Comments on: Interview with Sagar Kamdar, Google’s Director of Product Management on Search [Full Version]

By: Andy Crestodina

Andy Crestodina — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 15:49:18 +0000

Glad to hear it’s working, Mitch!

By: Mitch Byrne

Mitch Byrne — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 17:17:12 +0000

Update. My home pages on both sites now show up with the authorship pic & we made no changes to the pages. It just happened on it’s own. Thanks again for all the great info!

By: Mitch Byrne

Mitch Byrne — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 16:52:18 +0000

Andy thanks for the response! I relayed this information to my IT help. She is not sure this is a good idea. Her thoughts are that google authorship links should only be used on articles or blogs. We will look into this & appreciate any additional feedback!

By: Andy Crestodina

Andy Crestodina — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 13:57:21 +0000

In reply to Mitch Byrne.

Hi, Mitch. Yes, this is absolutely possible. Google will credit you (and give you a rich snippet) for any page that you’re the author of, as long as the links are in place. It doesn’t have to be a blog post.

It makes sense if you’re a small business or have a site without a lot of contributors/writers. You can put rel=”author” on a Google+ button in the footer and link it right to your G+ profile page.

Hope this helps! Enjoy the higher CTR. 🙂

By: Mitch Byrne

Mitch Byrne — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 21:12:52 +0000

Great post & information! I have a question. Is it possible to be listed as author of home page on a site so authorship information shows up when home page is the only listed on a SERP? Thanks.