Local Guide: Google Maps Tips & Tricks

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Well, @Hein_Thaw

@Hein_Thaw

I believe that Google might accept for same photos upload if it is for different purposes (Let’s say there is a stall in a supermarket, and it has its own brand and stall, photos might be uploaded to both supermarket location and to a location of stall map, as it is totally helpful to users, and it provides additional value) and I am aware that it is not breaking that content policy so far

This is what Google says about that: “Users who duplicate photos across locations … will be removed from the program.”. Source: Local Guides community policy - Google Maps Help

The way to improve the information about, let say, a stall in a supermarket, is to edit the stall listing, putting it “located within” the supermarket.
This will improve the information in the main place, where a directory will be created for showing all the places inside the main one, and also the information on the listing of the stall.
Time ago I wrote a detailed post to explain how this work: Local Guides Tips: How to add “Located Within” in Google Maps.

Another bad behavior is to add the same photo more times in the lame listing:

• In the review
• In the photo update
• In the “photos” section of the listing

This is against the rules too. A photo should be added only once

Hope this will help you to better understand rules and policies of Google Maps