My posts don't receive any exposure

[OVR_Guy]

Dear Local Guides Connect community members,

First I would like to say that I’m proud being a member of this community, and learn a lot from other people’s experience.

In the past year I posted several posts that describe my personal experience from recent travels around the world. Each post contains text, videos & photos and when people encounter my content, they give me a very positive feedback.

The thing is that on Local Guides Connect, my posts don’t receive that much exposure. They usually appear on the main page for several seconds, and then it disappears. Mostly because there’s newer posts. And though I tag my content so it will be relevant as much as possible to specific topics, it almost doesn’t appear on the main categories.

Assuming my posts comply the policy of Local Guides Connect, I’m being an active member & my content is relevant to this wonderful platform - I would like to consult with you what would be the right way for my posts to receive more exposure.

Thanks for reading this post and hope you can relate to this issue.

Best regards,

OVR Guy

[Emily2U]

@OVR_Guy I would like to know as well.

[SaifIS]

@OVR_Guy I see you mostly posted hotels review which is a good and in-depth review. My opinion is share other things like restaurants to check out in s city and similar. Also, you can review some great hotels of a city in a single post which might be of some interest. Because a specific hotel review is not something of great value. And always make sure what you share stays in the topic of connect. Read What are Connect topics?

I also try to write some good posts but not every post get the same exposure. Hope this will help you.

[StephenAbraham]

@OVR_Guy Thanks for sharing good posts on Connect. It’s true that there are many users on Connect and hence many new posts get uploaded constantly.

I would suggest the below to give your specific post more exposure.

• Tag specific relevant friends, for example if your post is about a meet-up, tag friends who went with you in the meet-up. (Side note: Try not to tag moderators or Googlers, because we should tag them when we need specific help ftom them).

• Copy the URL of your post and share it in social media or via your local community messaging groups to notify them of your post.

• Keep writing good content. Posts that get noticed will usually surface to the top and provide more exposure.

Hope this helps

[FaridTDF]

Hola @OVR_Guy , consulta es una consulta que todos los Local Guides de Connect desean tener una buena respuesta, creo que lamentablemente no existe una sola respuesta que pueda responde correctamente esta pregunta, ya que todos y me incluyo, hacemos muy buenos post, con Videos, mapas, un buen texto, muchos detalles mas, pero sin embargo, en ocaciones ni siquiera un Google Moderador lo lee, en esos momentos tanto tu como yo nos ponemos muy tristes y en ocaciones desalentados a continuar aportando en Connect.

Bueno aquí es donde tenemos que ser mucho más fuertes y, entender que lamentablemente eso puede ocurrir muchas veces a lo largo de nuestra trayectoria por Connect.

Mi sugerencia es que refuerces tus aportes haz muchos mas, y dentro de lo posible une los posts unos con otros por medio de link, a modo de historias entre post relacionados.

Ahora analizando los post que realizas, y por favor no lo tomes como una critica, solamente como sugerencias para mejorar tu post, la mayoría de los que realizas son mas parecidos a una empresa inmobiliaria de inspección de hoteles y apart. En este sentido mi sugerencia es que veas si puedes hacer otro tipo de post como por ejemplo contarnos sobre lo que realmente te gusta a ti sobre alguna de tus vacaciones, u otra cosa como contarnos que tipos de monumentos famosos existe donde tu vives, etc., de nuevo post favor no es una critica solo un comentario para que tus pos sean mas populares… Aquí puedes leer sobre como hacer un Gran Post en Connect

Saludos Farid

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[OVR_Guy]

Thank dear friends for your kind, prompt & insightful replies - I will definitely take them into consideration.

As someone who is active on several platforms, I understand the importance of adapting your content to the relevant platform. For instance, my latest post has a different format compared to my previous posts, and I assume it is more logical for "travel reviews” – for instance, I emphasized the location of the place I’ve visited.

Despite those adjustments, there’s still certain parameters that I find to be super important - being precise, avoiding misleading thumbnails & titles, etc.

If you did check my stuff (only if you want to…) you will see that I tell my story in my unique way, including sharing details about the location, nearby attractions etc. (my videos usually emphasize that).

Also, I have my check-list of how to spread the word about my content online, and prefer to avoid bothering others by tagging them or asking people to promote my content - this is not supposed to be a popularity contest (like-for-like, sub-for-sub, etc.).

But even if I do everything according to the book - there’s always something else… At first, my posts were immediately monitored as spam due to the fact I gave link to my video, being generous with the number of photos I upload, and editing my posts more than once.

When something like this happens, even when my content is brought back, then it won’t be on the main page because it got “older” and then all the efforts I put in a certain post were for nothing.

The same story goes for a post that is shown for several minutes and then is gone, and several other issues that I’m mentioning occasionally…

I guess this is a new platform, and it has its issues, and over time this will get better - I am sure of that. But because I’m familiar with these issues from other platforms I’m bringing this issue to your attention.

If my content won’t receive exposure once it is published, people won’t be able to notice it (unlike YouTube or Google Maps, where your content can become a hit even several years after you posted it, and I know that from my personal experience).

While I am going to concentrate on improving what I do and learn from my viewers and colleagues, I still think that my starting point isn’t that bad, and that’s why I share with you my opinion on this matter.

Thanks again for acknowledging my inquiry, I appreciate each & every one of you!

Best regards,

OVR Guy