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D11 Feedback from your list of new pics

How to find your photo contributions

On Android:

Tap the Bottom Tab called Contribute then See your photos

Then you can select Sort = Newest

Or you can select Sort = Most viewed

On IOS

Tap the hamburger menu

Tap Your contributions

Tap Photos. Notice it is not possible to sort by the number of views on IOS.

On desktop

Click on the hamburger icon (≡), then click Your Contributions, and click on the Photos tab. Then you can then select the sort order.

Click Your contributions

Click the PHOTOS tab

Select the sorting order. By Date or Views.

Fix a few problems while studying your list of newest photos

When scrolling down the list sorted by Newest or Date, it's super easy to spot if any of your recent pics are rotated incorrectly. Also, you will notice if any of your images were are uploaded more than once. As you know we are not allowed to upload duplicates. Some local guides believe it's okay to upload the same image to different places. Nope. This is not okay. Also, you can spot what is called Near-duplicate images. They should also be deleted, so only one of the similar photos remains.

From your list of new images, you can easily delete both duplicates, near-duplicates, and images that are rotated incorrectly. You may want to re-upload wrongly rotated images as explained here.

There can also be other problems you can fix. Maybe you forgot to blur some faces or one image is still too dark.

This picture has been uploaded 5 times! Not good. Four copies should be deleted ASAP.

Uploading duplicates can happen without the local guide doing anything wrong. Especially if the internet connection is weak. But more likely the local guides desire for points caused it. Google Maps sometimes prompt you to upload a picture that was already uploaded. Don't fall for this trap.

Here you see 2 examples of near similar pics uploaded to Google Maps. Near duplicates should also be deleted.

Photo credit: Keith Richards

Also, these two pictures are too similar. Only one of them should be uploaded to Google Maps.

What else you can learn from your list of new photos

Besides fixing issues as mentioned above you can also:

Get an early indication of which of your new photos are getting more views than others. If you browse your newest 100 or so photos some of them will probably have a higher number of views than others. You can learn a lot from trying to figure out why exactly these photos are attracting more views than others.
- Are they better photos like more sharp, bright, colorful,?
- Are they complying with all the guidelines?
- Is the place a hot spot on Google Maps as explained here?
- Have they become Cover photos or are they featured?
- Are they shown by Google as a great photo under the city as explained here?
Are any of your newest photos attracting very few views? Reflect on the fact. What could be the reason?
- Is the photo complying with all the photo rules?
- Is the photo made private by Google?
- Could it be that other photos of the place are significantly better than yours?
- While looking at the places pages try also to learn from the cover photo. How is it better than yours?

Remember that when you review your photos this also counts as views. So very small numbers could just be your views that were counted! So no one else has seen them.

Later you can consider removing underperforming photos. This can increase your average views per pic.

Google Maps is not perfect

If you are an avid contributor and you have uploaded thousands of photos you will soon discover that Google Maps is not perfect. If you want to check your earliest photos you will need to scroll down forever. Unfortunately, there is no easy way to reach to check or delete your oldest photos when the list gets very long. This problem is present on all three platforms Android, IOS, and Desktop. Several requests for improvement on this have been posted on Connect. So far to no avail.

Because of this problem, it's best to review your list of photos for every 200 photos or so you upload.

Next type of feedback is what you can learn from your list of most viewed photos. It's time to hit "Suggested next page" again.

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