YouTube Webinar: Verification Process [Replay Available Now!]

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Webinar: Verification Process

Receiving a Not Applied response to your edit suggestions on Google Maps can be very frustrating and demotivating for Local Guides. Having a better understanding of the different meanings of both Approved and Not Applied verdicts can make all the difference.

Jeroen Mourik, the facilitator of this webinar on YouTube, has done a lot of desk-research into the reasons why we are not always successful with our legit edit suggestions. Don’t expect any short-cuts, this is not a workshop on how to trick the system. This is all about clean hard work and knowing your limits.

This YouTube Webinar is not approved or supported by Google.

Please, take a minute to fill out the Meet-Up Evaluation form. If you were unable to participate during the live event and also won’t be able to watch the replay, you can indicate so on the Evaluation Form. I would appreciate if all people that actually signed up, fill out the form.

https://forms.gle/sB566ZKwnpSPZcwa7

Please note that his evaluation form will be available until Tuesday, January 14th, at 3 P.M. UTC.

Thank you all for participating!

Yours mappersly,

JeroenM

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Thanks @JeroenM , I’ll RSVP closer to the date if I’m available.

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Thank you @TheEagleEye ,
It would be great to have a serious Mapper like you there.

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Thank you @JeroenM this meeting . I’ll try my best to be connected. Good luck

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I have signed up, but it will depend on the situation at work whether or not I will be able to attend.

@JeroenM will you also discuss the other statuses ‘Pending’ and ‘Suggested’?

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Thank you @JeroenM for this post . It will be very helpful .

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Yes, Jan, we will discuss the whole verification process, so the Pending status and Suggested status are definitely topics that will be discussed. The main focus of the lecture, however, shall be on some misconceptions and the many reasons why one could get a Not Applied response, which does not always mean that your edit suggestion could not be verified :wink:

For those of you, like @JanVanHaver @ShahriarAzadEvan and @user_not_found that are interested. I do expect (technical gremlins permitting) that the webinar will be available as a replay.

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Thanks @JeroenM , I hope to learn more about this.

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What could possibly go technically wrong during a live broadcast @JeroenM ? ; - )

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Great @wt_lambert , I look forward to your participation during the webinar.
In case you have specific questions related to our topic, please don’t hesitate to ask them now in this thread.

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I am new local guide from kolkata and i am interested about meet ups .But i don’t know about webinar meet up .

What I have to do to join this meet up ?

@JeroenM

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Thank you for asking @DeepayanS .

Prior to the Webinar I shall share a link to YouTube where the webinar will be broadcasted. Other than a device to look at YouTube, one would need a good enough internet connection to watch the video streaming.

I expect that the video shall be available as a replay.

Best regards, JeroenM

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Will this be recorded in case I can’t watch it in real time?

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Dear fellow Local Guides,

Tomorrow, January 7th at 3 P.M. UTC, I shall be hosting the Webinar: Verification Process. To make sure all goes as planned, I would like your attention to the following.

The webinar shall be broadcasted live from my personal YouTube channel:

When I start going LIVE, the video-stream should be at the top of the list on my videos’ page with a special “Live Now” icon.
I believe that the actual URL to the stream is as follows, but I cannot be sure as the software I am using is in BETA.

Don’t worry, if you are early and see that I was already live earlier, that was me doing a technical sound check.

To be able to engage through comments during the webinar, you need to be logged in to YouTube. Make sure to use the “Top Chat” that is linked with the video-stream for me to be able to see your chat messages during the session.

Please Check-In at arrival (starts at 2:55 P.M. UTC)
To register your attendance (for the RECAP), please introduce yourself via the comments at the moment you check in during the YouTube Live Event. Simply say your name, your LG level, and your country.

I shall start broadcasting 5 minutes before we are officially due to start our Meet-Up. This allows you to take your time to find the video live stream and check-in.

THE PRESENTATION:
The content of the webinar that I shall present to you is divided into sections. I am going to share a LOT of information and I like to give everyone the opportunity to ask questions at the end of each section. These questions or comments should be related to the section, all other questions will be looked at during the Q&A after the main presentation.

HOW TO ASK QUESTIONS:
When sharing a response to something, simply type your comment. When asking a question, please start with “#Q:” to make it easier for me to find your question amongst the comments.

When something I explain is not clear, please don’t wait until the end of the section and post your question straight away. Type your Q: Please clarify….

WHAT TO EXPECT:

  1. Short Introduction to the Verification Process
  2. The real meanings of the two main responses “Approved” & “Not Applied”
  3. What does the Algorithm
  4. The limitations of the Algorithm
  5. The Trust-Score
  6. Smart Mapping Strategies
  7. Reasons for the Not Applied Response
    :sunglasses: Q&A

As you can see, a substantial list of topics will be covered. This webinar is thus to be at least 1,5 hours and no more than 2 hours.
Looking forward to seeing you at our YouTube Live Meet-Up.

JeroenM

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I look forward to finding out how exactly this will be done - I have never participated to such an event on YouTube, but it sounds exciting already. and as always: excellent and very detailed instructions from @JeroenM

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Hello everyone,

We successfully completed our 2-hour webinar Meet-Up! Here is the replay…

Please, take a minute to fill out the Meet-Up Evaluation form. If you were unable to participate during the live event and also won’t be able to watch the replay, you can indicate so on the Evaluation Form. I would appreciate if all people that actually signed up, fill out the form.

https://forms.gle/sB566ZKwnpSPZcwa7

Please note that his evaluation form will be available until Tuesday, January 14th, at 3 P.M. UTC.

Thank you all for participating!

Yours mappersly,

JeroenM

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