google authorship
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...
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...
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...
How Google Plus Profiles & Pages Gain Search Authority
At SMX East this past October, I gave a presentation titled, “Putting the SEO Power of Google+ to Work.” The centerpiece of that...
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...
Google Authorship Launches Within Image Search
Today at SMX East, Google’s Pierre Far told the audience Google launched a small update to authorship by adding authorship rich snippets...
Google Provides FAQ About Authorship, From Blocking To No Mascots
Trying to get your head around Google authorship? The Google Webmaster Central blog has posted a new FAQ designed to provide some answers. What...
Is Google Authorship Affecting Rankings Today?
Many of us in SEO espouse the great benefits of Google Authorship and the potential of the rumored AuthorRank. Many in SEO would argue that...
Google: Authorship Bug Affects “Very Few Sites,” Actively Working On A Fix
Google has confirmed that there are current issues with displaying authorship rich snippets on “very few sites.” A Google...
Google Authorship Beyond Webpages
In last month’s post about authorship, I shared that Google has been experimenting with inferring authorship for PDF documents in addition...
Google’s Matt Cutts: Someday, Perhaps Ranking Benefits From Using Rel=”Author”
A new video by Google’s head of search spam, Matt Cutts, talks about how potentially using rel=”author” structured data can...
Google Continues To Experiment & Expand Authorship
If one theme was abundantly clear at SMX West in March, it was the question over the importance of authorship and how it might impact future...
Google Downplays Google+ With Updated Authorship Snippet?
Google has quietly changed the user interface for how they display the authorship snippet in the search results. The largest difference is that...
Required Reading For Enterprise SEOs: The Top 25 Posts Of The Year
The Enterprise SEO column made its debut on Search Engine Land midway through 2011, as large companies and big brands were faced with new...