Each day we’re seeing more and more Local Guides contributing videos on Maps. In these videos they share their experiences at the places they enjoy so that others can get a much better appreciation of them and make better informed decisions about visiting these places. This post is about such videos and more specifically, it’s about showcasing the “best” videos shared by Connect Local Guides.
Like photos, videos have a view count and in the absence of a better metric, in this post we use the number of views that a video has as a measure of that video’s quality and we refer to our video having the most views as being our star video. This post is all about such stars. It includes a set of leaderboards that showcase the star videos of Local Guides from all over the world and whether you are a Level 10 or a Level 2 Local Guide, if you have contributed video on Maps, you can join in to showcase your star and it’s simple to do. Just hit this link and register or if you want to know more then see this How-to post by @AZ_2021
So what can you learn from the Star Videos Leaderboards?
By sharing our video contributions and achievements we can learn a lot about how to improve the quality of our videos so that we can achieve even better outcomes in terms of the impact that they have on our communities. We have been doing this successfully with photos over the past few years and so now we can do the same with videos. Let’s see if together we can learn what type of videos work “best”.
Is this a competition?
While there is an inherent competitive element within the leaderboards, the aim of the Top 100 Local Guides leaderboard posts is to motivate us, help us to think about and monitor our contributions and performance, and show us how we can improve the quality of and make better contributions so that we achieve better results all in a fun and enjoyable way! If this can be done then these leaderboards will have achieved their objective; mission accomplished!
If you haven’t as yet shared your star video thenregister nowas we’d all love to see it!
How to Read the Star Videos leaderboards (September 2023)
Briefly, this is what you need to know about the leaderboards in this post. For more details see the leaderboard documentation:
The leaderboards in this post present details about the star videos of participating Local Guides from all over the world. If you have contributed videos on Maps then you will have a star video, it’s your video that has the most views and we call this, the star video.
As well as an overall leaderboard, you will see leaderboards for different Local Guide levels which provide you with direct comparisons of your star video’s performance with that of your peers. Finally, there’s a leaderboard ranking the top 100 star videos by average star views per day which gives an indication on how good your star video is. To be included in this leaderboard, you must have updated your star video’s views in the period since the date of the last average star views per day leaderboard as posted here on Connect last month.
The average star views per day is calculated by dividing the star views by the life of the star video expressed in days. The life of the star video is equal to the number of days between when you first uploaded your star video on Maps and the date that you last updated the star views and thus, will be different for each participating Local Guide. Therefore, for accuracy of the information it is important that you enter the correct dates. When it comes to the date that you last updated the star views, point #2 above is very important.
As well as the star views and the date uploaded onto Maps, each listing on the leaderboards shows the Maps Category, and a description (e.g. Storefront, Building or Park) of the respective Local Guide’s star video.
If the Maps Category of a star video is shown as a link and if the name of the relevant Place of Interest was provided by the respective Local Guide, then hovering over that link will show you the name of the place and selecting that link will take you to a screenshot with details of that place as stored on the Local Guides, 2023 Star Videos post, a “star video album” if you will, of star videos.
If the Maps Category of a star video is shown on a colored background then that star video has been selected as one of the best that meets the formatting requirements as specified in the star video album post. Select that star video’s category and see why it has been rated as one of the best and read more about that star video on the “star video album” post.
Selecting any of the Connect Usernames will take you to that Local Guide’s Connect Profile.
Preceding some of the leaderboards, you may see a number of screenshots of featured star videos. If so, these are a selection from those that best meet the requirements as detailed in the “star video album” post.
Clicking or selecting any of the featured star video images shown will take you to where you can view the Local Guide’s video.
Where shown, around leaderboard sequence numbers indicate that this is the first time that the Local Guide has participated on the Top 100 Local Guides leaderboards.
Where shown, ( ) around leaderboard sequence numbers indicate that this Local Guide levelled up/down onto this leaderboard.
An asterisk (*) shown after a Connect Username indicates that that Local Guide is a Connect Moderator.
Double asterisks (**) shown after a Connect Username indicates that that Local Guide is a Googler.
A ? or the words “Not set” in a cell indicates that the respective value cannot be determined or hasn’t been provided by or for the respective Local Guide.
Local Guides included on the leaderboards must check their entries for any errors. If you should find any errors or omissions, please add the details in a comment on this post. Regarding omissions, please note point 14 above.
Well here it is, finally, our inaugural star video leaderboards post. It’s a modest beginning but I’m confident that it will grow and become another exciting part of the Top 100 Local Guide series. There were no videos shared by Level 6 Local Guides but by posting the vacant boards it might encourage some Level 6 guides to jump on board.
While this is a modest beginning for the star video leaderboards, already we can see some amazing video contributions from the Local Guides Connect community and there are certainly things that we can learn from this sharing.
Comments and suggestions are welcome. In the meantime, please make sure to check the leaderboards for any errors or omissions.
Another great thread which is going to be very useful as videos are on start, and we may be able to escavate many more parameters in future.
One thing for sure… Though the landscape shots may take the advantage of conventional coverage, over a period of time, our eyes may start liking the vertical shots as well… Of course, I’m not against portrait mode… But, not for all the videos…
Hey… Adam Ji… Would you mind showing us the mode of the Shot too in the statistics, please…
Again, thanks for giving us these valuable pieces of information…
