Hi, i look at my contribution in gmaps, and i realized that views of my photos decreasing to 1/3 or -70% views than before. How can it happen…? what can i do to fix that things? and what’s the solution?
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hello @Rosa , there are certain rules for uploading photos. If your photos are marked as spam and deleted, there is a decrease in power. @MortenCopenhagen will give you the best help in this regard.
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Ah ic, i don’t think i make a spam, but let me see and try to know and try to fix it. thx u @Gezendunyali 
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hello @Rosa I just took a look at your account, but unfortunately there are photos that may be spam. For example, people who cut fruit. My advice is to read the photo upload rules. Keep contributing.
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Oh wow thx @Gezendunyali for the clue. First time i didn’t know about that because that is different kind of Durian, montong and local durian. I think that different, okay i will try not to post something uite similar, so the AI not cut down my point hahaha
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Welcome to Connect. Nice to meet you.
Thanks for the tag, @Gezendunyali (Happy birthday?)
The only reason your photo views can go down is if Google decided to remove or hide some of your photos.
From your public profile, I can see that you have added 134 photos + 91 videos = 225, and only 211 of them are public.
Learn about hidden photos and how to find out how many of your photos are hidden by reading my post called How great a local guide are you?
I also shared typical photo violations here.
The guidelines for photos were recently revised.
Tips for taking a good photo
Taking good-quality photos will increase the likelihood that your photo will get published, and helps others discover the places that are just right for them. Here are a few tips:
- Keep it useful: Make sure the photo is at the correct location, is not a selfie, and may help someone understand the place you’re reviewing. Avoid submitting similar or duplicate photos.
- Take clear photos: Make sure the photo doesn’t have superimposed text on it and isn’t overly edited. Try to make sure the picture is not blurry.
Source: https://support.google.com/maps/answer/10357321?hl=en#:~:text=Tips%20for%20taking%20a%20good%20photo
Looking at your public photos and videos, I noticed quite a few duplicates. Also, you have uploaded the same photos to more than one place. Otherwise, I don’t see many issues. Maybe not shaking your phone while taking videos will make them better. And you could be more selective of what you chose to share videos of. But these last 2 issues should not affect whether your video and photos are hidden or not.
Are you sure you have noticed the drop in photo views or total views?
Currently, hidden reviews seem to be the problem affecting more people.
All the best
Morten
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I recommend you to be careful not to have as many people as possible on your efitigraphs. If you need help, feel free to tag us or the moderators. @Rosa
I agree with you, the fruit videos and pics are okay, as you uploaded them to a durian place. But you could generally be more focussed on showing the places rather than individual products. Pics of entrances and storefronts get a lot more views.
Cheers
Morten
Hi @Rosa
“Welcome to Connect! If this is your first visit, you’ve come to the right place. This post will serve as a guide for everything you need to know about contributing content and engaging with the Local Guides community on Connect”. This is the first of the information that you will find in “Your guide to Connect” , the introductory Guide of the community. In there you will find all the necessary information to know how to better contribute in the community
Regarding your so called issue, I think you should wait at least a month to see some some more stable number.
As far as I can see, around 170 of your 192 visible photos were added in the last 18 ours, and the others just a few days ago.
The same is for your reviews, as you restarted to contribute after a pause of more than three years.
The Total View of the photos is not updated in real time, and sometimes it is in standby for days, so the figure is not really showing the real numbers, and the difference between the sum of the individual views, as you started to contribute with photos just a few days ago, it can be very big.
You just need to be patient.
Do you have a doubt about how to do something? The Help desk is here for you,with a long list of post with detailed indications on how to post.
Which kind of contents we share in the community? What are Connect topics? will give you an explanation
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What is efitigraphs @Gezendunyali can you explain to me what that mean…? pardon my english
Ah… i just know about it… thx for very usefull information @MortenCopenhagen . So can you share how we get great video? cz i think… even i have good video, but when it uploaded to google maps, the resolution decreased a lot…
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Wow thx @ErmesT for your kindness help to check my account… Okay i will wait for a moment
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Yes this is my firt visit to Connect, thx for warm welcome @ErmesT . So many good people like you, @MortenCopenhagen @Gezendunyali who help me, glad to be here
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You are already sharing tall and not wide videos. That is the best tip I got to not lose too much video quality. The video quality is just not very good. That is the way it is.
Cheers
Morten
You’re welcome @Rosa . We’re always here. If you have a problem, don’t hesitate to ask. 
Hello @Rosa and thank you for reaching out to us.
As I saw you already received an answer to your question. I would like to thank you to @Gezendunyali , @MortenCopenhagen and @ErmesT for their help.
Also, I will move your post to the How-tos board.
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Hiii @MortenCopenhagen some of my pictures that “hidden” (before that they already have views but hidden), and now some of them appear instanly. But some still hidden, but with views is any…
How to make good quality of video? because the quality of the video automaticly decreasing when i uploaded it @MortenCopenhagen
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I’m working on a new post on video quality. Just keep an eye out in the How-to section.
Cheers
Morten
There is not a problem with hidden photos having some views. Even photos that never go public will gave a few views. Such views can also be explained by the fact that the filter not only evaluates our photos when they are uploaded. It is a continuous proces as far as I understand.
Cheers
Morten