Google Maps Reviews Now With Photo Or Video Uploads

Nov 18, 2016 - 8:15 am 8 by
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Now when you leave a review using Google Maps or Google Local results, you can add a photo or video to your review on Google. This was first spotted by Garrett Sussman who posted about it as well at the Local Search Forums.

So for example, if you want to leave my company a review, search for [rustybrick] and click on write a review. Then you will see this image upload icon and you can click on it to upload a new photo or video or select photos or videos from your photos or your phone.

google local reviews photo/video

There is a new section to the review guidelines around photos you can upload. So make sure to review these:

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Give it a try - I mean, if you have something nice to say. :P

Forum discussion at Local Search Forums.

 

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