Your Google business listing is your company’s most visible asset. Improve your presence with a Google Street View custom tour.
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Plant your flag. When prospective customers seek you out on Google Maps, help ensure that their first encounters are great ones.
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Give travelers a tour of your lodging facility when they find your property on Google Search or Google Maps with a Google Street View tour.
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Only Hire a Google Trusted Photographer!
When photographers sign up to produce 360-degree photos for Google Street View, they can qualify for what's known as a ‘Google Street View Trusted' badge.
Everybody who holds one of these badges is a Google trusted photographer. These are the people Google has specifically approved to participate in and produce its virtual tours.
This means that the photographer has published fifty approved 360-degree photos to earn the badge. This may not sound like a lot, but Google's requirement for approved photographs are actually very strict.
They require people to take high-quality photographs (using good equipment.) They also require no gaps, blank spots, or computer-generated ‘fills' in their work. Photographs must be sharp and well-thought-out with adequate detail. They need to maintain a Google-approved resolution and aspect ratio throughout.
So, work must be undertaken to a very high standard prior to approval and the badge being awarded.
It's only once a photographer is approved by Google that they may upload 360 virtual tours. Don't listen if they try to tell you otherwise. Only trust badge holders to do your 360-degree photography.
Even after approval, all photographers must follow Google's Sales and Branding Guidelines. This is to ensure the best practice and potential outcomes for their clients.
