Badges & levels in Google Product Forums

Badges and levels are used to identify certain members of Google Product Forums.

Badges

Badges indicate a member's identity or level of participation:

•  Silver Product Expert: New members who are developing their product knowledge
•  Gold Product Expert: Trusted members who are knowledgeable, active contributors
•  Platinum Product Expert: Seasoned members who give advice, mentor, create content, and more
•  Product Experts Alumni: Past members who are no longer active, but were previously recognized for their help  
•   Best Answers: This badge is awarded to forum members whose posts have been marked as best answers
•  Google Employees: Guides and Community Managers who work at Google 
•  Community Specialists: Google partners who lend their knowledge to help maintain our communities

Levels

Levels indicate how much someone participates in a Product Forum. Everyone starts at level 1 and can rise to level 10. These activities can increase your level:

• Post an answer
• Have your answer selected as the best answer
• Have your post rated as helpful
• Vote up another person’s post
• Correctly mark a topic or post as abuse