On June 25th, Google made the shocking announcement that it would be pulling the featured Google+ author profile pictures from its Authorship program, meaning that author photos (as well as their Google+ circle counts) would no longer be showing up in search engine results. This announcement seemed to stun many industry professionals, as the featured […]

As a continuation of Tips for and Benefits of Using Google Authorship (Part1), here is some additional helpful information regarding how to use Google Authorship to improve your content’s appeal in search engine listings and, ultimately, to increase your website’s search engine ranking. While Part 1 focused on how to get started using Google Authorship, […]

Launched in early 2012, Google Authorship is a relatively new feature that allows authors of specific content on their websites to link that content to their Google+ accounts and, therefore, lend credibility to the piece of content. When an author uses Google Authorship properly: His Google+ account picture will appear next to the byline of […]