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11 years ago

Q: Will Google be evaluating the use of rel="author" moving forward?

A: Yes, they're always looking to use that signal in useful ways. E.g. It may mean pages on non-important sites are surfaced if content is written by an important author.

BRB, changing my name to a famous author.

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Coke

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Taniwha

Q: Will Google be evaluating the use of rel="author" moving forward?

A: Yes, they're always looking to use that signal in useful ways. E.g. It may mean pages on non-important sites are surfaced if content is written by an important author.

BRB, changing my name to a famous author.

Is this really true? That may be a big secret.

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tpw

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Taniwha

Q: Will Google be evaluating the use of rel="author" moving forward?

A: Yes, they're always looking to use that signal in useful ways. E.g. It may mean pages on non-important sites are surfaced if content is written by an important author.

BRB, changing my name to a famous author.

Originally Posted by Coke

Is this really true? That may be a big secret.

Google has been using the rel="author" for a long time. It is especially useful when merged with Google Plus, because it allows Google to show the author's image next to the article's link.

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korwil

11 years ago

You are the best thank you! I did not expect this from this particular thread and I was literally saying to myself yesterday that I need to research Matt Cutt's advice more and this will help my efforts.

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mrgoe

11 years ago

Matt Cuts always uses too many words to explain something, but I never needed a website that will translate it to shorter text tbh..

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dvduval

11 years ago

There can be a great divergence between what Matt says and Google does. Be aware of that as you listen to Matt and know that he is just one person talking about Google's approach to trillions of web pages.

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tpw

11 years ago

Originally Posted by dvduval

There can be a great divergence between what Matt says and Google does. Be aware of that as you listen to Matt and know that he is just one person talking about Google's approach to trillions of web pages.

He tells us what Google wants us to believe, not what we need to know in order to tap into Google's traffic base.