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Join us in celebrating two years of Connect

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Caption: A graphic displaying the number two in alternating screens with celebratory decor including balloons, champagne, and candy.Caption: A graphic displaying the number two in alternating screens with celebratory decor including balloons, champagne, and candy.

 

On July 15, 2016, we launched Connect to give Local Guides like you a single, official place to communicate with each other. We hoped that Connect would be a place where you could literally connect with others just like you and those not-so-much like you to make new friendships that would help you in your Local Guides experience.

 

As we shared earlier this week, new and exciting features are coming to Connect. We can’t wait to share them with you because we know these features will help to connect even more Local Guides with one another — and with us Googlers, too.

 

This July 15, we’re celebrating two years of Local Guides Connect — and you — so I wanted to take a look at what we’ve done together in this time:

  • 700,000+ Local Guides are registered on Connect (and many of those log in at least monthly!)
  • 300,000+ discussions have been started
  • 500,000+ replies have been posted
  • 15,000+ solutions have been accepted
  • 14 people have become Connect Moderators (though we currently have 13)
  • 1,000,000+ kudos have been given

Note: The above numbers include activity from across our community including private boards so they may differ from what you see in the community.

 

Here are a few of my favorite things since we launched Connect:

  • Seeing everyone communicate no matter where they live, the language they speak, or the type of Local Guide they are
  • Interacting with so many of you and learning what makes you the great Local Guides you are
  • Finding out that many of you have such strong passions that you’ve found a way to highlight with Google Maps and through the Local Guides program. For example, helping to rebuild your city after an earthquake and working with underserved populations in your community
  • Connect Moderators: You have a special place in my heart because meeting other Local Guides like me who are passionate about keeping Connect a warm and welcoming place for everyone just feeds my soul

 

Thank you all for making Connect such a wonderful place to visit each day. Now tell me, what’s YOUR favorite thing about Connect?

 


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305 Comments
Level 8

Thank you @TraciC  for all you do for us all.

I know I can speak for all of us when I say that we could not have a better class of Googlers and Moderators supporting our efforts and ecouraging us to be the best we can be.

 

🎈Happy Birthday Connect 🧜‍♀️🧜‍♂️🎊🧚‍♀️🧚‍♂️🧞‍♀️🧞‍♂️🎉

 

Best Regards,

~ Virginia Benedict 🕊

Google Maps List Editor:  Beauty&Lifestyles

@Mkt_Editor

 


Connect Moderator

Happy Birthday Connect, two years old is a good digital age.

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The numbers are great, @TraciC, and the best part will come

 

Ermes

Level 8
Hi all, I feel lucky to be a part of local guide since one year. Here I can communicate, understand each one of LG throughout the globe even the language they speak is different. Thank you "Local Guides connect" for giving me such a good community. Thanks and happy local guides day. Jafar pasha
Level 8

Yay! Happy 2nd birthday Local Guides Connet! What an awesome community this has become. So very glad to be associated with all of you. Cheers.bday.gif

 

 

Connect Moderator

 Wow already two years old. Such a journey of both Local Guides and Connect.

 

@TraciC you and your team of Googlers, Connect Moderators, and the regular big contributors to Connect have made this a great place to hang out. I'm proud of my tiny part in Connect. Connect is so much better than disparate communities on social networks.

 

It's amazing just how pervasive Local Guides has become in just a few years, just yesterday I was told by a person "I know you, you're a Local Guide. You've helped me find good dog parks." It's really cool to be recognised as useful to this person in some small way and great to be thanked. That's why we do this stuff to make our community grow and support each other.

 

Happy Birthday Connect.

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Congratulation and happy birthday for Connect, 2 years!!

I am very proud of being 2 days elder than you.

 


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My favorite thing in Connect;

I sometimes help other localguides a little bit, other localguides always help me a lot.

 

Thank you for all LocalGuides Team and family.

Toyo

Connect Moderator

Que hermoso es ver como esta Connect, dos años parece tan poco, pero en edad digital es muchísimo, su crecimiento fue siempre sostenido en el tiempo, nada de esos saltos tipo burbuja, sino que constante. Mi sueño es que a fin de año llegue a un millón de usuarios, ya veremos estamos un poco más de la mitad del año, quizás seguro a los 800.000, pero hoy festejamos con toda esta gran familia que es Connect, diversa, poliglota, como me gusta decir en ocasiones una gran Babel moderna, donde se hablan miles de lenguas pero con una base bien sólida y sin pretensiones, donde todos aportamos conocimientos, vivencias, historias y amistad, esto último es lo que más resalto de Connect, me permitió conocer a grandes personas, que generosamente me brindaron sus puntos de vista, me mostraron lugares increíbles, de los cuales nunca supe que existían. Todo esto es Local Guides Connect, un lugar cálido para pasar un rato, estoy seguro que vendrán muchos más años, y que estaremos festejando más momentos importantes en la vida de Connect, como el que está comenzando a desplegarse en estos momentos con el Connect 2.0, gracias @TraciC a ti y a todo el equipo de Conenct que le ponen tanto esfuerzo y ganas, aplausos para todos ustedes.

 

 

Muchas felicidades y ahora a soplar las velitas de la torta, Farid.

Level 8

Wow , tambien estoy cumpliendo dos años desde que escribi por primera vez en Connect !

@TraciC

Tu preguntas por nuestra parte favorita de Connect y debo decir que extrañaria venir aqui y no encontrar tus publicaciones!

Valoro muchisimo encontrar en cada publicacion los 5 valores de Connect, es muy humano para mi sentir esto y especial, quiza no se entienda bien lo que digo, pero es genial.

 Genial es tambien conocernos , hablar diariamente como Local Guides , como compañeros, varios somos amigos y vernos aqui y en distintos idiomas. Geniales estos dos años en que conoci y decidi ser Local Guides.

Lo quiero celebrar con mis dos perfiles... estas dos fotos por primera vez juntas. En mi pais se suele decir, te alegraras o decepcionaras pero ambas soy yo...

A celebrar LG es un honor y orgullo. Alguien me enseño que...es un mundo sin fronteras.

Bien, si logro subir estas dos fotos, ya hace dos horas que estoy con esto @ErmesT, tendre que publicar luces como las suyas! y ya que estamos tan cerca, un saludo enorme.

Gracias por ser parte de mi vida , de una forma u otra , a LG y Connect.Luana Paola LimaLuana Paola LimaLuaPL.  Google.LuaPL. Google.

 

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LuaPL
Level 8

Happy 2nd Birthday Local Guides Connect. We are so glad to be a party of Local Guides family and get Connect as a platform to share and learn our experiences and meet local guides around the globe.

Greetings from Nepal.

Namaste, Niraj

Level 10

@TraciC Happy big 2yrs birthday to Local Guides Connect. How time flies. It’s been an awesome experience so far. The beautiful thing about the Connect Family is that I have at least one friend in every country of the world world courtesy of the Local Guudes program. Isn’t that something? And they’re all inviting me to  to visit. I must be the coolest guy on planet earth 😎

Level 9

@TraciC the numbers are really good! really I can not believe that connect is 2 years now 😊😊

Happy 2nd Birthday Local Guides Connect 😊

 

Happy birthdayHappy birthday

 

 

 

Level 9

Happy 2yrs Anniversary of Connect 🎉🎉🎉

 

My main favorite things:

1. Best place to connect other local guides around the world (virtually & in-person, some times)

2. Best place to know receive the official updated features & feedback from the team about Google Maps

3. Good place where I could know the best favorite spots about other countries from Local Guudes knowledge/experience.

 @TraciC@Hi everyone

Feeling proud to become local guide connect member.

Thanks for making this platform so useful!!😁😁😁😁

Happy birthday for successfully completing 2 years.

I feel blessed because Google moderator is so nice,and friendly in nature.

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Connect Moderator

 

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Happy Birthday!!!!!!!!!

It's just wonderful that Local Guides Connect is created!.

Previously, all Local Guides were scattered... Now we are together!!! Now we are a huge family!!!
Local Guides Connect gives me the opportunity to communicate with like-minded people from around the world, with people who like me love traveling and socializing. Here we can share our experience and impressions.

I found new friends here. They are from different countries, they have an interesting Local Guides experience. Really, we are nice and helpful to communicate here.

 

Thank you very much!!!!!!

 

 

 

Great @TraciC. It's all the effort of you @TraciC, Google Moderators, Google Local Guide Team, Connect Moderatos and all the fellow Contributors. 

 

Congrats to all of us 🙂

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Level 8

Thank you very much to the LocalGuides Team for Connect!

 

Via Connect, we can extend our reach from our own neighborhood to anywhere in the world.

 

We can communicate with worldwide LGs at once instead of Community by Community.

 

We can learn from each of our shared experiences.

 

In turn, we can help more.

 

In Connect, there is a place for every LGs.

 

There are lots of funs and excitements to be discovered in LocalGuides, in Connect and in Connecting with LGs.

Level 10

Happy birthday local guides connect

Mahabub Hasan
Level 8

Congratulations!!

 

2 years connecting people. 🙂

Level 10

two years....what a beautiful and carefree life at two years .... then let's make Google Local Guides Connect our playground!

 

Happy birthday to all of you!!! 

 

Bye,

David

Level 7

I love Google so much I work for badges 🙂 I just hope to be apart of the connection of the artificially intelligent to lifes rythem.  To witness the construction of mechanical systems of neurology is mind Googling but i enjoy the challenge. the future. so until I land a job with Google this is the next best thing I guess. Congrats on Connect Googlers, I look forward to being a part of the challenge.

 

Josh

Level 8

Dear Local Guides,

 

Much love on the 2nd birthday.

 

 

Cheers

Level 8

Happy b'day connect 😍😍😍😍😘

Level 8

Happy birthday to Local guides connect .🎉🎉

It's a good news to hear.Since I joined the Local guides big family in March,2018,and keep interacting with other local guides,sharing experience,giving kudos, ,reading great article on connect discussions and more~!Soon I find that all the local guides r kind and enthusiasm.We r friends and in the great ,warm sharing family.

THANK YOU Google ,local guides connect team,connect moderators,and all the local guides all over the world🌎.🎉

Level 8

I am toomuch happy to connect here.

Level 8

Hey guys! Let us all together celebrate 2nd birthday of our local guide connect. HAPPY BIRTHDAY local guides connect. I am very happy to catch up with lots of local guides all around the world. At the same time THANK you all the connect team for this wonderful creation.Happy Birthday local guide connectHappy Birthday local guide connect

 

Level 10

Happy Birthday to L G Connect. 

My best wishes to all LGC Friends, Moderators and Google Team, to make it successfully complete two years and continue to be interactive for years to come.

The most important thing I like about LGC is happy to help others and positive attitude in the interaction with people.

Keep it up.

For this occasion, I am sending special designed Birthday Cake to make event memorable.

Cheers !!

 

Birthday is for the day but GOOGLE  APPs are part of my everyday LIFE.Birthday is for the day but GOOGLE APPs are part of my everyday LIFE.

 Vijay Desai.

 

Level 10

My most favorite thing about Connect is to keeping in touch in others "crazy-about-maps" pals and to help others with their maps related problems!

 

Happy Birthday! 🎆🎉🎈🎁🎊🎂🍻

 

Regards,

Jacek

Google Diamond Product Expert - Maps, Business Profile, Earth, Gmail, Accounts | Street View Trusted Photographer | Local Guide | retired: Map Maker Help Forum Top Contributor & Poland RER/RL
Connect Moderator

Happy 2nd birthday Local Guides Connect !!!

Thanks for connecting us @TraciC

 

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Level 6

Happy birthday Connect. 

 

I'm proud to be an Localguide.

Enjoy @TraciC.

 

Thank you so much Google for bringing up this amazing platform to connect localguides from around the world.

 

Hope we have a great year ahead.

Peace.

 

#localguides #happybirthday #India

 

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Level 10
Level 10

Hi everybody!!!

 

Happy 2yrs Anniversary of Connect

Cheers

 

Level 10

 @TraciC

So LGC has only been online for 2 years?

Wow, I am kinda surprised. I felt/thought the LGC Community had been around for much longer.

So I am still early on here. Cool 😉

Level 8

Best wishes and congratulations to all guides, googlers and moderators on the 'LG Connect' anniversary celebrations.

Hail thy voluntary services.

Ravindran K

Level 9

Happy 2nd Birthday Local guide connect 

Thank you.. @TraciC

On this day in my city i organize photo wall now we celebrate 2nd birthday og local guide connect..

Thanks all lg members for great contribute

On this day, I had planned a photo walk in my city but now we will also celebrate 2nd birthday of local guide connect

Thanks to all LG members for great contributions

Level 9

hApPy Birthday Local Guides Connect ...:)

Thanks @TraciC for sharing with us ....

Let's Rock 😉 

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Congratulations to all new and old members of this amazing connect community. @TraciC best wishes to our Googlers and Moderators. 

Love to Hear ; Love to Share !
Kamal Hasnainee
Bangladesh
Level 10

Happy 2nd Birthday Local Guides Connect 🎂🎂🎂 me also 2nd years old hahaha 07/14/1607/14/16

@TraciC thanks for sharing with us.

Connect Moderator

Happy Birthday, LGC! Love this community - thank you all for making this such a warm place to share our passions!

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FELICIDADES, hoy es un día grande para Connect y todos los que formamos parte de esta plataforma, y esperemos cumplir como mínimo otros dos años más, no cambieis el espíritu  nunca de esta plataforma, de la cual nos sentimos muy orgullosos y contentos, sois muy grande, un saludo muy afectuoso para todos

Pablo

Level 8

I am happy to join the celebration of  two years connect and being a Google local guide. 🙌

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 Happy Birthday Connect i really happy to be part of this thank you all mods, googlers, all my lovely google Lgs Friends

 

 

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Level 9

I would like to share my congratulations And wholeheartedly so! (Super congratulations!) and birthday wish to Local Guide Connect as a Local Guide From BANGLADESH.

I have enjoyed being members of this successful organization for about 1 years and i have seen it grow and revolve and continue to become better and more professional over the years.

You have completed another successful year and it is nice to see you growing.

Wishing you lots of success in the years ahead.. Happy Birthday

Thank you to all for made our valuable network very much fruitful and let’s celebrate!

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Md Polash Hossien

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Level 9

Happy birthday Connect.

And it's my birthday on 16 july next to your

Regards

Ravindranath Sawane

India
Level 10
Level 8

🎉🎉🎉🎉   Congratulations 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 CONNECT 🎉🎉🎉🎉

                                                               Am happy to be part of this celebration 

We have a reason to celebrate; we are making our World are better place to live with the nature, people and among othere. 

Keep Growing Keep Sharing My CONNECT

kaliroalex
Level 10

Happy Birthday Connect !!! Simply thanks to all who are behind the keyboard, collaborating, helping and making this place bigger every day.

 

As its name indicates, Connect, connects us with great people from all over the world, I was lucky to meet many, and make friends from very distant countries, which I will visit some day.

 

Again HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!!

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@TraciC  skrev:

Caption: A graphic displaying the number two in alternating screens with celebratory decor including balloons, champagne, and candy.Caption: A graphic displaying the number two in alternating screens with celebratory decor including balloons, champagne, and candy.

 

Den 15. juli, 2016 lancerede vi Slut at give lokalguider som dig et enkelt, officielt sted at kommunikere med hinanden. Vi håbede, at Connect ville være et sted, hvor man bogstavelig talt kunne forbinde med andre ligesom dig og dem ikke så meget som dig til at få nye venskaber, der ville hjælpe dig i din lokale guider oplevelse.

 

Som vi delte tidligere i denne uge, er nye og spændende funktioner kommer til Connect . Vi kan ikke vente med at dele dem med dig, fordi vi ved, at disse funktioner vil være med til at forbinde endnu mere Lokale guider med hinanden - og med os Googlere, også.

 

Denne 15. juli vi fejrer to år af Local Guides Connect - og du - så jeg ønskede at tage et kig på, hvad vi har gjort sammen i denne tid:

  • 700.000 Lokale guider er registreret på Connect (og mange af dem, log i mindst hver måned!)
  • 300.000 diskussioner er i gang
  • 500.000 besvarelser er blevet sendt
  • End 15.000 løsninger er blevet accepteret
  • 14 mennesker er blevet Tilslut Redaktører (selvom vi har i øjeblikket 13)
  • 1,000,000+ kudos har fået

Bemærk: Ovenstående tal omfatter aktivitet fra hele vores samfund, herunder private bestyrelser, så de kan afvige fra det, du ser i samfundet.

 

Her er et par af mine foretrukne ting, siden vi lancerede Connect:

  • At se alle kommunikere, uanset hvor de bor, det sprog de taler, eller typen af ​​lokal guide, de er
  • Interaktion med så mange af jer, og lære, hvad der gør dig den store lokale guider, du er
  • At finde ud af, at mange af jer har så stærke lidenskaber, at du har fundet en måde at fremhæve med Google Maps og via Local Guides programmet. For eksempel, at hjælpe med at genopbygge din by efter et jordskælv og arbejde med underforsynede befolkninger i dit samfund
  • Tilslut Redaktører: Du har en særlig plads i mit hjerte, fordi møde andre lokalguider som mig, der brænder for at holde Tilslut en varm og indbydende sted for alle bare feeds min sjæl

 

Tak alle for at gøre Connect sådan et vidunderligt sted at besøge hver dag. Nu fortælle mig, hvad der er dit foretrukne ting om Connect?

 



TILLYKKE MED FØDSELSDAGEN !!!

Level 9

Wow! Thanks for sharing the news @TraciC 

Happyyyy 2nd Birthday 🎂 🎈Connect. I am happy to be here since the begining (My connect id is 81) 

 

 

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Congratulations !!! Google congratulations !! Local guides congratulations !

Level 5

happy birthday connect.......

Level 10

Happen two year aniversary! And most important thing, Connect is getting better. Can't wait for the update.