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Getting Your Face In Google
rel="author" implementation – Box UK Tech Talk
What is rel="author"?
Introduced: June 2011
Type of markup in the form of a rel attribute
In short: it ties your Google+ profile to pages/posts
that you’ve authored
What are the benefits?
1   Increases click-through rate (CTR)!
1) http://www.quicksprout.com/2012/04/27/want-a-150-boost-in-traffic-then-use-this-idiot-
proof-guide-to-google-authorship-markup/
2) http://www.blueglass.com/blog/using-authorship-markup-to-increase-click-through-
rates-in-the-serps/
3) http://www.seobodybuilder.com/marketing-conversion/click-through-rate-increased-
with-rel-author/
4) http://www.marketingtechblog.com/rel-author-ctr/
http://www.seomoz.org/blog/google-
           author-photos
2   Personal branding
+




                    Pro tip:
Use the same avatar on all sites & social networks
3   Increases rankings…?
“Within search results, information tied to
verified online profiles will be ranked
higher than content without such
verification, which will result in most
users naturally clicking on the top
(verified) results. The true cost of
remaining anonymous, then, might be
irrelevance.” (emphasis added)

Eric Schmidt
Executive Chairman, Google

From his upcoming book:
The New Digital Age


                         Scrooge McSchmidt image source:
     http://www.siliconbeachtraining.co.uk/blog/eric-schmidt-google-verification/
How do you implement rel="author"?
Google recommends two ways on its Support page:


Author information in search results
http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1408986
Link Google+ using a
 1    verified email address
            So for http://seono.co.uk...
      Email address on the same domain:
             e.g. steve@seono.co.uk
                          +
 “a clear byline identifying you as the author
       (for example, "By Steve Morgan")”

Pros: Easy to do!
Cons: Only works for sites where you have an
email address (e.g. your own blog)
+ unreliable (not guaranteed)
2     Add the ?rel=author link parameter

              On any post you write,
      add a link to your Google+ profile with
     ?rel=author at the end of the URL, e.g.
https://plus.google.com/109807087957970967076?rel=author




Pros: Requires a little more effort, but…
Cons: Google takes it as a much stronger hint!
3     Code in the page header

            *Not recommended!*
       Google no longer suggests this as a
          method of implementation

           (...but it’s still good to know)

     Put this in the <head> section of a page:
 <link href="https://plus.google.com/[yourpageID]"
                  rel="author" />

Pros: Easy on to do site-wide!
Cons: Gets messy if it’s a multi-author blog
Also…
Add the site to the
‘Contributor to’ section of
your Google+ profile’s
About page:
Test it!
Check it’s working with Google’s
Rich Snippets Preview Tool:
http://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/richsnippets
LIVE
DEMO
 (woo!)
Track it!
Get (rough) impression/click data from
Google Webmaster Tools
https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/labs-author-stats-1

Home > Labs > Author stats
Additional reading:
The ultimate rel="author" implementation guide (IMO):
http://www.blindfiveyearold.com/how-to-implement-rel-author


A case study I’ve written – what happened when I had
two authors attached to one page:
http://seono.co.uk/2013/02/20/confusing-google-a-rel-author-case-study/
In summary: bad things happened…! 
Any questions?




(Kudos to Gafyn, Craig and Dayle for volunteering
their blogs for the implementation demo!)

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Getting Your Face In Google | Box UK Tech Talk

  • 1. Getting Your Face In Google rel="author" implementation – Box UK Tech Talk
  • 2. What is rel="author"? Introduced: June 2011 Type of markup in the form of a rel attribute In short: it ties your Google+ profile to pages/posts that you’ve authored
  • 3.
  • 4. What are the benefits?
  • 5. 1 Increases click-through rate (CTR)!
  • 8. 2 Personal branding
  • 9. + Pro tip: Use the same avatar on all sites & social networks
  • 10. 3 Increases rankings…?
  • 11. “Within search results, information tied to verified online profiles will be ranked higher than content without such verification, which will result in most users naturally clicking on the top (verified) results. The true cost of remaining anonymous, then, might be irrelevance.” (emphasis added) Eric Schmidt Executive Chairman, Google From his upcoming book: The New Digital Age Scrooge McSchmidt image source: http://www.siliconbeachtraining.co.uk/blog/eric-schmidt-google-verification/
  • 12. How do you implement rel="author"? Google recommends two ways on its Support page: Author information in search results http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1408986
  • 13. Link Google+ using a 1 verified email address So for http://seono.co.uk... Email address on the same domain: e.g. steve@seono.co.uk + “a clear byline identifying you as the author (for example, "By Steve Morgan")” Pros: Easy to do! Cons: Only works for sites where you have an email address (e.g. your own blog) + unreliable (not guaranteed)
  • 14. 2 Add the ?rel=author link parameter On any post you write, add a link to your Google+ profile with ?rel=author at the end of the URL, e.g. https://plus.google.com/109807087957970967076?rel=author Pros: Requires a little more effort, but… Cons: Google takes it as a much stronger hint!
  • 15. 3 Code in the page header *Not recommended!* Google no longer suggests this as a method of implementation (...but it’s still good to know) Put this in the <head> section of a page: <link href="https://plus.google.com/[yourpageID]" rel="author" /> Pros: Easy on to do site-wide! Cons: Gets messy if it’s a multi-author blog
  • 16. Also… Add the site to the ‘Contributor to’ section of your Google+ profile’s About page:
  • 17. Test it! Check it’s working with Google’s Rich Snippets Preview Tool: http://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/richsnippets
  • 18.
  • 20. Track it! Get (rough) impression/click data from Google Webmaster Tools https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/labs-author-stats-1 Home > Labs > Author stats
  • 21.
  • 22. Additional reading: The ultimate rel="author" implementation guide (IMO): http://www.blindfiveyearold.com/how-to-implement-rel-author A case study I’ve written – what happened when I had two authors attached to one page: http://seono.co.uk/2013/02/20/confusing-google-a-rel-author-case-study/ In summary: bad things happened…! 
  • 23. Any questions? (Kudos to Gafyn, Craig and Dayle for volunteering their blogs for the implementation demo!)