My primary motivation for sharing on Google Maps is to help others to make informed decisions.
For example we can read the menus of the restaurants easily on-line but mostly these are only names.
- How does the food look like?
- How did it taste?
- Was the waiter helpful or friendly?
You cannot tell this from the website. You need to go there smell it, taste it and be absorbed in it.
Then I try to share as much of it as I can so when you are thinking about visiting the same place you get more info about it.
I also like to rate and give feedback to local shops and services.
This allows others to find the quality that they are looking for.
I really appreciate when the owner of the place responds to my review because then it show that they truly care about their customers.
I write my reviews in English so that more people can benefit from them.