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What should we do about Google Shopping not allowing watermarked images?
We run an ecommerce site that sells products also found elsewhere. We differentiate by having amazing educational content and extremely high quality product images. We invest a lot in this and it has been a competitive advantage but people keep stealing our images and so now we watermark all of them.
Google Shopping and its ability to take our product feeds looks like an attractive way to get more customers. The only problem is they don't allow watermarked images. Why is this? And what should we do about it? With their reach, the image theft problem will only get worse if we don't protect ourselves. What do people here do?