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Google+ Authorship

by EndTheTrendNow
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Recently I was doing some searching and noticed Google Authorship seems to be really down. Not as many posts have author names by them. Seems to have happened in the last 2 weeks. Anyone else noticed?
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  • Profile picture of the author online only
    My fake G+ animated profile images are still ranking high
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  • Profile picture of the author PerformanceMan
    I have two fakes that are doing great.
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  • Profile picture of the author hostdare
    I had trouble getting Authorship to work in last month. After a bit I figured out that I had to tag my profile image as myself & make the photo public.I don't know if it's still like that today
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  • Profile picture of the author EndTheTrendNow
    It really weird. I am hardly seeing anyone now with an authorship showing.

    Can you provide a link where authorship is showing up in a google search. I want to see if I see the same thing.
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  • Profile picture of the author linkassistant
    Maybe this is the kind of information you are looking for, ETTN
    Confirmed: Google Reduces Authorship Rich Snippets In Search Results
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  • Profile picture of the author EndTheTrendNow
    Finally an educated response. Thanks linkassistant.

    My authorship is reduced to a byline only, at least right now.

    Really sucks, because I am sure I was grabbing some traffic for others who had higher rankings.

    So far though, my analytics haven't gone down.
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    • Profile picture of the author yukon
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      Originally Posted by EndTheTrendNow View Post

      Finally an educated response. Thanks linkassistant.

      My authorship is reduced to a byline only, at least right now.

      Really sucks, because I am sure I was grabbing some traffic for others who had higher rankings.

      So far though, my analytics haven't gone down.
      Matt Cutts announced at PubCon a couple months ago that this would happen, saying that the ability to have and use rich snippets may be taken away for low quality sites in the coming months. And this has indeed happened. Matt said this would likely reduce authorship by 15% to only show more authoritative authors.
      Does that mean you have a low quality site?

      That authorship image is a static joke compared to the SERP real estate of a video thumbnail image.
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    • Profile picture of the author fastreplies
      Originally Posted by EndTheTrendNow View Post

      Really sucks, because I am sure I was grabbing some traffic for others who had higher rankings.
      So, you're saying that this gimmick is actually working?
      Very interesting.



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  • Profile picture of the author dreamtoreality
    Images are still showing for all of my sites. If you put the effort in to make a profile that connects with others instead of just creating an account for the sake of having an image in the serps, you should be fine.
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  • Profile picture of the author Matthew Anton
    To ensure your Authorship shows in the search results you'll want to get people to add you in their circles, and interactions on your Google+ posts.

    Accounts that have no followers, images, videos, posts (basically ghost profiles) are going to be filtered it sounds. Yes, you can do this on fake accounts, but the majority won't put the extra effort in, and the result will be a good blow to all the fake spam G+ authors.
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    • Profile picture of the author online only
      Originally Posted by Matthew Anton View Post

      To ensure your Authorship shows in the search results you'll want to get people to add you in their circles, and interactions on your Google+ posts.

      Accounts that have no followers, images, videos, posts (basically ghost profiles) are going to be filtered it sounds. Yes, you can do this on fake accounts, but the majority won't put the extra effort in, and the result will be a good blow to all the fake spam G+ authors.
      This make sense. All my "fake" profiles have real people in circles, plus I have filled my profile information, so yeah. Google sees it as real.
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      • Profile picture of the author PerformanceMan
        Originally Posted by online only View Post

        This make sense. All my "fake" profiles have real people in circles, plus I have filled my profile information, so yeah. Google sees it as real.
        Mine too. Both fakes are very popular and appear totally real. One even asked Google nicely to remove a link penalty and they did, so Google really loves that guy
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      • Profile picture of the author hipeopo02
        Originally Posted by online only View Post

        This make sense. All my "fake" profiles have real people in circles, plus I have filled my profile information, so yeah. Google sees it as real.
        I didn't. This probably explains why my G authorship is gone. Plus I used a cartoon image.
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  • Profile picture of the author Saimey
    I noticed a tiny change recently, but nothing major. I think it's the algorithm itself taking its time to recalculate everyone's profile.
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  • Profile picture of the author Kendrickk
    I have noticed it myself and I would really like an explanation for it. It is really taking a long time to reappear.
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  • Profile picture of the author Lukas
    You suggest using fakes or pseudonyms (John Brooks, Johnnie Brooks, Jon Brooks).

    Having different themed sites in one profile makes no sense to me if they want to identify use as an authority. Who in the world has only one interest? And most of us own website on different topics.
    So, does one have to do the different proxy, clear cache, different browser thing each time if they want separate accts?
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