E15 Just Stick to the FAACTS Go Loco

[ Timestamp ]

0:30 Introduction

2:30 Start of interview

3:12 Question 1: Ratings can be 1 to 5 stars: what is your interpretation of what each star-level stands for?

9:53 Question 2: Some people say “I never give 5 stars as a matter of principle”. What’s your view?

12:47 Question 3: What is a good review?

15:08 Question 4: Should you write negative reviews at all or only positive ones?

16:34 Question 5: Can you face legal consequences for negative reviews?

18:34 Question 6: Suppose you visit a place for which you have published a review a couple of years ago and things have changed considerably, or your experience now is very different from the one you had years ago. What do you then do?

21:59 Question 7: When you come across a review that is clearly containing things or claims you know yourself not to be true, is there a way to report this? And have you done this yourself already?

24:20 Question 8: If you are a business owner: should you review your own business? And what about your competitors’ businesses?

26:32 Question 9: Should you publish your reviews only on Maps or can you just publish them on other platforms too? And what about sharing on social media.

31:03 Question 10: Can you have text formatting in your reviews? 

33:46 Best practices for taking photos/videos and writing reviews 

40:02 Blurb on Go Loco Podcast!

43:58 End of interview

44:34 Summary



[ Description ] 

Welcome to the Go Loco Podcast YouTube Channel! This video is a bit of a collaboration between Go Loco and the LetsGuide Podcast! Jan, who runs the LetsGuide Podcast, interviews me for a discussion on ratings and reviews in the world of a Local Guide! 



Come watch me squirm in my seat as I try to figure out the answers to his tough questions! And hopefully, by the end of this episode, you'll leave with some new knowledge! What more could you ask for!? 😋



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Local Guides Help Center - https://support.google.com/local-guides/answer/7400114?hl=en

Rating venues and writing structured reviews: version 2 - https://www.localguidesconnect.com/t5/General-Discussion/Rating-venues-and-writing-structured-reviews-version-2/m-p/2735543

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Jan (Belgium), Adrian (Malaysia)



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[ Credits ]

Kudos to Pedi for the jingle and to my awesome brother, Kevin for the cover art! 😁



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