Google introduced authorship support over three years ago, leading webmasters and anyone concerned with SEO to jump through a new set of hoops to make sure their faces were visible in Google search results, and hopefully even get better rankings…
Google Just Killed Authorship Entirely
Google announced that it is no longer using authorship markup or displaying author information in search results, saying that it just wasn’t as useful as expected. Actually, it was Google’s John Mueller who announced the change on his personal Google+…
Google Answers Questions About Authorship
Google posted to its Webmaster Central blog today to address seven questions the company is commonly hearing about authorship, or rel=”author”. The post discusses what kinds of pages can be used with authorship, use of company mascots as authors, language…
Authorship May Already Substantially Impact Google Rankings
It’s been pretty clear for quite a while that Google really likes its authorship signal, and aims to improve it, and make it matter more in search. True enough, the feature does have its benefits when it comes to associating…
Google Will Continue To Improve How It Handles Authorship, Look For Other Ways To Use It
Over the past couple of years, it has become abundantly clear that authorship will continue to play an increasingly important role in how Google determines when and how to rank some types of content in search results. Nothing is changing…
Google Authorship Can Help “Level The Playing Field” In Search Visibility
Last summer, Google announced that it would begin supporting authorship markup, or rel=”author”. It’s still in pilot mode, but Google has been making use of it in search results ever since, in increasing numbers, as more web content authors use…
Why Google Is Picky About Profile Pictures
Google is kind of anal about profile pictures. We already knew this, but it has been confirmed with a new post from MG Siegler on his personal blog. He tells the story about how Google deleted his profile photo, which…
Google Cans Author Search Operator in Google News In Favor of Authorship
You may have noticed by now that Google is placing a lot of emphasis on authorship these days. Just last week, they announced the addition of authorship clicks and impressions to Webmaster Tools. Apparently Google is pushing authorship markup so…
Google Authorship Clicks And Impressions Added To Webmaster Tools
We know that who you are is more important in Google now. Google has been pushing authorship markup for months. This ties you, as an author of content, to your Google Profile, which is linked to from a picture of…
Google Authorship By Email
Google announced that you can now set up authorship for search results by verifying your email address with your Google profile. This is an extension of the authorship markup launched earlier this year. What this does is tell Google that…
Google Shows Circle Counts for People In Search Results
Lately, Google has been placing a lot of emphasis on the importance of who you are on the web. That’s why they want you to use your real name on Google+ (or more broadly, your Google Profile). This thinking certainly…
Google Authorship Markup – An Easier Way
Google really wants people writing web content to start using authorship markup. Not only are they looking to use it as a ranking signal, but it also pushes the Google Profile, which is essentially the backbone of the Google+ user…
The Next Google Ranking Signal: Your Google Profile?
Long story short: if you’re looking to help your search engine rankings, you might need a Google Profile (the backbone of Google+). Who you are as an individual is becoming more important in search ranking. Is this the right way…
Who You Are Becoming More Important in Google
Google announced today that it is now supporting authorship markup, which it will use in search results. The company says it is experimenting with using this data to help people find content from authors in search results, and will continue…
Authorship in Google Results to Include Comments, Expanded Circles Features
Google continues to make changes to the authorship element it displays in search results. Yesterday, we reported on Google now letting you set it up by verifying your email address on your Google Profile, though this makes your email address…