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On August 22nd, me and other Local Guides, we took part in the “Local Guides in Crowdsource 3” Meetup organized by two great people as well as great Local Guides @KarenVChin and @ErmesT !
The videoconferencing focused mainly on the relationship between Local Guides and the Google Crowdsource application, more specifically, the two organizers have provided useful advice on what to do and what to avoid when we share contributions. The discussion focused on the impact of a good or bad photo can have on a business and our contributions, even without a top quality camera, but only by following a few simple tips;
1- FOCUS AND LIGHT
One of the first points covered in the meetup is the photographic focus, which is essential to make people understand immediately and clearly the subject in the image together with the light which, if well calibrated, makes the photo quality perfect, not obscuring the subject.
2- QUALITY BEFORE QUANTITY
As we all know, quality comes before quantity in our digital contributions. In the meetup the concept was emphasized that a well-made photo is enough, we must not create unnecessary duplicates of the same image. By “well done” we mean a photo where the object is well focused, with good photographic quality and that makes you understand clearly what you are looking. So please, upload only your best photo!
3- PHOTO DESCRIPTION
Adding a description to your photos is very useful to understand what you are seeing and also to earns additional points. Often, you can see photos with very short and generic or even wrong descriptions. Create a detailed and correct description it is essential to provide a higher quality contribution.
4- SHARE SIGNALS
Photographing and making the signs of a place, or an activity clearly visible, is a great way to share useful, necessary and interesting information. Especially if we are trying to share specific services that could be of interest to many people.
5- SPECIALIZED YOURSELF
We all know that by providing a genuine experience, the content will turn out to be true and will involve the viewer more. We also know that we need to make content relevant and helpful to viewers. But what we often forget sometimes is that we also have to have fun contributing to Maps, and what better way than by specializing ourselves in a category we like? I personally love food, probably like many of you, and I love to find and try new restaurants, so my target is food … but there are several other categories such as accessibility, cultural or trendy places etc.
The tips and notions learned in this Meetup are basic to improve our contributions, but in particular to improve the impact of the
business on its customers. It was a lot of fun and helpful to participate in this meetup. Being part of the large family of Local Guides also means this: having fun learning new notions or reinforcing already known concepts. 
however, I can’t imagine how much time and dedication you have spend for your big “star photo” post! Great! I’m not a “real fan” of numbers in the Local Guides program because I always search quality before quantity in my contributions and living in a small island in Italy, I don’t overcome 1.5 millions views in total in my photos (for now)… But I have really appreciate your post, and for your question, yes, quality is always an important factor for me when I determining stars points. Generally in my and other people’s reviews I’m focus more about the quality of description of the place/activities instead the quality of the photos and I’ve noticed that: several times a really amazing photo with the right angle, light and quality characters it’s not the most visualised
as a Local Guide and your experience accumulated over time here on Connect, I consider you a popular and capable LG. You deal with important issues and you too, like me, go in search of quality in contributions. And this is something that I appreciate and that so many other local guides here also appreciate. Don’t get me wrong, I understand the message of “quality through numbers” that you tried to convey in your post and I agree with your mission. I meant numbers with no real value or purpose, numbers that only serve to say “I have more views than you” or “I broke a new record”. All big companies including Google, at least in part, have to rely on numbers to get certain results … But this often creates a superficial spirit in people … And currently all of us live in a (unfortunately) very superficial society. I simply prefer to focus on quality, perhaps by publishing fewer contributions but which I consider quality. Of course, as you said in your post, each of us has our own idea of quality, but there is also a “standard level” of quality shared by almost everyone. Thanks again for your comments, I like to discuss these topics with well-prepared local Guides like you who are eager to improve the world of Connect. Of course, I’ll let you know at the next interesting meetup! 