G+ Marking Faa Posts As Spam

No.

I haven't heard of that either.

Most social sites don't want you to post just your art.

At some point it is considered spam.

Chris,

Are you referring to the G+ social media button (app?) on the art pages?

I was banned from G+ for a while for "spam" even though I hardly ever posted. I fortunately got back but am very careful.

Someone may have reported one of your posts as spam. There is an option when you post to send email. I would suggest not doing that. Unless it's a business page, where that may be OK.

The Crazy thing is I don't post my personal art to G+ I figure if I post others to G+ and others feel mine is "good enough" to reciprocate, they will. I may just start using twitter and pinterest to promote others works. Interestingly enough, most of the folks actually ordering from FAA seem to come either pinterest or twitter.

Yes, I was using the G+ button on the pages.

I never post to G+ using buttons, I always upload a small (800px wide) watermarked image from my computer, I also write a brief description on the image to make it more interesting for the viewer and just put in a general link back to my main galleries - along the line "more of my work can be seen here ........(link)"

i was banned and never got it back. and to this day they remind me about it. technically sending stuff from here is spam.


---Mike Savad

The app needs to be reconfigured so we can use it and not have it appear so blatant..I really dont want to upload a bunch of photos of my art to google+!
I still dont really understand google+'s position on this...If people are following you because you have stated you are an artist or photographer, how can they mark you as a spammer if you post your artwork or photography?? Makes no sense really...If someone doesnt like your posts that are following you...all they have to do is "unfollow?!

If I post it to my blog, I have no issues with my work going on G+, or from anywhere else. It seems they are just targeting FAA as spam? I wonder why?

I think the issue is that the link takes you from google+ to FAA.;.They want a "captive " audience...!
I wish the app could be reconfigured so that it just provides a bigger and better photo of the artwork and not be designed to take you to FAA......a note to see bio if more info about the artwork is needed or something to that effect.

Thank you for bringing this to everyone's attention! I had no idea G+ took this position about artwork (hardly spam!), and I do keep an art portfolio on my G+ account, so now I'm worried. I agree with Judy - just who is considering it spam? I don't understand *how* it is being distributed to be perceived as spam, and by whom? I'll follow the discussion to better understand this issue.

The real issue as stated above is that google+ does not want people being redirected from their site to FAA...That is the real problem...

I never thought about it that way but isn't linking to other sites very common on social media? It is a shame that few have the skills we have to post meaningful visual content on social media and we are penalized if we offer the option for it to be purchased. Meanwhile posting and sharing others copyrighted work is condoned and even encouraged.

Should we remove the g+ option from our social networking?

Bradford linking to other sites is common but the problem with the FAA app is that it links with a prompt to purchase ...It would be great if the link just provides a nice photo of the artwork and a caption to contact the artist if more info is needed...or if a link is provided that does not force a prospect to click on to get a better picture and thus be redirected!

Google+ User Content and Conduct Policy:

7. Spam

Do not spam, including sending unwanted promotional or commercial content, or unwanted or mass solicitation.

http://bit.ly/1nfnePp

Well I don't think it is right since I am offering a link to original visual content. I am not selling commercial product I am giving a free view of art. But it looks like I should start putting my own self built web site galleries back into action for social media and offer a link from there to my AW in a more subtle way. I just don't know where the line is. Or maybe i can use something ready made. Is Flicker OK but FAA not OK?

I've never been on G+ but what works like it is about.me. It's like Pinterest for people. I share more about this in a related thread here:

http://pixels.com/showmessages.php?messageid=2011872

Here is the caption of the TOS for google+ that Jeffery's link points to : " Do not spam, including sending unwanted promotional or commercial content, or unwanted or mass solicitation." The keyword, in my opinion is "unwanted"....If they are your followers, and are following you because you have promoted yourself as an artist, musician photographer.etc...how can a post post directing people to your site be deemed "unwanted"! Also, people who are totally not interested in the link can clearly ignore it...The people who click on it are obviously interested and, therefore the post could not be considered as "unwanted"!

Posting a link to a photo is hardly spam even if it is for sale. It is valuable web content. It's entertainment even without purchasing. Maybe they can't tell the difference between a link to a photo and a link to an ad to buy weight loss pills.
Like I said I will have to find a work around for this.

I guess Paul has the best solution...Just post a small pic and post link...Today I shared my artwork images I had posted on Flickr...I didnt add a link...suppose I could...The main thing is to make sure on your profile page at google+ you have good clickable links to your websites!

If i upload a photo and post a link to FAA , that sounds like the same thing as using the FAA app. But that actually is how I usually do it. I was afraid thet might do this because of what Mike said a while back about being banned. I hope twitter is not next. I recently turned on the Twiitter autopost thingy and everytime I edit a page it posts it as a new upload.

I think it is a matter of time before Twitter will start cracking down on profiles that are aggressively selling...which is all of us at FAA really! As it is, I constantly get emails from Twitter encouraging me to get a Twitter Business Account...

maybe it is for public posts rather than for posts to followers. I may modify my posting to only followers

@Donna - probably should only post to followers. They are following you for a reason, so less likely to report your post as spam. The public post may not be so fortunate.

One of the issues is posting just links, with no content. After getting a warning sometime back, I've been careful to include some of the story or other information in the description of the artwork. Adding the info about the history, location, or wildlife species takes it beyond just an advertisement. Since then I haven't had any more warnings or issues with G+

I share stuff from other sites to there and have no issues. It has just started recently from here only. So I do not think it is a spam issue, but something else.

I have heard of this issue with G+ but I post images there almost daily and I have never had a problem. Maybe they just haven't gotten around to me yet.

I just started a G+ page to promote my photography and prints. I have even included a photo and a link to FAA. So far, I will give it a few days. I see from other posters that FAA is considered spam and G+ does not want "unwanted promotional or commercial content,".... but here's the kicker... there are numerous hashtags for art, and one of the most popular ones is #ArtForSale.

When I plunked that in, there are numerous pieces of artworks in different mediums by various artists listing them for sale. So I don't understand how others get banned while a large majority of others offer their art for sale on G+.

The reason I started the G+ page was because Twitter banned me after 1 day from just promoting myself and my photography. Twitter seems to be banning left and right these days. I even started a Pinterest page, but then deleted it as my pins never showed up in searches. I wish there was a social media platform for artists and their work.

Funny, I thought I would solve the potential problem by joining painting/art groups/communities...(still dont know the difference between the two) ...and some of the groups I joined ban you from "spamming" ..or adding links to purchase...How ridiculous reallly!