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I wonder if your Google+ Profile picture was your JitBit Name + Logo, you would have done better. I think it is your face that is the problem. Not because it
by pdx 13y ago
I wonder if your Google+ Profile picture was your JitBit Name + Logo, you would have done better.
I think it is your face that is the problem. Not because it's ugly, but because it's obviously a face, which is out of context when searching for "macro recorder". We naturally gloss over things that don't sync with what we expect.
- alternize 13y agoi agree. i have even misread "Marco" instead of "Macro" in the title. with the face next to the content, and me looking for a technical tool and not a person, i'd have skipped to #2 as well.
- spindritf 13y agoI believe Google will only show a "recognizable headshot,"[1] not any image you give them. So you cannot use a logo. [1] https://plus.google.com/authorship https://plus.google.com/authorship
- daniel-cussen 13y agoUse a logo that passes machine pareidolia.
- kanamekun 13y agoThis is 100% right. A quick confirmation: "John Mu of Google has confirmed that you must have a headshot of yours in order to see your Google Plus avatar in Google’s rich snippet." source: http://www.internetmarketingninjas.com/blog/social-media/logo-as-google-plus-profile-picture/ http://www.internetmarketingninjas.com/blog/social-media/log...
- HNLogInShit 13y agoOnce again, Google shows its ignorance of effective branding.
- flaktrak 13y agoIn fact I have mug shotted my posts before and if you switch the picture to a picture of something other than a face Google seems to penalize you. Was an interesting experiment and one that I would like to take further.
- underdown 13y agogoogle now accepts a micro data format for logos - although I haven't really noticed them in SERPS yet http://www.hobo-web.co.uk/how-to-put-your-company-logo-on-google-listings/ http://www.hobo-web.co.uk/how-to-put-your-company-logo-on-go...
- unreal37 13y agoI do think the actual photo chosen is a turn off though. I wonder if he tried a better more professional photo if the results would change.
- theycallmemorty 13y agoI would love to see someone experiment with headshots of different people with varying degrees of attractiveness.