About shared endorsements

Shared endorsements make it easy for you to get great recommendations from others. For example, when you visit Google Play, you may see that a friend has reviewed a new album by your favorite artist.
Here's what you need to know:
  • To help others find cool stuff online, your activity (such as reviews, +1s, follows, shares, etc.) may be used along with your name and photo in commercial or other promotional contexts.
  • When it comes to shared endorsements in ads, you can choose whether your name, photo, and activity may be used to help others find stuff you love (and avoid stuff you don't). You can control this with the setting at the bottom of this page.
  • The name and photo shown in shared endorsements are the public profile name and profile photo you have chosen on Google.
Here are a few examples of shared endorsements on Google. The "Summertime Spas" example shows a shared endorsement displayed in an ad:
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Shared endorsements in ads

The setting at the bottom of this page allows you to limit the use of your name, photo, and activity in shared endorsements in ads. It applies only to activity that Google displays within ads. The "Summertime Spas" example above shows a shared endorsement in an ad on Google Search. Changing this setting doesn’t impact whether your name, photo, and activity may appear in a shared endorsement that isn’t in an ad — for example, when you write a review that is displayed in Google Play. You can limit the visibility of activity outside of ads by deleting the activity or changing its visibility settings.
Note:
  • If you’re under 18, you may see shared endorsements from others, but your own profile name, profile photo, and activity won’t appear in shared endorsements in ads and certain other contexts.