beer, on the one hand with a Japanese Asahi and on the other hand with a freshly tapped Heineken. Even if the Heineken from the bottle has a good reputation, the freshly tapped one has more than a nose length taste advantage. In the main course, my company tryed a grilled vegetable skewer and a portion of lamb chops.
The lamb was of the highest quality and grilled to the point - it had a lot of roasting aromas and was nevertheless juicy, a real pleasure. After the consultation and presentation, I had decided for the EL Gaucho Ribeye on the bone (USDA Prime quality) with about one kilo weight and that evening I got one of the best steaks I was allowed to enjoy so far. The Ribeye had exactly the ordered cooking degree, it was finely memorized, soft as butter, grilled sharply on the outside and had a uniquely round taste - a real dream - a big compliment to the “maestro de la barbacoa”! In addition, I had truffled mashed potatoes, which tasted completely balanced and besides the fine truffle aroma had a great potato taste of its own - this “side dish” was a real highlight itself. At the end we indulged in a beguiling Crema de Caramelo, a poem of a dessert and in this quality certainly hard to find. In addition, there were crêpes with caramel and vanilla ice cream - a really fitting combination. Especially worth mentioning in the EL Gaucho is the in-house liqueur - a Belvedere Vodka with a pinch of Monin Caramel which - even if it is sweet - doesn’t cause any headaches the next day, even if it wasn’t just one…
It is important that both the mixture and the glasses have to be ice-cooled - this is the only way to make the experience unique! As soon as the vodka “leaves” the tongue, a grandiose caramel aroma unfolds - very tasty and memorable! The “Butcher Shop” on the lower floor of the EL Gaucho also offers the perfect opportunity to take proper steaks with you for the in-house barbecue - an excellent idea that would certainly also be appreciated in Germany. As far as I know, an EL Gaucho in Germany, namely in Hamburg, has been opened in the meantime - I would be happy for the Hanseatic city.
As I had already visited most of the steak houses there an EL Gaucho would be another highlight for that city. The El Gaucho in Bangkok was a stroke of luck all along - at first it seems high priced, it is - but for the quality & freshness of the products and the great service this is also justified. A clear recommendation to visit this restaurant if you nearby - especially if you are a meat lover, but also if you are looking for a nice and innovative bar. In the meantime, there was also a steamed asparagus mix with freshly planed parmesan, i.e. both white and green asparagus, nicely crunchy and thus an excellent texture as a starter in the Bangkok EL Gaucho - you should definitely try it! Feel free to follow my Google Maps profile, check out my other reviews and be sure to visit foodadvisorblog!”
At some point I decided to turn the tables. Normally people share their bad experiences with the whole world and the good ones only with close friends - I wanted to break this circle and reverse the logic.
But if positive experiences are ultimately interpreted as advertising - be it because I praised a steak too enthusiastically or because I mention a brand name so that the community members also find exactly what I wrote about, then the whole thing turns into a negative for me because my commitment is undermined or not recognised by Google as a positive contribution.
I started my Google Maps account in autumn 2018 and have received 40 million explicit views for my reviews, pictures & videos in the last 3 years - which fills me with pride.
Google constantly informs me proactively about this and many other scores - there should be more when it comes to visibility tips, right?
Basically, Google should offer a service for this - if we already pick out the links, there should be the possibility that you can send them to Google and then promptly Google find out why which post / which image or video is not displayed - that would be a real WIN (Google) / WIN (author) / WIN (The Community) situation.
Hope dies last, but as we all know, it does die at some point…
So far from Berlin, stay healthy – cheers,
Erik
