UPDATED: Known issue: Unpublished reviews and photos on Google Maps

Hey @Alpha10 and @Jochen23OWL ,

Thanks for reaching out to us!

I am sorry to hear that you experiencing this and wanted to let you know that we will have a look into your accounts. Bear in mind that all of the reviews who don’t violate our policies will be live again once our investigation is over.

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Hey @Kerbray ,

Happy to hear that! Thanks for the update. Feel free to reach out if it happens again.

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Hey @DeadesignAnna ,

As you know, there is an ongoing issue with missing reviews and our teams are working hard to resolve it. We will have a look into your account as well and once the investigation is over, your reviews that don’t violate our policies will be live again.

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Hey @BelayaLisa ,

Thanks for reaching out to us!

The known issue that we are experiencing shouldn’t refrain you from writing new reviews. Once we fix this, all of the reviews that were made private and aren’t violating our policies will be live again.

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After noticing this issue, the place where I wrote the new review was completely hidden. Not only the text of the review but also the stars and photos are hidden, and it continues to be expelled.

However, posts with only stars and photos without writing a review are displayed.

I pay close attention to the shape of the text, so I rewrite it many times and update it repeatedly in a short time. This is because the nuances of Japanese word are very complicated. This is my style, not a bunch of malicious updates. This is because the difficulty of Japanese is that we cannot respect others even if we make a slight mistake in the composition of the text.

Please refer to it.

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@Bobiisha

Hallo Bobiisha,

ich danke dir herzlich für deine Information.

Vielen Dank auch an das ganze Team, das sich um die Lösung der Probleme bemüht.

Schön zu sehen, dass vielen anderen Local Guides schon geholfen werden konnte.

Ihr macht einen guten Job - bitte macht weiter so.

Viele Grüße, Jochen

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Hi @Bobiisha ! I hope all’s good with you? I posted another five reviews over the weekend on a trip to Edinburgh. Three are public but two remain hidden, although all five appear to be compliant with the rules. Perhaps you could look at my account again? I have more to post over the next couple of days as I’m conscious of not posting too many at the same time and triggering the spam filter. Thanks again for helping whilst the team are trying to resolve this problem!

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Hey @SimmoUK ,

I will check, thanks for reaching out!

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@Bobiisha

Hi Bobiisha, I posted the photo below last week and it has failed to show on my photos or on latest photos for taberna Miguel. Neither have I been asked for the dish name.

I have checked on my android and Windows laptop and it is the first time this has happened.

Regards

Ahoj @Bobiisha Moje recenze se stále nezobrazují. Řekněte programátorům google, že některá antispamová pravidla jsou špatně. já hodně cestuji a když jsem v novém městě, kde je hodně věcí na vidění, tak přidám třeba 20 nových míst a tedy i recenzí, není přece moje vina že google o těchto místech neví, nechci být trestán za to, že najdu nová pro googole mapy neznámá místa.

hodně lidí pro neúplnost google map raději používá místní maps

s pozdravem Karel Míka

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Hi @D1922 ,

Thanks for taking the time to reach out. We will check the photo in question.

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Hey @Karel-Mika ,

We are still working on resolving the issue. I kindly ask you to be patient as there are many Local Guides affected and we are doing our best to check all. I remind you again that although your reviews aren’t visible now, once we fix this, they will be live again. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation on this matter.

P.S.: I redacted your comment and removed the link to the external site you shared.

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Hallo @Bobiisha

We are still working on resolving the issue. I kindly ask you to be patient as there are many Local Guides affected and we are doing our best to check all. I remind you again that although your reviews aren’t visible now, once we fix this, they will be live again. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation on this matter.

hast du einem anderen Local Guide geschrieben

Dafür danke ich dir, denn das beruhigt uns alle sehr.

Danken möchte ich auch dem Team, das jetzt sehr viel Arbeit hat und einen guten Job macht.

Ich verstehe, dass im Moment neue Rezensionen nicht veröffentlicht werden, weil die Probleme noch nicht beseitigt sind.

Aber ich frage mich, wie es möglich ist, dass “alte” Rezensionen - auch die, die positive Bewertungen bekommen haben, also besonders hilfreich waren, nicht mehr öffentlich sind.

Ärgerlich ist auch, dass man Orte hinzufügen kann, diese genehmigt werden, dass man dann eine Rezension dazu schreibt, dann einige Kilometer fährt, Fotos macht und dann leider feststellen muss, dass nur die Fotos öffentlich sind, nicht die Beschreibung / Rezension des Ortes.

Dabei gehört doch alles zusammen, wenn man andere Besucher von Google Maps umfassend informieren will.

Vielleicht gelingt es euch ja, die Probleme zu beseitigen.

Dazu wünsche ich euch viel Erfolg.

Viele Grüße, Jochen

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Hello @Jochen23OWL , that’s what I’m worried about. Thank you for pointing that out!

We have written over 1000 enthusiastic reviews based on our research. Each of these is an important speech and a lovable child for us.
It is completely impossible for us to log off our account and investigate 1000 children. The strong anxiety that there may be reviews that disappeared somewhere would be a pandemic for Local Guides. In fact, I’ve confirmed that some reviews have been repaired and some haven’t. The criteria for the difference between the two is unknown.

I keep in mind the imagination of such feelings of other guides. Of course, all Googlers have the same idea.
Thank you!

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Hallo@YasumiKikuchi

ich danke dir für deine Nachricht und kann deine Sorgen gut nachvollziehen.

Hier in Deutschland gibt es ein Sprichwort: “Die Hoffnung stirbt zuletzt”.

Wir alle, die wir betroffen sind, haben jedoch gute Gründe zu hoffen:

Google wird ein großes Interesse daran haben, dass Local Guides “ihr” Google Maps so aktuell wie möglich halten. Viele - auch ich - verwenden ja inzwischen zur Navigation lieber Google Maps als ein Navigationsgerät. Maps wird - auch durch uns - öfter aktualisiert.

@Bobiisha hat geschrieben:

We are solving this step by step as there isn’t an automatic way to do it. This is why there are Local Guides whose problem has been solved and there are some still waiting. I kindly ask you to be patient and have in mind that this might take time.

Das ist nachvollziehbar und es gibt keinen Grund daran zu zweifeln.

Es muss / wird ein “Fairplay” von beiden Seiten sein: Wir investieren unsere Zeit um zu recherchieren, Rezensionen zu schreiben, Fotos zu machen, Korrekturen durchzuführen etc. und Google sorgt dafür, dass die betroffenen Accounts wieder voll funktionsfähig sind.

Verschiedene Accounts z.B. der von @Kerbray sind bereits repariert. Wir sollten also - auch wenn die Reparaturen lange dauern - nicht die Hoffnung aufgeben und abwarten.

Ich wünsche dir alles Gute - bitte bleib gesund

Beste Wünsche und Grüße, Jochen

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I too am having this issue with reviews not being posting. I am on a Android 10 phone which is my only device.

Hi @Bobiisha !

Thanks for checking! One of the two hidden reviews is now published. The other remains unpublished because I think it may have violated the rules - not deliberately, of course, but I understand if automatic filters don’t understand the context of certain words. I’ve now edited it but does it need rechecking again? Also do you know the timescales for hidden photographs to be reattributed to their original reviews?

Thanks again for all that you do - I realise that this is a mammoth task!

Kindest regards,

David

Are people going to be affected even after things are fixed? I felt like everything was fixed and now when I update a review it no longer shows at all even if it’s a positive review and I’m simply updating my experience.

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Ahoj @Bobiisha !

Nezobrazují se mi recenze,

ale teď se nezobrazují ani fotky

a to jsem přihlášen

viz foto