Malhar Barai
Claiming your content is key to be recognized on the social web and Google Authorship is one way to get it.
Thanks for watching everyone! I'll try to answer some of the questions in this thread. Take a page of content. Post it somewhere. Then go to a social networking site. Post it there too. Now you did it. Don't ask me how I know this stuff 'cuz I don't feel like answering.
As Google develops and becomes increasingly "personalised", we take a look at Google Authorship mark up. By using rel="author" and rel="me", you can enhance the way the SERPs display your content and put your name and face to your work - the photo is taken from your Google+ profile.
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 results at the present time. Original Post: "We don't use Authorship for ranking," said Google Webmaster Tools Analyst John Mueller in a Google Webmaster Central Hangout broadcast 27 September 2013.
The interest in Google Authorship is rising almost as fast as the increase of usage of mobile devices to browse websites and search the internet. It got off to a slow start, but the adoption rate among search engine optimization and social media marketing professionals is quickly picking up steam.
Some of the main goals of blogging and content strategies are to drive traffic, earn links, and to rank higher on Google, right? So, with Google Authorship & Author Rank being so important today I am surprised at how many bloggers and website owners have still not embraced it.
