The news coming in was that the Google Authorship team has been dissolved. Now we’re not sure what it means, but I still see that Authorship is here to stay and you should claim one soon.
And why am I saying so??
My opinion, it’s more than SEO benefits. It’s about personalizing your content and personal branding is the key.
With so much content that is spread over the web, it makes perfect sense that your content stands out and gets attributed to you. And Google Authorship helps to do just that. With a ‘rel=author’ tag, with your Google+ Profile link and few other steps, you can easily claim your content.
While, I have heard multiple folks telling me that –
Google Authorship is still not a ranking factor
So obviously, there are not specific SEO benefits yet, but then there are few others who also say that it having Authorship makes your content index faster.
Read on if you’re still wondering about Google Authorship. These 5 posts should give you great insights or you can even visit the Official Authorship FAQs
What you’ll find in the posts below?
1. Interview with Mark Traphagen (he’s the best person around to answer questions on Authorship)
2. How you can claim content
3. News of Authorship not being a ranking factor
4. Benefits of Authorship beyond SEO
5. And, the future of SEO
What you can do next?
1. Tell us about your take on Google Authorship? Have you claimed it?
2. Let us know if you have seen any change in your readership about claiming your content? (Yes, I am looking at some numbers)
3. Additionally, you can add any interesting posts that you find about Google Authorship
Read on…
Top 5 Posts on Google Authorship
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