Look, this Google Maps team is seriously messing up my planning. Typically I record one episode per month on a specific topic related to the Local Guides program, and I then add a short section at the end where I talk about new features. But they keep releasing so much new stuff and revealing a seemingly endless list of interesting facts, that I am now forced to make a dedicated episode to tell you all about these wonderful newsworthy topics (18 of them if you add it all up) in full length. Actually I don’t mind doing that at all, I even love it, and I’m pretty confident that the majority of the audience feels the same way.
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- Email: letsguidepodcast@gmail.com
- Reach out to me on Twitter: LocalGuidesGuru
- My personal blog: janvanhaver.com
- The local guides section on my blog
- Find me on Connect
- AutoEvolution’s article on railroad crossings (item #1)
- The Verge’s article on paying with the Maps app (item #2)
- SebaasC’s Connect post on landmark icons (item #3)
- ermest’s Connect post on the Google Lens integration (item #4)
- The Verge’s article on dark mode (item #5)
- SearchEngineLands’s article on the GMB option to report reviews (item #9)
- The Google Roadmappper project (item #10)
- My Connect post on the new categories (item #14)
- Google’s blogpost on removing fraudulent content (item #15)
- Google’s blogpost on photo updates (item #16) and adding roads on desktop (item #17)
- ermest’s Connect post on photo updates (item #16)
- Announcement on Connect about the 150 million local guides milestone (item #18)
- Sign up to become a local guide yourself
- Local Guides Connect – the official forum for Local Guides
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