The trend of Verified accounts are not so new in social media sites. Twitter is using this feature for many years. Google+ is using this feature from the beginning. Yeah, Facebook and YouTube has introduced this feature recently.
Verified Names are having verification badges/checkmarks along with there names in these Social Networking websites that helps people to find out and identify Official channel, profile, page about a business or a popular celebrity.
It is becoming very important for celebrities or brands to get these
Verification badges on there profile because along with
providing authenticity, it is also a symbol of pride. It shows, the person/brand is very influential and having very high popularity in that social network too.
So, if you are a company, an organization, a leader or celebrity and did not manage to get the Verification Badges yet to your profiles, channels or fanpages then we are telling you how you can get one for you.
If you are in large number of Google+ circles (for e.g., greater than
20K ) and your profile name appears the same in the other social
network websites then getting Google+ Verified name is not tough for
you.
Unfortunately, there is not any way to contact Google+ for this. Google+ Staff will manually contact you and guide you to get verified name for your profile. However, these few tips will help you to get noticed by Google+ team:
There are still few important things that you should do for your Google+ Business Page to get it verified, without any problem:
Verified Names are having verification badges/checkmarks along with there names in these Social Networking websites that helps people to find out and identify Official channel, profile, page about a business or a popular celebrity.
It is becoming very important for celebrities or brands to get these
Verification badges on there profile because along with
providing authenticity, it is also a symbol of pride. It shows, the person/brand is very influential and having very high popularity in that social network too.So, if you are a company, an organization, a leader or celebrity and did not manage to get the Verification Badges yet to your profiles, channels or fanpages then we are telling you how you can get one for you.
For Google+ Profiles
Google+, along with providing Verification Badges, also provides Vanity URLs to the verified names to make the profile’s URL user-friendly and easy to remember. See the image below:
Verified Google+ Profile
Unfortunately, there is not any way to contact Google+ for this. Google+ Staff will manually contact you and guide you to get verified name for your profile. However, these few tips will help you to get noticed by Google+ team:
- You are required to become popular in your field.
- Don’t share something illegal.
- Don’t opt Spam ways to increase your ‘in Circles’.
- Remain active at Google+, do status updates, get engaged in users comments.
For Google+ Business Pages
Google+ Business Pages should have great popularity and influence in Google+ to get verified badges along with their Names. Your Page will also get Vanity URL after getting verified badge.
Google+ Verified Page For Mashable
- Google+ Page should be connected to Official website by a proper
two-way link between your website and page. This verification is also
known as “Verifying Publishership”. Learn how to link Google+ Page with website.
- Make Sure your Google+ Page is
having the “Name” by which it (your brand) is known by people. You can
have small modifications in your Google+ Page, Website name but it
should be at least identifiable that you are the same brand.
- Build popularity and followers of your Google+ Page and post there
regularly. You need to have at least 1000 followers for your brand’s
official Google+ Page (as said by Google).
- When you get meaningful number of followers and good engagement, apply for a verified name for your Google+ Brand Page using Google+ Page Verification Request form. If you face rejection, increase your Google+ Business Page’s popularity and apply again.
