2022
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@MadanKPradhan there was a newer Google 1 perk that included storage late in 2018 but that had to be redeemed in that time frame.
@hkrob there are no automatic perks. The main reward is helping other people with your reviews, edits and photos in the same way that you are helped by the same from other people. Being a Local Guide is an altruistic undertaking. Of course it strengthens the data held by Google and makes Maps a better product but that is still an advantage for the people who use the product.
When the program was smaller there were different perks to those that have been available lately. The growth of Local Guides has been meteoric going from a few hundred in the beginning to over 50 million active LG today. As you can imagine that number of people changes how perks can be managed because a welcome token like a T Shirt that perhaps costs $20 becomes a massive cost and undertaking when multiplied out by so many people. This means the perks have moved onto things that are electronic in nature (e.g. Google Play streaming Music was recently available) and are done with partners who offer things for LG's such as travel discounts which have also recently been offered.
When perks do become available in your area, you need to act on them usually within a short time frame to get them enabled for you. Make sure that in your Local Guides notifications that you have emails turned on visit https://maps.google.com/localguides/home/settings and tick the "Perks box"
Regards Paul
Hi @hkrob,
As @deepakjhic the promotion has already ended back in 2017.
To get notification about future perks please do check the settings in Local Guide Setting page
- Nepal | @MadanKPradhan there was a newer Google 1 perk that included storage late in 2018 but that had to be redeemed in that time frame.
@hkrob there are no automatic perks. The main reward is helping other people with your reviews, edits and photos in the same way that you are helped by the same from other people. Being a Local Guide is an altruistic undertaking. Of course it strengthens the data held by Google and makes Maps a better product but that is still an advantage for the people who use the product.
When the program was smaller there were different perks to those that have been available lately. The growth of Local Guides has been meteoric going from a few hundred in the beginning to over 50 million active LG today. As you can imagine that number of people changes how perks can be managed because a welcome token like a T Shirt that perhaps costs $20 becomes a massive cost and undertaking when multiplied out by so many people. This means the perks have moved onto things that are electronic in nature (e.g. Google Play streaming Music was recently available) and are done with partners who offer things for LG's such as travel discounts which have also recently been offered.
When perks do become available in your area, you need to act on them usually within a short time frame to get them enabled for you. Make sure that in your Local Guides notifications that you have emails turned on visit https://maps.google.com/localguides/home/settings and tick the "Perks box"
Regards Paul
Hi @PaulPavlinovich,
I think you are talking about Google One, which I didn't get 😞
Was referring to the specific link @hkrob posted 🙂
