Google Starts Showing Author Images In Search Results

Online authors are now being highlighted in Google’s search results … if they’re using the recently announced rel=author markup language.

Right now, Google says it’s working with a small group of authors who have linked their Google Profiles to their online content. One of those authors is Search Engine Land’s Editor-In-Chief, Danny Sullivan, and his content will be highlighted like this in Google’s search results:

The author’s name and avatar comes from his/her Google Profile.

Google says it will also show the authors’ content on their Google Profiles, too.

The rel=author tag was introduced earlier this month.

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Matt McGee

Matt McGee joined Third Door Media as a writer/reporter/editor in September 2008. He served as Editor-In-Chief from January 2013 until his departure in July 2017. He can be found on Twitter at @MattMcGee.