Beyond just authorship of an author, any entity that can engender trust around specific topics can be recognized as an authority. A couple of years ago, Scott Stratten of "Unmarketing" book fame (a great read) was asked his best SEO tip.
Google Authorship Snippet Drops More By. One page out of millions gives Mozilla trouble with Google. Enhanced campaigns get Google+ annotations and an upgrade center. And it sure was hard not to see Eric Schmidt.
This resource demonstrates how to setup authorship, however, there are a couple other ways not represented. You can make your search result stand out by authenticating your content with Google authorship.
Garbage content will never see the light of day and authorship status will be penalized. Lastly, with Google authorship taking a strong foothold on rankings and the comments coming from Eric Schmidt about information that is tied to verified...
GH: Authorship and authority continue to gain traction as quality indicators, and social signals are playing a growing role in search. Best of the Web, a directory of all the content on the web, turns 19 on April 20.
When authorship launched, it seemed to support my theory that Google+ was more an identity platform than a social media venture. Not long after Google+ was launched, I came to the conclusion that Google didn't build it as just another entry into...
One obvious trend that will impact all things search related is Google+, along with authorship and Author Rank. Could it be that for all our gadget drool, we're overlooking what could be the biggest Internet marketing explosion of the decade?
In case you missed it, authorship has been a pretty hot topic lately – and with good reason. The power of Google+ is in authorship. In other words, if you want rankings, you better verify your identity via Google+ authorship.
Google authorship has made it easier for small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to get their brands in front of prospective customers, because they can now have their brand represented alongside their content within Google’s search results.
Therefore, the Internet Marketing Ninjas build expertise and authority through in-house content and authorship. So while they work with authorship data and how changes in networks affect behavior, they also focus on face-to-face interactions within...
Price credited Eric Schmidt of Google, author of "The New Digital Age", due to be released on April 23, 2013 with the quote “Authorship is the next big thing”. Price explained that essentially authorship = rankings, lack of authorship = anonymity.
SEOs have been saying that authorship markup and other rich snippets are the future of SEO. The underlyings of authorship markup on Google link directly to Google+, where your identity has been verified.
Authorship: Who wrote the content? A lot has changed in the search engine optimization (SEO) industry during the past year. Panda and Penguin, Google's major algorithmic updates targeting thin content and unnatural linking practices respectively...
Tip for becoming irrelevant: If you don't want your authorship information to appear in search results, edit your profile. The more sites and authors that implement authorship markup, the less distinguishing the authorship markup will become.
For example, meta robots, the canonical URL tag, nofollow, authorship markup, etc. I use my programming skills on a regular basis in SEO, and especially when performing SEO audits. Various helpful SEO tools can be incredibly helpful in assisting...
Claim Your Authorship By using Google+ as your identity platform, claim authorship of your content to grab a first class seat when Author Rank is implemented. The addition of products and services like Google+ and Google Authorship have been...
Implement the Authorship Markup. Quality content seems to be the main edifice on which any SEO campaign can gain a deep-rooted search presence. You share quality content with the groups, circles, or people you're connected with on various social...
Enable Authorship Enable authorship now! It should come as no surprise that this seismic shift in content attitude among marketers is in lock step with Google’s aggressive crusade (verging on Draconian) to purge the SERPs of low value rank spam...
AuthorshipAuthorship! The example on the right, also includes an Authorship SERP element, a necessity for experts and expert wannabes to ensure articles pull image and author information into the results - a very engaging element!
You can enter your Google+ profile URL and the plugin will add the rel=author tag on all of your pages and posts for Google Authorship. WordPress is fantastic, free, and open source. It can be installed, up and running in a matter of minutes.