Please advise how can we benefit financially from reviews, photos… etc on Google Maps?
Does it count views & reactions?
please elaborate with details
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Hi @Abouelryat “Welcome to Connect! If this is your first visit, you’ve come to the right place. This post will serve as a guide for everything you need to know about contributing content and engaging with the Local Guides community on Connect”. This is the first of the information that you will find in “Your guide to Connect” , the introductory Guide of the community.
In there you will find all the necessary information to know how to better contribute in here.
Regarding your question, gaining money (or discounts, benefits, etc.) from reviews is strictly forbidden, and in some country can also have legal implications.
In addition, Local Guides are volunteers, and earning is against our principles. That’s why we are free, because we are not paid.
Of course there are businesses that are hiring professional photographers for providing beautiful photos and 360° virtual tours to add on their business in Google Maps.
However this should never be done with a Local Guide account.
As an additional information I want to let you know that in your photos there are several violation, especially related to duplicate across locations. This is strictly forbidden, and can easily end in a ban from the program. Please check out your photos and remove the ones added more than once.
Do you have a doubt about how to do something? The Help desk is here for you,with a long list of post with detailed indications on how to post.
Which kind of contents we share in the community? What are Connect topics? will give you an explanation
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You cannot benefit Financially from Google Maps @Abouelryat …
We all do this as a hobby to help people navigate around the world with shopping, roads, restaurants and so much more.
We are not in it for the money.
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Hello @Abouelryat and welcome to Connect.
I see you received great tips and suggestions for your query from fellow Local Guides. Thank you @ErmesT and @TerryPG .
I want to inform you that I will change the topic of your post to How-tos to keep Connect organized. This is the place where you can ask questions, share tips, and provide feedback about Connect and the Local Guides program.
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Hey I got the mail for Google swag in May 2023 … and I had already filled all the details and I am continuously checking the FAQ and still it’s showing that my Swag shipping is still in processing… what to do can you please help