If you’re using a WordPress website (you should be), these simple instructions will walk you through setting up Google+ authorship on your site. If not, don’t worry, I’ve included links to several articles below that can walk you through the process.
Have you ever been cruising through Google’s search engine results pages to find that certain results are paired with a thumbnail-sized profile picture of the content’s author? Ever wonder how you could make it so your picture accompanies listings for the content you’ve authored? Then boy is this post for you!
Through Google Authorship, Google allows you to associate the content you’ve published with your Google+ profile, pulling your profile image and other information into the search engine results for the content you author.
Sample of search for “San Diego Criminal Lawyer” showing Author information
Resources:
- Google’s Quick Authorship Setup Using Email
- Google’s Article “Google Author Information in Search Results
- Search Engine Land’s Definitive Guide to Authorship Markup
About Aaron
I have to be honest, when they first came out, I though the author images would just muddy up the search results. I’m kind of into it now. You can tell when a real professional took time to do it right, therefore I can be fairly sure the info I’m going to read is going to be informative rather than just crammed with a bunch of words trying to rank. I’ve been using Platinum SEO plugin, I’ll have to try Yoast