Hi Good Day,
“To me adding business online, editing wrong location is what i love sharing most on Google Maps and if you ask me WHY, i will tell you it is because of my horrible experience journey with me as i share my experience with you”
Lately a friend introduce me to google map, telling me that i can use it to navigate my way in a new location. I thought it is a good idea, instead of asking strangers where you are heading to, you can simple navigate your way using the map at your fingertips, which to me it was just a powerful solution, due to the fact that i know the disadvantage to asking strangers a location of where you are going especially from the area i come from, it can just be disastrous, some will think you want to beg for arms while others may take the advantage of that to rob you of all your belongings.
One faithful day i was going for a business meeting and i thought these the best chance for me to use the Google Map i was introduced to in other to navigate my way. Before leaving the house i had to do a search of the location am heading to on the map i filled wow because it gave me the full description of where am going to. I took a Cab from my house down to the location after getting to the place i noticed the office am in search for was not there. I and the cab man proceed in search of the location and we spent roughly 2 hours in search of the place after we had resolved to a conclusion of asking people where we can locate the office address.
It was so painful on getting to the location and i saw that the address on the map was wrong, i had to spend all the money on me just for transportation and later i was told i came late that they have already given the work to someone else.
On getting home after narrating my experience with my friend who introduce me to the Map, he responded “The person that upload the business information was the one to be blamed not Google”. After some month i made some research online and i found out how to add business to the Map, i read through the process but i never took it serious until one day i had to review a friend business on Google Map and i was alert to Contribute More, that is where my journey as a Local Guide begins.
I remember my first experience with the Map and i said to myself “I will do all it takes to contribute positively to the map and make sure Business Location are Correct wherever i go” And since then, it has always been my passion to add business online, edit wrong location and also add reviews of places i visited, so that other people will not go through what i went through while using the Map, trust me it has been a success story all along.
I believe My contribution, Your contribution, Together We can make the Map Tourist Friendly.
Feel free to drop your comment especially if you have gone through similar situation and also share your journey as a Local Guide.