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Saying thanks—in person—to our Google Top Contributors
September 15, 2011
“Oh,
you’re
BlueQuoll!”
You heard a lot of enthusiastic cries of recognition at the
Global Top Contributor Summit
, as Googlers and members of our Top Contributor program got to leave their laptops behind and meet one another face to face. This two-day event held in and around our headquarters in Mountain View brought together some of our most prolific and knowledgeable users from the
Google product forums
for the first time.
Top Contributors are the folks you may know by “bkc56” in the
Gmail forum
, “Noisette” in the
Google Earth forum
and “theylmdl” in the
German Webmaster forum
—Google users who volunteer their time to help others with questions and troubleshooting issues. We began the program in 2005 to support this important group, and today there are more than 350 Top Contributors who are active in our forums. They also give Google teams important feedback to help shape the development of our products. In short, they’re some of Google’s most passionate users, and we wanted to take the time to share our appreciation.
TCs from the AdSense, Gmail and Webmaster forums hang out with Googlers (in red)
At the summit, more than 250 Top Contributors joined us from around the world, representing 40+ product forums in 20+ languages. To see just how global this amazing bunch is, check out the map we set up to showcase their hometowns:
At the event, our Top Contributors met with Google engineers who demo’ed upcoming features, giving them the unique opportunity to give feedback and ask questions. This was also an opportunity for our Top Contributors to meet each other, and make a new friend or two.
Bottom right: TC treebles, as he’s known in the Maps and Places for business forums, talks with the custom maps team
We hope this summit gave our Top Contributors more insight into how Google works and expressed just how much we appreciate their help and dedication. In fact, they’re such a dedicated bunch that some of the Top Contributors were even spotted during the summit answering forum questions. To see them in action, head on over to the
Google product forums
.
Find out about how you can become a Top Contributor in our
Help Forum guide
.
Posted by Brenna Robertson and Adrienne Ludwick, Global Top Contributor Summit co-organizers
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