Hi,
My recently uploaded photos are not appearing on Google Maps for public.
View from my profile:
From my public view profile (after logging out):
Most of the recent photos are not appearing on maps for public.
What is the reason? Is there any problem with my profile?
Regards
Dibyayan Chakravorty
Hi @DibyayanC
The screenshot from your private photo contribution page should be uploaded in large format to see any details.
From your profile, I can see that you uploaded 5014+177 photos+videos, but only 4212 of them are public. So, it is very likely that you are doing something that violated the photo guidelines. Having a tiny percentage of your photos hidden is hard to avoid. But having about 1000 out of 5000 is unusual and too high.
I doubt the problem is related to your newest contributions only.
I can only see your public photos and videos. But maybe you can use the following to identify how you can improve your hidden and future photos and videos:
You have the OnePlus commercial overlay text turned on in the lower left-hand corner in many of your photos. As I recall the guidelines such information needs to be relevant (I doubt this is relevant) and you are using 2 lines of text. I believe the guidelines mention one line only.
The newest video is from Baidyabati when I look at your profile. It seems to be different from what you show in the public profile screenshot. Again, please select “large” when uploading screenshots to Connect.
Videos can take a bit longer to get processed, and upload can be delayed until you are on a wifi connection, but then if you can see your latest photos and videos while logged in this is not the issue.
If you are concerned about getting as many views as possible, I would suggest that you take videos in horizontal rather than vertical format.
Your photos and videos look great (sharp and well-lit) and you are aware of not sharing any recognizable faces.
Normally I’m able to spot what could be the reasons, but you are doing a lot of things correctly.
Please take a read of this: https://www.localguidesconnect.com/t5/General-Discussion/Common-Photo-Violations/td-p/2901636
Else I will be happy to take a second look after you make sure your screenshot are displayed as large images.
All the best
Morten
This is been happening to me since last 6months. even my reviews are not appearing.
Thanks.
The first 5 images on your screenshot are public!
On your public list I see another serious issue that might explain what you are experiencing:
To the place called Howrah Junction, you have uploaded a bluish tall video (26 sec) but you have also uploaded the same video to the place called Howrah Railway Station. This is a violation that can get you suspended.
We should never upload the same image to more than one pin on Google Maps.
Please read the link I shared with you and reflect on other potential typical violations you may have done.
I recommend that you start deleting videos and images you uploaded to more than one place - leaving only one of them.
I’m unable to explain why your photos uploaded to Durgapur are not going public.
After you fix all the issues you can identify, then please use the form called Account investigation for contributions not visible on Google Maps. This can help with both hidden reviews and photos/videos. Keep in mind, it takes several weeks for the check to be done, and you will not be notified about the result, so I suggest you check the status of your reviews once a week or so.
Best of luck
Morten
Thank you so much.
Initially I uploaded the video on Howrah Junction page, I think later Google sent me notification about adding photo to map and suggested Howrah Railway Station.
Fixed it now and also submitted the form you shared.
Thanks!
Hi @DibyayanC ,
Thanks for reaching out. I see you got good advice from @MortenCopenhagen .
For more information about this topic, please see this article.
Please note that I moved your post to the How-tos board. Here, you can swap advice with other Local Guides and share how to create helpful contributions on Google Maps and Connect.
Hello Guys,
Recently I have gone through my entire contribution and made the following changes:
Deleted any duplicate photos where found.
Deleted most of the photos without a place (places have been deleted later, somehow) to clear the map database.
And still I am facing the following issues:
My total image/video contribution is 4,715 as of today. But my public profile shows only 3,670.
Many of my recently uploaded photos are not showing on Maps. Photos with good clarity and good pixels.
Examples:
All these photos were uploaded last week. And these are still not showing on Maps.
Please help me with this. I don’t know what I am doing wrong.
