I have enabled the 'share automatically' option to Google plus when I post something new in my blog. Immediately after clicking the 'Publish' button once I finalize the post another window will open to share it with Google plus. Here I noticed a problem with my post picture some days ago. Instead of the picture that I have posted on my blog post my profile picture was getting displayed in Google plus! The same problem happened when I posted the video upload link in a blog post. Noticed this problem with some other bloggers too.
The reason for this was the image pixels. To reduce the image size load bloggers were using small sized images in blog posts. If the original images were large it were reduced both in size and pixels and posted to ease upload, reduce page loading time and for quick layout settings. I was also doing the same, resizing the pictures, reducing both the size and pixels using photoshop or pic monkey to limit the storage size. Blogger gives us free Google drive storage space of 15 GB, as you all know. Google plus photos of size bigger than 2048 x 2048 pixels occupy storage space as well as Gmail attachments. Click on Accounts under Google profile, check data tools, manage storage plan and have a look at how much storage we utilize.
Recently Google made changes to enable users to upload high-resolution images to Google plus in tune with other social media. So if we would like to see our post image to appear in Google plus window our images should be of high pixels. What is the minimum pixel size required is still not clear though. The image with high resolution will be displayed in Google plus post if we share it automatically.
Now I am using 1000 pixels images and my post images appear in Google plus, no problem. The image size in kb or MB doesn't seem relevant. So use high pixels for your blog pictures and you will see your post pictures clearly in Google plus instead of your profile picture or the picture having better resolution than your post picture in all the posts! When using high-resolution images you will see serrated lower edges signifying a larger picture in Google plus posts.
If you do not want to show pictures then just hover your mouse over the right-hand side of the post that you see on Google plus post. The drop down menu shows many options like edit the post, delete the post etc. Click edit the post and there is an option to remove the picture. If we remove the picture only the post text will be displayed on Google plus and no images.
Likewise when you post text only and no pictures in the blog post, your profile picture may get displayed automatically if you have enabled post to Google plus automatically. Edit the post and remove the picture to display only the text in Google plus. Better not to enable share to Google plus automatically; do it manually after publishing a post to design what and how to share.
Always make it a point to check the Google plus page after publishing the blog post, and edit it if necessary.
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12 comments:
Interesting post! Have a good week!
Thanks Birgitta :)
I wish everyone knew this---but so many people do not. I ALWAYS lower my pixels to 1152 x 768 ---and even though I post LOTS of photos on my blog (and have been on Blogger since 2009) --I have never had to buy extra space... BUT---people just don't seem to know this since many of my friends have to buy extra storage space yet many of them don't post many photos at all.... Thanks!!! (Hope lots of people read this post.)
Hugs,
Betsy
too much tech for me....but, good to know. Thanks, Rajiv.
I have to learn this coz I am paying every month for extra space. Thanks for the tips:)
Thank you Betsy.
We can check the storage we have utilized in our account in data tools. The manage data shows everything in detail. I have used only about a GB and it was all through Gmail attachments. So if we adjust our picture size and pixels there is no need to buy any storage extra.
I have stressed the importance of sufficient pixels to display it correctly in Google plus.
Thanks Betsy :)
Oh, it is not that difficult. Thought it will be helpful to my blogger friends. Please feel free to contact me if you need any help in blog techs. I am no web expert but let me see if I can be of help :)
Thanks Richard :)
Oh, no :)
Seems like you are uploading full size, high resolution images. Check your storage like the way I mentioned in post and manage use accordingly. Please feel free to contact me if you have any queries, if I know will help you.
Thanks Joy :)
huh, interesting....never knew that...i dont get into social media nearly as much as i used to...gave up facebook 3 years ago...and i have a google plus that comes with the blog but never go on there....i know that many of my photography friends had a real challenge with space a few months back
Thanks Brian :)
Actually with the new changes Google has allowed us more space. Only thing we have to upload carefully managing storage space wisely.
The post was actually for displaying correctly the Google plus pictures.
Have an awesome week ahead !
Google is always making changes & it's hard to keep up with their speed. Hahaha! For me, I just hit the G+ icon in my blog to publish everytime. Didn't take note of the pix size actually. But this is a very informative post, Rajiv!
Thanks Shirley :)
It is better to be know some blog tech tips :)
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