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Google: Authorship


Google: Authorship

Google Authorship is a way to link content you create with a Google+ profile. Google provides a means to get started and more information here, and our The Definitive Guide To Google Authorship Markup guide will help you through the process.

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Google has stopped using authorship completely, even for in-depth articles

Authorship is now officially and completely dead. Gary Illyes from Google said authorship is not used at all at Google...

Barry Schwartz | Jun 22, 2016 at 8:46 pm ET

How To Build Author Rank Without Google Authorship

Google's Authorship program may be dead, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't work on building your authority. Columnist Tony Edward...

Tony Edward | Nov 30, 2015 at 9:19 am ET

Google: Leave Your Authorship Markup On Your Page

Google may use authorship markup in the future, even after killing it off over a year...

Barry Schwartz | Oct 1, 2015 at 2:24 pm ET

 

Authorship Is Dead; Long Live Authorship

Google's authorship program may be over, but columnist Eric Enge notes it's still important to work on building...

Eric Enge | Mar 30, 2015 at 9:39 am ET

The Underlying B2B Marketing Value Of 4 (Previously Successful) SEO Tactics

Though SEO tactics may come and go, the underlying principles behind them often remain...

Derek Edmond | Sep 24, 2014 at 11:00 am ET

Google Authorship May Be Dead, But Author Rank Is Not

Google ended its three-year experiment with Google Authorship yesterday, but the use of Author Rank to improve search results will continue....

Danny Sullivan | Aug 29, 2014 at 2:10 pm ET

It’s Over: The Rise & Fall Of Google Authorship For Search Results

Anyone who follows Google knows that nothing it creates is immune from elimination. Like so many efforts before it, Authorship is fading into...

Eric Enge | Aug 28, 2014 at 4:53 pm ET

Google+ Authorship Images Live On

Search engine optimization professionals were caught off-guard back in June when Google’s John Mueller announced that the search giant...

Aaron Friedman | Aug 6, 2014 at 9:22 am ET

Google Quietly Removes Author Stats From Google Webmaster Tools Labs

In December 2011, Google launched author stats within Google Webmaster Tools, giving those who used authorship across sites, statistics on how...

Barry Schwartz | Aug 5, 2014 at 9:37 am ET

Google Giveth & Google Taketh Away Author Icons

Google recently announced they’d be removing a major element from their search engine results pages (SERPs) that they’ve been...

Chris Silver Smith | Jul 14, 2014 at 9:30 am ET

Google Removes Author Photos From Search: Why And What Does It Mean?

The search world was rocked by yesterday’s announcement by Google’s Webmaster trends analyst John Mueller that Google will be...

Mark Traphagen | Jun 26, 2014 at 5:07 pm ET

Google Drops Profile Photos, Google+ Circle Count From Authorship In Search Results

Google’s John Mueller has announced that Google is making a major change in the search results around authorship. Specifically, Google is...

Barry Schwartz | Jun 25, 2014 at 3:51 pm ET

Google Authorship Goes Down Again, Twice In One Week

Google Authorship is once again down for the count, second time within a one-week period. Authorship is the image you see next to the Google...

Barry Schwartz | May 29, 2014 at 4:10 pm ET

Google Drops Authorship Rich Snippets From Search Results. A Bug?

For the past 20 minutes, if you search anything on Google, the authorship images, where it shows a picture of the individual who wrote the...

Barry Schwartz | May 22, 2014 at 4:04 pm ET

Yes, Google Does Have & Use Author Rank; Specifically Within In-Depth Articles

Google’s Matt Cutts confirmed on stage at Search Marketing Expo today that Google does have a form of “Author Rank” in use...

Barry Schwartz | Mar 13, 2014 at 5:50 pm ET

Is Chasing AuthorRank A Waste Of Time For SEOs?

On June 7, 2011, Google announced support for a new type of markup called the Authorship Tag. This was the rel=”author” tag. It did...

Eric Enge | Mar 3, 2014 at 9:50 am ET

The Secret To Staying Relevant With Authorship

At PubCon last year, Google’s Matt Cutts discussed big changes to the search results, many of which we’ve seen played out over the...

Jim Yu | Feb 25, 2014 at 9:00 am ET

Confirmed: Google Reduces Authorship Rich Snippets In Search Results

The head of search spam at Google, Matt Cutts, has confirmed with us that Google has applied a 15% reduction in the amount of rich snippets...

Barry Schwartz | Dec 19, 2013 at 1:56 pm ET

Infographic: How To Troubleshoot Google Authorship Issues, A Step-By-Step Flowchart

In October, I spoke at SMX East about some of the opportunities and challenges when implementing Google Authorship. At about the same time, a...

Janet Driscoll Miller | Nov 8, 2013 at 8:45 am ET

Structured Data Superstars @ SMX East

Structured data has become a hot topic over the past year or so, and at SMX East, the room was packed for the Structured Data Superstars...

Casie Gillette | Oct 4, 2013 at 12:12 pm ET
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