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Hey guys, here's an interesting issue I've wondered about MANY times and thought maybe it was just a fluke. But now it's come up on the Google forum so I'm thinking it's happening to many of you as well.
Have you ever noticed this??? You upload an image that you take the time to optimize with keywords like "Dallas Dentist", or "Teeth Whitening", to your client's page. Client's name is "Johnson Family Dentistry". Then you check and Google renames the image Alpine Dental Care - some totally different dental office 1/2 way across the country???
1st here's the Google Business forum question that came up yesterday and following is what I think 'may' be going on, but I'm not sure... what do YOU think?
Check her links. Look at the business name on the page, then look at the names Google has overwritten on some of the images!
My reply:
I've seen this a lot and can't believe no one's talked about or that I've never brought it up. But since I haven't been working much on client pages since I started the forum, the issue was just not top of mind.
Do you think this is a case of photo recognition software and it's giving credit to the company it believes is the ORIGINAL image source?
If so, then here's a conspiracy theory for you... Do you think your listing could be dinged if the algo assumes you've "stolen" the image from the original source???
We know how very much Google hates duplicate content, right???
OK, before you write me & my latest tinfoil hat off, CHECK OUT THE NEWLY REVISED Google+ Local Image Guidelines...
Now I'm sure the remove or suspend refers to copyright violations where someone accuses another company of stealing their proprietary image, but still, if the same image shows up on 1000 different Dental sites, like some of the Zoom Teeth Whitening and Invisalign images do, I wonder if there could be some type of minor duplicate content ding?
Have you guys ever seen this happen?
What do you think about potential penalties being at play especially if you use that same image on a bunch of different clients? Think that could cause a ding???
Have you ever noticed this??? You upload an image that you take the time to optimize with keywords like "Dallas Dentist", or "Teeth Whitening", to your client's page. Client's name is "Johnson Family Dentistry". Then you check and Google renames the image Alpine Dental Care - some totally different dental office 1/2 way across the country???
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1st here's the Google Business forum question that came up yesterday and following is what I think 'may' be going on, but I'm not sure... what do YOU think?
Why are my client's images being renamed on my Local Page?
I use the same images for several clients (each image renamed uniquely for each client) are being renamed by Google with other company names when the edited listings become live. Each image has a unique name. How can I prevent this, short of individual images for each client?
Here are a few more examples:
Preferred Heating Cooling - Photos - Google+
Quality Comfort Services - About - Google+
Check her links. Look at the business name on the page, then look at the names Google has overwritten on some of the images!
My reply:
I've never heard anyone else bring this up. I used to specialize in Dentistry and had the same thing happen with my clients. I bought lots of nice stock photos. Named them all with the right keywords. Same thing happened. I even had images that I bought that I thought were somewhat unique and they'd show up with the name of some other Dental practice that was not my client. Must just be someone else that used that same image before I did.
All I can think of is that Google must have some type of photo recognition software and attributes the image to whichever company 1st uploaded it, and then adds that company's name to your client's image.
I suspect it's one of those Google things we just don't have any control over.
I've seen this a lot and can't believe no one's talked about or that I've never brought it up. But since I haven't been working much on client pages since I started the forum, the issue was just not top of mind.
Do you think this is a case of photo recognition software and it's giving credit to the company it believes is the ORIGINAL image source?
If so, then here's a conspiracy theory for you... Do you think your listing could be dinged if the algo assumes you've "stolen" the image from the original source???
We know how very much Google hates duplicate content, right???
OK, before you write me & my latest tinfoil hat off, CHECK OUT THE NEWLY REVISED Google+ Local Image Guidelines...
Google+ Local photo and video guidelines - Google+ Help
We reserve the right to both remove photographs and videos that violate our content policy, and suspend business owners who upload such media. Photos or videos that violate our content policy might contain:
- Violations of copyright
- Trademark infringement
(Read the rest, there is more, this is just the part relevant to this discussion.)
Now I'm sure the remove or suspend refers to copyright violations where someone accuses another company of stealing their proprietary image, but still, if the same image shows up on 1000 different Dental sites, like some of the Zoom Teeth Whitening and Invisalign images do, I wonder if there could be some type of minor duplicate content ding?
Have you guys ever seen this happen?
What do you think about potential penalties being at play especially if you use that same image on a bunch of different clients? Think that could cause a ding???