Google has released a new update for Google+, very similar to the recent timeline update for Facebook. Although making a nice change to what was a very plain looking social networking site, Google+ as with Facebook causes some issues for companies promoting their site, as many haven’t updated their new cover photos or decided on their profile layouts.

Unlike Facebook there was no warning before this update otherwise we would have made sure to prepare you for these changes.

Here are some tips on getting your Google+ page representing your company professionally:

Unfortunately the dimensions for the profile page and the cover photo are not the same as Facebook so although you can still use these images for both they will need to be tweaked slightly for the best look.

1) Profile Picture

• The profile picture has increased slightly from 202px by 192px to a more even 250px by 250px. Although this will stretch to fill the box we recommend that you redesign this to fit.
• To change this image just hover over the area that contains your profile picture and click on the small banner that appears at the bottom of the image that says “Change profile photo”. Select Upload and either search through your folders or drag and drop the image that you want to replace it with.
• It would be best to check how the thumbnail of this image looks next to a post once uploaded, but there shouldn’t be a problem as the thumbnail is proportionate to the profile image size.