April 2019 – LetsGuide Podcast

What happens if you break the rules set by Google? Should you care about that? This episode covers the main issues that can bring Local Guides into trouble – no matter if they are breaking the rules on purpose or by accident.

SHOWNOTES

- - Email: letsguidepodcast@gmail.com
  - Reach out to me on Twitter: LocalGuidesGuru
  - My personal blog: https://janvanhaver.com/
  - The local guides section on my blog
  - Sign up to become a local guide yourself
  - Local Guides Connect – the official forum for Local Guides
  - The official page listing the Terms & Conditions
  - The Connect post Why was I removed?
  - This epsiode’s What a great idea: Rating Score of the last 3 months
  - 2nd European Meet-up (Ghent, Belgium)
  - Local Guides World group on Facebook

TRANSCRIPTION

Jan Van Haver 0:06
Hello, and welcome to the LetsGuide Podcast, the ultimate podcast for Google Local Guides. This is episode number 6 and the topic of today is ‘Breaking the rules’. So what happens if you break the rules set by Google? And should you even care about that? This episode will not cover everything it all details, because that would take, like, 20 hours – not the targeted 20 minutes – but it will cover the main issues that we’ve seen to bring Local Guides into trouble, whether they are breaking the rules on purpose or by accident. What I always say before every episode is that I have no official connection to Google or the Local Guides program, and I’m emphasizing this even more for this specific episode: everything you hear in this podcast is just my personal interpretation, and it’s based on things that I have noticed, either in Google Maps itself, on social media accounts, or platforms related to it. Continue reading “Episode 6: Breaking the Rules” →

The first thing you see about a point of interest (POI) on Google Maps is the name. What is the proper way to enter it? What are the best practices? What should you not do?

SHOWNOTES

- Email: letsguidepodcast@gmail.com
- Reach out to me on Twitter: LocalGuidesGuru
- My personal blog: https://janvanhaver.com/
- The local guides section on my blog
- Sign up to become a local guide yourself
- Local Guides Connect – the official forum for Local Guides
- The Google My Business help page with all the details and examples
- This epsiode’s What a great idea: Sorting option on contribution edits
- 2nd European Meet-up (Ghent, Belgium) – still not too late to sign up!
- Local Guides World group on Facebook

TRANSCRIPTION

Jan Van Haver 0:05
Hello, and welcome to episode five of the LetsGuide Podcast, the ultimate podcast for Google Local Guides. Today we will be talking about point of interest names. So the names of the places on Google Maps. Obviously the first thing you see about the place on maps is the name. But what is the proper way to enter it? What are some of the best practices and what should you not do? Before we dive in, I want to point out that I have no official affiliation to Google or the Google Local Guides team whatsoever. I’m just a local guide like most of you. Therefore, my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience. (Yes, that is a Baz Luhrmann quote – for those who recognize it – and you should indeed wear sunscreen). This episode is recorded at the beginning of April 2019, and therefore the situation described is the one as it is today.It might change at any point in time. Continue reading “Episode 5: POI Names” →