10-16-2017 05:52 PM
Dear diary,
It's day 7. I vowed to stop touching the edits until further notice or if I'm given the green light to test edits for a reverted or altered algorithm. 'nuff said.
10-17-2017 01:18 AM
Totally agree with you
I think the problem is claimed business still google accept their edits more than us even they are making stupid edits.
Example
I made change to a key replacation shop that catogerized as Gas Station but my edit Refused
https://goo.gl/maps/LEcJQGbJfrn
And many other edits like this
10-17-2017 02:54 AM
on many places i changed only 1 in the phonenumber.
Thanks to all for your help!
10-17-2017 03:30 AM
I am not convinced by your example.
The business has not a single photo and not a single review along the lines "I had my keys copied here and they did a great job". There is no street-view or website, so how is Google supposed to verify your edit?
10-17-2017 03:39 AM - edited 10-17-2017 03:47 AM
Sorry i did not explain alot about my example but if you see google imagery sure there is no gas station ,second thing which is very clear is the name of the shop in Arabic language clearly state Key duplication shop not Gas Station.
So you support my change that rejected by google which is changing category from gas station to Key duplication shop by telling that you copy your keys there.
Thank you
10-17-2017 07:37 AM - edited 10-17-2017 08:24 AM
Dear @A_A,
Looking at the translation of the Arabic I can see the following translated:
محل مفاتيح المفتاح الالكتروني لقص وبرمجة المفاتيح والريموتات
Translates to "Replacing keys, electronic key for cutting and programming keys and remotes"
Although I agree with Jeroen that I cannot see any available photos or streetviews (a front-view of the store would be nice), calling this translation as a gas station is not the best category I would say. There seems to be a "Car Inspection Station" nearby however, so I cannot verify. It's hard to know what things are especially if we do not see it in person, but you yourself as Local Guide, are indeed local. So I may be able to support your edit.
In addition, the place is not currently claimed, so it should be simple to make easy, real edits that other Local Guides can verify.
Anywho time to continue on my writing...
10-17-2017 08:23 AM - edited 10-17-2017 08:26 AM
Dear diary,
I'm sorry to have failed my previous self. I delved into furious editing today simply because it is part of my nature to share my experience, expertise and ensuring accuracy for all. Today I have a case, a really interesting real-life case that I sat down with one of the staff members at the Profiterole Patisserie in Strathfield earlier this afternoon. For those who don't want to read my experience, you can skip the spoiler.
Anywho, I wanted to move the map marker to ensure that it was in the correct location to ensure that the previous scenario didn't happen again. But what happens based on the current tweaked algorithms in this moment in time? You guessed it. I will fully illustrate my experience below to the correct location of the Profiterole Patisserie constructed.
@Flash, provided that you have advanced mapping capabilities and a trust level that I can only imagine achieving over the next few years, will you be able to do the impossible and update the location? Please see the screenshot and details above. Strangely I cannot for myself, and I used to be able to so easily. Considering that "there are a large number of other mappers with very high trust around the world with many times the 5,000 edits I am claiming make me an experienced mapper." clearly I am not worth anything. So please do so for the betterment of this business and to avoid further quarrels with the business.
To conclude, I will continue to compile reports and posts of other local guides that are experiencing this unfair 'not applied' business. Clearly this is not just two reports. I leave this with the moderators and the Google team for further investigation. These have been compiled during the last 24 hours only, as well as the ongoing issues I have previously linked to.
Incorrect information not updated
Colleague Joseph has provided an amazing suggestion that I fully support and endorse. Unless the profile/local guide/contributor has been flagged as a confirmed spammer or with malicious content that cannot be verified or confirmed when 'checking the facts', our suggestions unless given a very valuable reason should never be shoved to the side and disregarded. I cannot read Gus' post the same way anymore since none of that means anything to me anymore since it's now gone over my head with the numerous amount of times I myself personally have been linked to it to no help whatsoever.
No offence, by the way.
One whole week has passed now, and this inconvenience remains. I solemnly swear I'm not part of the problem. But I will increasingly continue to keep business owners informed of any map characteristics/details that are requiring of editing as I continue to make the functions of the GMB platform known.
10-17-2017 10:42 AM
Thanks @wishmasterf - I have collected alot of information from everybody regarding the issues they are facing and the investigation is ongoing. I'll update the thread as soon as I have new information!
10-17-2017 01:58 PM - edited 10-17-2017 02:06 PM
@BruceDM Thanks for your help. Hope you will find the problem and we get it solved soon.
I will not do changes for now, because it is much work for something which get rejected. Hope it will be solved asap.
There is a another thread (german) about that problem.
10-17-2017 02:13 PM
Hello everyone,
that's the first time that I am bumping into this problem.
usually, when I add a place : I get an email just after adding it saying that the place is published or that is pending review.
But for this place called "Crêp'eat", I was surprised that I didn"t get any email after adding the place, and so I checked "my edits" panel, and I see that the addition of the place was not applied....
did the accents of the place (name) triggered some kind of filters and Google thought that it was spam or something like that ?
The place is new and I took some pictures of it). Then, since my addition was not working, I try adding it without the accents > and this time Google said "pending review"....
What do you think ? did you ever encounter that problem too ?
Thanks for your comments /
Best regards.