Let's start off with me telling you that I have no affiliation with Google. Although, I do rank highly for "pretend to work at Google" This article is purely hypothetical. In no way am I saying this will happen, but it makes sense for Google to do it.
Images on websites are the wild west. On one side, you have rogue or simply untrained web developers grabbing copyrighted images right off of other websites or Google Image search. On the other side, you have large corporations like Getty Stock Images who scan the internet for their somewhat expensive stock images. No matter which side you are on or support, it's a losing game for a lot of hardworking photographers and graphic designers.
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Google Image Authorship Example of Justin Murray
Google can give you Authorship. Google can force the "best practices" of web design and online marketing, by instituting an image mismatch, or "duplicate action" on your website. How they would track the image as appearing first on a page with your Google Authorship (alt tag crawl date perhaps?) is unknown to me, but anythings possible with Google behind it. They could even offer to host images for photographers or website owners (acting as a cdn), and then track them that way also.
Offer me free cdn and authorship for my photographs, logos, banners, and icons? I'm sold.
What do you think friends?
Could Image Authorship be the next big thing?
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Justin Murray is the Owner and operator of Kickin Knowledge, a San Diego web design, development, and marketing company. With over 10 years of online marketing and website experience, Justin has a passion for building and promoting businesses on the internet. Justin studied Computer Science from Coleman University, with a concentration in Computer Networking, where he achieved certifications in A+ Computer Repair, as well as CompTIA Certifications in Computer Security and Networking. Considered a "jack of all trades" when it comes to websites, Justin brings experience and dedication to Kickin Knowledge. Kickin Knowledge proudly specializes in Wordpress, Woocommerce, E-commerce, SEO, and PPC (pay per click like Google Adwords) marketing services.
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