Make an Impact as a Local Guide

Google Maps contribution stories
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To me, the local guide program is a great avenue for impact, especially if you travel to faraway places where Google Maps isn’t as actively updated.

Help Local Gems Stay in Business

Sometimes when I’m traveling or when I was living in West Africa, I’d come across an amazing business, try to leave a review only to find out they weren’t even on the Google Map! Now, people who search Google for best seaside restaurant by the Corniche are more likely to find this one. I’m publicly vouching for the restaurant with my review (or by adding them to the map!) and I’m glad to help.

Publicize Important Problems

Their employee bathroom lacks soap? They don’t have a single vegetarian option? You’re even helping local businesses when you leave honest, detailed, and critical reviews. If the business owner is interested in feedback, they can see your review and fix the issue. If they don’t, your negative review might actually drive people to other, perhaps more deserving, businesses instead.

Help locals

You’re making the map permanently better for locals to use daily! Which is the best place for art frames? Which pharmacy is open 24 hours? When you leave a review or add a business to the Google Map, it continues on after you leave! Other people who might not have map-maker privileges (like adding a business) can review their favorite sandwich place because you added it!

Help tourists

Going to a foreign place can be uncomfortable and difficult sometimes. During this time, having Google Maps be updated and searchable with English results and reviews can be life saving. I’m serious. Think about adding a pharmacy to the Google Map if it’s not already on there and ESPECIALLY if it’s 24 hours. Tourists don’t know their way around and this can be huge. It was because of Google Maps that I learned there was one 24 hour pharmacy on the other side of town that had the pet medicine I urgently needed at 1am. This person who added it probably saved my dog!

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Hi dear @abi0 I hope this is for your CL2020 application, if yes it should be under Local Story. I hope Any moderator can move it to the Local Story. Please checkout this post FYI.

My suggestion You have to add some related photos.

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Thanks so much! I already submitted my application. :disappointed: Am I disqualified now? I know it’s not possible to edit the application anymore. If I move my story to Local Story, I’ll be changing the URL, no?

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Dont worry, I think moderator can move it to the local story, but i dont know how to be that link you posted in application. take care next time when you post. Good luck :slightly_smiling_face:

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Hello @abi0 ,

Welcome to Connect!

You may be new on Connect or writing to share a post for your Connect Live application. If you’re applying to Connect Live be sure to share a link to a new Connect post responding to this year’s application prompts. You can find everything you need to know about writing a post for Connect Live 2020 by taking a look at the guidelines. You can also check How to write a great application post for Connect Live 2020 and Your guide to creating lists on Google Maps.

P.S.: Keep in mind that one of the requirements is to share your post on the Local Stories board. I’ve moved your post there.

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Thanks! Yes, this was for the Connect Live application.

I already submitted the application, however, so I can’t change the URL which I gave linking to this post. Does moving the post to “Local Stories” change my post’s URL?