Author snippet image in results, question!

[Bondara]

Hi,

Quick question really, I can see how a Google+ profile picture showing up in the results can increase CTR and even trust but would this be a no no for a normal website?

I mean if you had a website which offered personal training, so a brand rather than an individual would you not use this snippet?

I've seen some website, even ecommerce sites using this tag to just increase their CTR.

[OlegKorneitchouk]

Test, test, test. No way to know for sure without testing.

My guess is that it would still increase CTR and trust as there is an image of a real person (hopefully CEO or someone else influential) that would stand out in SERPs. For personal training, I think it would work really well seeing as there will be an actual person working with whomever signs up for the training sessions.

[Bondara]

Thanks for the reply,

Yeah I actually think that personal training example was a really good one.

I think your right as well, just not sure if it would work for ecommerce, services I do though.