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Authorship ties Google+ to search. Can I have my photo next to my search result if I don't have a Google account?

by anoncow 13y ago

k3n 13y ago
Doubt it, G+ is the passport for Google's services going forward I'm afraid...
Matt_Cutts 13y ago
Authorship markup launched before Google+ was even available to the outside world: http://www.seoinc.com/seo-blog/google-launches-authorship-markup-what-does-it-mean-for-seo/ http://www.seoinc.com/seo-blog/google-launches-authorship-ma...
- malekov 13y ago
  Can you put your photo on the results without a Google Plus profile?
- weinzierl 13y ago
  Authorship markup for sure, but the question was "Can I have my photo next to my search result if I don't have a Google account?". To put it another way: Are there author pages that google uses as source for an image in the SERP that are not G+ profile pages?
  - bhartzer 13y ago
    >> Can I have my photo next to my search result Yes, you can. You can use Schema.org markup for organization logos (http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2013/05/using-schemaorg-markup-for-organization.html http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2013/05/using-sch...). You could probably use your photo as an organization logo of yourself.
- scholia 13y ago
  Which is true but it's irrelevant to the current situation. Which is that lots of us (see below) have come to associate the mugshots with G+ posts, which are usually mediocre, so we don't even look at them. What people perceive governs how they behave, and your explanation won't change that.
  - walshemj 13y ago
    Well the FTS100 and Global 500 Publisher I used to work for where very interested in using authorship and publisher markup up to stop crappy sites ripping our content off. Farmers weekly where the most keen and you can see the result in the serps - though Matt why are you picking a pic from the Telegraph to go with thier articles?
weinzierl 13y ago
"If you want your authorship information to appear in search results for the content you create, you'll need a Google+ Profile with a good, recognizable headshot as your profile photo." http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1408986 http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&#38...

Authorship ties Google+ to search. Can I have my photo next to my search result if I don't have a Google account?

by anoncow 13y ago

Authorship ties Google+ to search. Can I have my photo next to my search result if I don't have a Google account?

k3n 13y ago

Doubt it, G+ is the passport for Google's services going forward I'm afraid...

Matt_Cutts 13y ago

Authorship markup launched before Google+ was even available to the outside world: http://www.seoinc.com/seo-blog/google-launches-authorship-markup-what-does-it-mean-for-seo/ http://www.seoinc.com/seo-blog/google-launches-authorship-ma...

malekov 13y ago
Can you put your photo on the results without a Google Plus profile?
weinzierl 13y ago
Authorship markup for sure, but the question was "Can I have my photo next to my search result if I don't have a Google account?". To put it another way: Are there author pages that google uses as source for an image in the SERP that are not G+ profile pages?
- bhartzer 13y ago
  >> Can I have my photo next to my search result Yes, you can. You can use Schema.org markup for organization logos (http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2013/05/using-schemaorg-markup-for-organization.html http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2013/05/using-sch...). You could probably use your photo as an organization logo of yourself.
scholia 13y ago
Which is true but it's irrelevant to the current situation. Which is that lots of us (see below) have come to associate the mugshots with G+ posts, which are usually mediocre, so we don't even look at them. What people perceive governs how they behave, and your explanation won't change that.
- walshemj 13y ago
  Well the FTS100 and Global 500 Publisher I used to work for where very interested in using authorship and publisher markup up to stop crappy sites ripping our content off. Farmers weekly where the most keen and you can see the result in the serps - though Matt why are you picking a pic from the Telegraph to go with thier articles?

weinzierl 13y ago

"If you want your authorship information to appear in search results for the content you create, you'll need a Google+ Profile with a good, recognizable headshot as your profile photo." http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1408986 http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&#38...