Google maps is one of the most important part of my life. Yes its true for thousand of foreign students and migrants all over the world. As an international student in Australia, I can not think myself without google maps.It not only helps its users about the direction or a little description but I believe it gives an elaborate idea about a place. And thousand of people can make it more useful by providing information about their visited or known place by simply uploading pictures and brief description.from home.
I am using google maps for more than 10 years and my first thing was giving only star to different restaurants and places. But I changed this attitude and became an active reviewer after I visited Maldives. As Maldives is a tourist destination and the prices of foods and other activities is expensive, I tried to check different reviews on google maps and realized, there were no price or expenses ideas. So I decided to write review on everything with some pricing ideas. I got huge responses after that type of review. And that inspired me to write review on google maps including pictures and price.
Photo is the best part for an review. Because it gives a clear idea about a specific place. And price is another important factor as many users decide what to do based on that. As photo gives a clear picture of any place, I think, its better to take couple of photos to give an idea about that place. But in my review I try to focus on price which gives a clear idea. Such as I booked an hotel in Maldives and I knew it was not possible to go outside that island to have food. So how expensive was the food? I had no clear ideas. After visiting that resort, I uploaded my review with a brief idea about the price range of the food and other facilities with price range.
So, to recapitulate, I think review on google maps helps many users from different background but by using photos and price range of that place actually serve the main purpose of google maps to help its users to take decisions. I love to help different people by writing review on google maps.