What is a decent number of photos to add to a review

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Hello, local guides.

I came across places on Google Maps where reviewers have posted in excess of 30 photos.

Although none of them were repetitive, I’d still like to know what would be a decent figure for the number of photos that one should ideally add to a review?

For example for a restaurant, I have been posting 6-8 photos which include 2 each of the outdoors, interiors, food, and the menu card.

What would you suggest in general?

BR,

Tushar

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There are several suggestions in Connect about how to contribute in Google Maps with our photos, @TusharSuradkar .

Someone wants to limit to Five the number of photos for every place, others would like to have no limits.

In my opinion is better to think about what NOT to upload, because of course a museum, or a large mall, is very different from a bar, or a small grocery store.

What photos should I share on Google Maps? is an interesting article about this subject, and is giving all the rules related to adding photos in Google Maps.

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Hello @TusharSuradkar

At present, there are no restrictions on the count photos one can upload, although there are suggestions to do so in the idea exchange.
The opinions will differ. If somebody is visiting a flower show, there would be many distinct photos representing different formations & all would be attractive. Similarly, a museum will have many perspectives.
However, in most of the cases, a photo of the facade & one or two photos of the interior should suffice.

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Hi @TusharSuradkar ,

Thanks for reaching out! I see that fellow Local Guides shared their knowledge with you. You can follow their tips.

In addition to that, I am marking @ErmesT 's reply as a solution, so other Local Guides can refer to it.

The purpose of this feature is to help Local Guides find answers when searching on the Connect. Please take a look at How do I mark comments as solutions? article.

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Thank you @TsekoV

BTW, @TusharSuradkar , I would like to add an extra note: we are the best ones to judge what is appropriate in maps, if we switch our point of view, from Local Guides to Map users.

With this in mind, times ago I wrote a couple of posts, to stimulate the Local Guides to change our way to submit photos:

If you can respond to the two questions, you will also have an answer about yours

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Thank you @ErmesT - in fact, your extra note is the answer that I would’ve loved to mark as a solution had @TsekoV spared at least 24 hrs for people to comment.

As @C_T has rightly mentioned elsewhere, seeing that a question has an accepted solution discourages them to participate and post replies as they see it a redundant exercise.

Thanks C_T for your well-guided response.

Though I started off with seeking a “number” that would look decent for the number of photos, the meaningful and logical question to ask is “how useful” would those be useful to a Google Map user, especially if one puts himself in the other’s shoes. Very well said @ErmesT . Thank you for a very fruitful discussion and time worth spent today on the Connect community.

BR,

Tushar

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Hi @TusharSuradkar I tend to adjust my approach depending on where I am. At a restaurant, I’d consider a clean image of each meal and an indoor image, perhaps an outdoor image if they don’t already have one and if they’re unoccupied an image of the toilets showing if they are accessible or not.

You can see my general suggestions in the link in my signature below.

Paul

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Thanks a ton, @PaulPavlinovich

That is exactly the kind of article that I was looking for but unfortunately did not see it before.

@ErmesT has also provided guidelines along the same lines.

Paul, you have expanded on several types of places along with a summary at the end which makes it perfect and leaves one without any further doubts.

BR,

Tushar

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Glad it is helpful @TusharSuradkar

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Hi @ErmesT

Your comment *"*we are the best ones to judge what is appropriate in maps, if we switch our point of view, from Local Guides to Map users." that changed my outlook towards handling Google Maps forever and for which I am immensely in debt to you.

I would like to take this further and seek your thoughts on "What should be the best approach towards the Connect platform?

Ideas Exchange, Achievement, Food, Photography - are all OK.

I would like to hear from you what the intention of contributing to “Travel” and “Local Stories” should be?

What is the right or ideal approach when contributing to these topics? and in general to the Connect community.

Thanks in advance, my friend for your reply and for everything you do for the community.

@C_T I would equally be interested in hearing from you on this, for you have been my role model and a great mentor so far. Your insights are important to me. Thanks in advance, mate.

BR,

Tushar

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Hello @TusharSuradkar

My suggestion. Please create a separate thread for the discussion. That way, the content will remain organised.
BTW: I find several persons using the Connect as a typical social media site, & then that concerns me a lot.

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