Google Authorship is Slaughtering

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Lately I've been seeing more and more people using Google Authorship and from my searching experience and others I have seen use Google lately, the first links I click on are those that have a Google Authorship tag attached.

It's kinda like a mix between social & search and since we are so used to Facebook.. faces, it just seems more natural.

What do you think? Should everyone be using Google Authorship?
#search engine optimization #authorship #google #slaughtering
  • I don't trust Google Authorship. It represents an individual. What if I don't like that individuals opinion? What if he is wrong? I would never choose a Google Authorship post over one from the BBC or any other authority site that I trust. In fact, I'd never click on an Authorship site at all, for any reason. That's just my two cents though.
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    • Even large websites are using Google Authorship, if you are reading something it's written usually by an individual.. News posts, stories, etc. are recorded by an individual person.

      If anything maybe Google Authorship can help you weed out people by simply seeing a visual face that you don't like.
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    • You're presenting your point of view, its healthy and debatable.

      However, the fact is, like the OP said, more people are clicking on the Authorship tagged websites, at least for now. Biggest reason being that - Most of the times its not spammy. Second, it stands out in the SERP. Third, it can be more personal (which some people like) and so on and on.

      It is also arguably a key factor of SE ranking in the future.
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  • I think that will be the trend moving forward. It demonstrates that real people are writing the content rather than a bunch of spammy sites, plus in many ways it lets people look at you and potential optin to whatever you're about on your Google Plus page.

    As Peter Drucker, the inventor of management theory stated, " The corporation is unlikely to survive the next 25 years."

  • As soon as Google start sending me free gift vouchers to top plastic surgeons. Count me in.
  • Banned
    If you think that small G+ thumbnail image gets good CTR's try getting self hosted video thumbnail images on the first page of Google SERPs, especially in a niche where very few webmasters target video.

    I'm ranking video thumbnail images in Google text search & I don't even create the videos (lol).

    Traffic flow:
    BTW, I can use any image I want for the video thumbnail image that shows up in Google search, doesn't even have to be an image from the video. With G+ you can only use the G+ account/profile image.
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    Here's how I see it.

    Example keyword search: best vacation for guys

    Which thumbnail image would you click in Google SERPs, the video image of a vacation/location (large thumbnail image), or the image of a guy you most likely would never know (small thumbnail image)?

    My money is on the vacation/location image, not the mystery guy.

    Assumes both thumbnail images point to your own self hosted web page.




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    • @Yukon, In your above example you are using the vacation image as your preview thumbnail for a VIDEO on youtube correct? Because as far as I am aware, G+ authorship only lets you use faces.
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  • I just added authorship to my consulting site a few days ago, I think it does add trust for the users to see a name and the face of the person creating the content.
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    Google Authorship is Slaughtering

    Lately I've been seeing more and more people using Google Authorship and from my searching experience and others I have seen use Google lately, the first links I click on are those that have a Google Authorship tag attached. It's kinda like a mix between social & search and since we are so used to Facebook.. faces, it just seems more natural.