How to Show Your Author Photo in Google Search Results
Could there be anything more cheering to an online author (especially one with a healthy ego like Yours Truly) than seeing this little gift from Google? Such “author rich snippet search results” are...
View ArticleLive Hangout On Air: What is Google Author Rank and Why Should I Care?
This Wednesday at 2:pm EST / 11:00am PST, Who CARES? will conduct a Live Google+ Hangout On Air with +AJ Kohn of +Blind Five Year Old, and +Mark Traphagen of +Virante Search Marketing. We will talk...
View ArticleVideo: What Is Google AuthorRank?
Watch this recording of a live Google+ Hangout On Air chat featuring Virante Director of Social Media Marketing Mark Traphagen and social SEO expert AJ Kohn. The Hangout was hosted by Tim Moore of...
View ArticleGoogle Removes Webmaster Tools Author Stats Reports
Starting last December Google Webmaster Tools included a “labs” prototype feature that displayed rudimentary analytics for any indexed results on the web that were connected to your Google verified...
View ArticleThe Future's Most Coveted Position: Social Media Copywriter?
Everyone in the SEO world says it: “content is king.” This has been the golden rule for those “in the know” in SEO for years now, but only in the past year or so has it started to get wider play. So...
View ArticleIs Social Media Influence Building a Zero-Sum Game?
This past week I published what has become my most widely read and re-shared post ever, and in many ways I think my most important post ever: “Your Google Plus Network Is More Powerful Than You Know.”...
View ArticleGoogle Authorship Not a Ranking Factor (Yet): John Mueller
UPDATE 7 October 2013: At SMX East last week, in the Google Authorship session, Google Webmaster Trends Analyst Pierre Farr also confirmed that Google Authorship is not a factor in ranking search...
View ArticleGoogle Author Rank: On? Not Yet? Why I Don’t Care
Google Author Rank: The Sasquatch of SEO When it comes to the topic of Google Author Rank and whether it is a reality today, the True Believers are only slightly less fanatical than people convinced...
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