Comments on: Google Local: Rel = Publisher Or Rel=Author? You Should Do Both http://blumenthals.com/blog/2013/02/03/google-local-rel-publisher-or-relauthor-you-should-do-both/ Developing Knowledge about Local Search Sun, 19 May 2013 15:21:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Graham stalley http://blumenthals.com/blog/2013/02/03/google-local-rel-publisher-or-relauthor-you-should-do-both/comment-page-1/#comment-624916 Graham stalley Mon, 06 May 2013 16:45:52 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=14330#comment-624916 Google seems to have changed how to edit the “Contributor to” Links for “rel=author”
Go to Google+;
Click on “Profile” in Left Navigator
Click on “About” under your header image
Scroll to “Links” in Right column
Click Edit at bottom of Links cell
Add Custom Link in “Contributor to” (or edit) and save
(This worked 05/06/13)

]]> By: Mike Blumenthal http://blumenthals.com/blog/2013/02/03/google-local-rel-publisher-or-relauthor-you-should-do-both/comment-page-1/#comment-597891 Mike Blumenthal Sun, 10 Feb 2013 19:18:54 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=14330#comment-597891 @ellen
It can be used for any business that generates content.

]]> By: Nathan Smith http://blumenthals.com/blog/2013/02/03/google-local-rel-publisher-or-relauthor-you-should-do-both/comment-page-1/#comment-597537 Nathan Smith Fri, 08 Feb 2013 13:33:21 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=14330#comment-597537 So what is the best way to set up both and where should rel=author and rel=publisher appear in your website source code?

I use wordpress genesis site and have the Yoast seo plugin
**In the user section on WP there is the section to enter google Authorship link
**In the Yoast dashboard there is a place to enter google publisher link.

So when I check my source code…….I see rel=publisher on the home page, however all my other WP Pages and Posts have rel=author.

Does that sound correct?

]]> By: Malcolm Gibb http://blumenthals.com/blog/2013/02/03/google-local-rel-publisher-or-relauthor-you-should-do-both/comment-page-1/#comment-597269 Malcolm Gibb Thu, 07 Feb 2013 09:41:21 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=14330#comment-597269 Ann’s presentation really cleared branded authorship tags up for me. I did wonder how authorship would be used on brands as it could easily be spammed with logos etc.. which I’ve seen happen. However I have seen a massive reduction recently in G+ profile pics on commercial and branded keywords indicating they are shifting towards businesses using rel=publisher instead of them getting away with rel=author.

]]> By: Neil Ferree http://blumenthals.com/blog/2013/02/03/google-local-rel-publisher-or-relauthor-you-should-do-both/comment-page-1/#comment-597179 Neil Ferree Wed, 06 Feb 2013 19:16:55 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=14330#comment-597179 I like Eric’s book quote …”The true cost of remaining anonymous, then, might be irrelevance” so unless your http://bit.ly/RichSnippet is connected to your rel=author and rel=publisher your dog don’t hunt!

]]> By: Jim Rudnick http://blumenthals.com/blog/2013/02/03/google-local-rel-publisher-or-relauthor-you-should-do-both/comment-page-1/#comment-596985 Jim Rudnick Tue, 05 Feb 2013 19:35:50 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=14330#comment-596985 AND…what Linda said that Eric said….spot-on girl!!!

:-)

]]> By: Linda Buquet http://blumenthals.com/blog/2013/02/03/google-local-rel-publisher-or-relauthor-you-should-do-both/comment-page-1/#comment-596984 Linda Buquet Tue, 05 Feb 2013 19:31:00 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=14330#comment-596984 Daniel as I said in the other post, your comment was DEF worth quoting!

I also just quoted you in the following post: Critical 4 Local – Author Rank, Publisher & Author Markup – What you NEED to Know

In that post I also link to both Mike’s posts here, PLUS expand on the importance of both, leading up to the new and upcoming ‘author rank’ and an extremely important quote from Eric Schmidt, the Executive Chairman of Google. Snippet below.

“Within search results, information tied to verified online profiles will be ranked higher than content without such verification…”

]]> By: Jim Rudnick http://blumenthals.com/blog/2013/02/03/google-local-rel-publisher-or-relauthor-you-should-do-both/comment-page-1/#comment-596983 Jim Rudnick Tue, 05 Feb 2013 19:29:40 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=14330#comment-596983 RE: “All Local, All The Time…”

Yup….like that I do! But a quick google on that phrase shows that yup, this blog post comes up but NO smiling Michael….

C’mon Mike….AR is cool!

:-)

Jim

]]> By: Daniel Berman http://blumenthals.com/blog/2013/02/03/google-local-rel-publisher-or-relauthor-you-should-do-both/comment-page-1/#comment-596965 Daniel Berman Tue, 05 Feb 2013 17:43:24 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=14330#comment-596965 @Mike
Thank you for the quote, I am honored. :)

]]> By: Ellen http://blumenthals.com/blog/2013/02/03/google-local-rel-publisher-or-relauthor-you-should-do-both/comment-page-1/#comment-596931 Ellen Tue, 05 Feb 2013 14:07:54 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=14330#comment-596931 So just to make sure I understand this correctl, the rel=”publisher” can be used for any business? Or is it only for businesses such as a newspaper that churns out content? Can this be used for a car dealership or a law office?

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