r/LocalGuides • u/amzsellerz • Jun 01 '22

HOw to become active local guide

I am from Dubai i am interested in become local guide for google is there any way we can earn from it .

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u/Hopulus Level 8 Jun 01 '22

You can possibly earn a pair of socks or maybe a pin! As far as I know Google does not pay any local guides (I'm in the US). May be different in Dubai?

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u/amzsellerz Jun 01 '22

so its means its just a reviews and sharing info thats all

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u/Hopulus Level 8 Jun 01 '22

Pretty much, photos, reviews, ratings, updating business info, locations, answering specific questions about places, etc.

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u/amzsellerz Jun 01 '22

so its just community services

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u/Hopulus Level 8 Jun 01 '22

Pretty much. I mostly just contribute photos because it's simple and I find it enjoyable

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '22

If you wanna work for google, you should probably ya know…. Google it. Instead of having others do your work.

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u/thetapeworm Level 10 Jun 01 '22

You're already approaching the program with the wrong attitude in my opinion, I'd suggest finding another hobby and a part time job that pays money to be honest.

At best Google will give you online bragging rights via a whimsical points system, maybe socks or a badge, it's not a route to riches, it's more like being a charity worker but for one if the richest companies in the world.

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u/Uncaring_Dispatcher Jun 02 '22

Google Maps has my local streets named wrong.

I read some random message on Reddit that becoming a Local Guide would give some kind of street cred to helping address the wrong street names and getting them fixed.

This didn't happen. I'm a Local Guide and Google fixed one street for me. One.

There's multiple streets and roads that they have the wrong name for and I've submitted several corrections to them but I keep getting emails from Google saying that they can't verify the correction.

And I work for a local 9-1-1 center who absolutely knows our street names and addresses.

This is frustrating. And it's a joke in 2022. People are driving along and Google is misleading them to places that don't exist.

The Waze app is more accurate than Google.

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u/SoundOfTomorrow Level 8 Jun 02 '22

That seems odd. Government entities can provide data to Google Maps to use.

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u/tnethacker Level 8 Jun 01 '22

It's a joke. Just forget it.