3. Why did they create Authorship?
“By seeing the person associated
with the content instead of just a
link, users can have an easier
time engaging with the person
behind the content, while at the
same time more easily
identifying high-quality content
of interest to them.”
Sagar Kamdar, Google Product Manager
July 2012
11. Wait two weeks …it didn’t work?
1. Link directly to the blog post
2. Verify your email address in G+
3. Rich snippets testing tool
Change the “Contributor to” link so it links directly to
the actual post, rather than the general blog address
Enter the URL or HTML here:
http://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/richsnippets
12. How to measure SEO
results for ALL your posts
Author Stats
15. What’s the point? Higher CTR
Source: http://www.seomoz.org/blog/google-author-photos
“The final number settled down around a 35% increase
in click-through rate.”
19. The phrase is highly competitive if all the
sites on the first page of Google…
• Are famous (wikipedia, etc.)
• Have a higher domain authority than you*
• Have title tags that begin with the keyphrase
• Lots of AdWords ads
Competition
*see Open Site Explorer
23. Your Picture: It’s gotta be you
"Your Profile Picture cannot include
mature or offensive content. For
example, do not use a photo that is
a close-up of a person’s buttocks or
cleavage.”
Source: http://www.google.com/+/policy/content.html
26. The identity of individual [author] responsible for
content can be used to influence search ratings.
Assuming that a given [author] has a high
reputational score, representing an established
reputation for authoring valuable content, then
additional content authored and signed by that
[author] will be promoted relative to unsigned
content or content from less reputable [authors] in
search results.
The future of search is social.
Source: USPTO Google Agent Rank Patent (patent number 7565358)
27. Need more help?
Orbit Blog: http://www.orbitmedia.com/blog/google-authorship-author-stats
People all over the world are creating great content on the web, and we work hard to make that content discoverable on Google. But for users to get the best answers to their questions, it’s also important to be able to connect them with the people who are behind the amazing content on the web. To light up the people behind the webpages, we wanted to start highlighting the people creating this content in Google.com search results. People discovering information on the web often want to learn more about who created it, see other content by them, and even interact with them.