Earlier this week we’ve reported that Apple has added Foursquare to its data suppliers. Google decided to choose a different way.
Couple of months ago the company has launched a Local Guides program which rewards users for reviews, photos and*adding new locations to Google Maps. The company*describes it as “a global community that helps you explore the world while earning perks”.
The program is using gamification to achieve a high level of user participation. For every each review you will receive points. A review, photo or new location will give you a single point each but Google will*filter out poor quality reviews. For 200+ points you will get*1 TB of Google Drive storage worth $9.99 a month.
Google*has been slowly improving*Local Guides program over the last couple of months.*In August,*it tested a new feature*that detected when food photos were taken at restaurants and automatically uploaded them to a location’s Google Maps profile.
The feature is clearly*in competition with Foursquare and Yelp in terms of attracting users to*review points of interest. And with 1TB of a free storage as a prize there is a strong incentive to use it. Google doesn’t say whether the 1TB is a life-time or an annual present.
source: Google Lat Long
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Couple of months ago the company has launched a Local Guides program which rewards users for reviews, photos and*adding new locations to Google Maps. The company*describes it as “a global community that helps you explore the world while earning perks”.
The program is using gamification to achieve a high level of user participation. For every each review you will receive points. A review, photo or new location will give you a single point each but Google will*filter out poor quality reviews. For 200+ points you will get*1 TB of Google Drive storage worth $9.99 a month.
Google*has been slowly improving*Local Guides program over the last couple of months.*In August,*it tested a new feature*that detected when food photos were taken at restaurants and automatically uploaded them to a location’s Google Maps profile.
The feature is clearly*in competition with Foursquare and Yelp in terms of attracting users to*review points of interest. And with 1TB of a free storage as a prize there is a strong incentive to use it. Google doesn’t say whether the 1TB is a life-time or an annual present.
source: Google Lat Long
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