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The Death of Google Authorship: Why Being an Author Isn’t Dead by @JuliaEMcCoy

Published on 2014/10/09 By admin

Just a few months ago (late July 2014), we heard about the disappearance of the Authorship head shot. Now, the news has broken that Google has killed Authorship. Not changed it in another way.

Google Giveth & Google Taketh Away Author Icons

Published on 2014/07/14 By admin

Google recently announced they’d be removing a major element from their search engine results pages (SERPs) that they’ve been featuring for the past couple of years: author icons. Since this is something we Local Marketers have enthusiastically encouraged, what does this mean for… Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

Google Drops Profile Photos, Google+ Circle Count From Authorship In Search Results

Published on 2014/06/25 By admin

Google’s John Mueller announced they are making a major change in the search results around authorship. Specifically, Google is dropping the profile photo and circle count from the search listings where authorship is assigned to a web page

Excalibur: Your Right to Brand Leadership by @bradleygsmith

Published on 2014/05/07 By admin

Legend tells us of a sword named Excalibur. This sword was depicted in the 1963 Disney movie as The Sword in the Stone and brought an air of magic as it inspired us that the underdog could still be destined for greatness. The 1963 movie was based on the original 1938 novel of the same name, but the legend is much older than that.

The Secret To Staying Relevant With Authorship

Published on 2014/02/25 By admin

At PubCon last year, Google’s Matt Cutts discussed big changes to the search results, many of which we’ve seen played out over the past several months. In his talk, he mentioned upcoming improvements to authorship results. A couple months later in December, Google confirmed it had…

Did You Miss Google Top Contributors Too? What It Means and If It Matters by @highervis

Published on 2013/10/28 By admin

Amidst all the Google news and social media changes, it’s easy to miss something.

Bing Gets ‘Klout-orship” As Verified Klout Snapshots Now Identify Authors & Content In Bing

Published on 2013/10/11 By admin

Klout has becoming a much more powerful tool than simply measuring social significance.

How Will Google Hummingbird Impact Links? Here Are 6 Ways

Published on 2013/10/08 By admin

So you have a question you would like answered, and that question is: “How Will Google Hummingbird Impact Links?” It’s still way too early in Hummingbird season to fully understand the impact of the new algorithm, but I’ve spotted a few clues, and the title of this column is…

Structured Data Superstars @ SMX East

Published on 2013/10/04 By admin

Structured data has become a hot topic over the past year or so, and at SMX East, the room was packed for the Structured Data Superstars session.

SEJ at SES San Francisco: Author Rank Session Recap #SESSF by @wonderwall7

Published on 2013/09/13 By admin

The last Earned track of the day was Author Rank: Getting the Credit You Deserve, presented by Eric Enge, CEO, Stone Temple Consulting, and Shari Thurow, Founder & SEO Director, Omni Marketing Interactive.