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Google my business - Image sizes
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I have scoured the web in order to find a guide that would give me the ideal dimensions for images to populate google my business page... in vain.
Google itself is very vague about it as indicated below
- Format: JPG, PNG, TIFF, BMP
- Size: Between 10 KB and 5 MB
- Minimum resolution: 250px tall, 250px wide
Does anyone know of a guide with optimum recommendation for each photo (profile, Cover photo, business specific photos...) or alternatively can recommend the exact size needed.
Thanks
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thanks dimitri
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Hey Neil,
The problem here is that Google has rolled out both a new local and a new maps interface in the past couple of months, and I'm not sure what this has done to photo requirements. Here are the most recent things I could find for you, but I am not positive the numbers are still accurate. You might need to experiment a bit:
http://blumenthals.com/blog/2015/02/24/google-my-business-upgrades-business-photos/
http://localu.org/blog/your-google-my-business-profile-image-your-most-important-image/
Hope this helps a bit!
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Hi there.
I think people are forgetting that GMB and G+ is pretty much the same. As far as I understand, Google is actually moving from personal G+ to Business G+ and changing the name of the network. So, assuming that my thought is correct, I look at this: https://support.google.com/plus/answer/1057172?hl=en
And it says:
Tip: We recommend that you choose a photo that's 1080 x 608 pixels. The smallest photo you can choose is 480 x 270 pixels, and the largest photo you can choose is 2120 x 1192 pixels.
Hope this works.
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