2. First Off... Who Am I?
Co-author: The Art of SEO
President: Stone Temple Consulting
25+ person SEO and PPC firm
Trainer: Instant E-Training
Founder: Web Site Publishing Companies
Publish web sites, grow them, then sell them
2 significant exits so far
Twitter: @stonetemple
Google +: +Eric Enge / +Stone Temple Consulting
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3. Three Link Method
Rel=“me”
(Other Profiles)
Author
Page
Rel=“me”
Google Profile
Individual Rel=“author”
Post
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4. Two Link Method
Google Profile
Contributor To Link
Site Home Page
?rel=“author”
at end of URL Individual Post
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5. Google Profile Setup
Use with 3
Link Method
Use with 2
Link Method
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6. EMail Method
Google Profile
Contributor To Link
Site Home Page
Individual Profile verified
Post Email address in the
Post attribution
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11. Payoff Part II Conclusion
Credit to
AJ Kohn
And Matt
McGee
Several new
articles by
me now
shown
12. Google Looking at Other Signals
• Finding author names on the page, even
without rel author tag
– Finding “by <author name>” on web pages
• Ignore a few articles in the SERPs by an
author?
– There pictures will start to disappear
• Much more on this topic here:
– http://www.blindfiveyearold.com/reading-may-
influence-authorrank
23. This adds a
Rel=“author”
Tag to your menu item
Thanks to Kathy Brown of Stone Temple for this one!
24. How to Do it Manually
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25. Fill in the Biographical Info
About Yourself
Biographical Info: Eric is a wonderful author who knows
everything about everything. You
should read all his stuff!
<a href="https://plus.google.com
/123456789012345678901?
rel=author">Google+</a>
(Plug in your Google ID above)
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27. PHP Code to Go Into a Head Section Hook
If Author page
<?php
Rel=“me” to
if(is_author(insert-author-name)) { ?> profile
<a rel="me"
href="https://plus.google.com/123456789012345678901/">Goo
gle+</a>
<?php }
else { ?> <a rel="author"
href="http://www.stonetemple.com/author/famintath/"></a>
<?php }
Otherwise, Rel=“Author”
?>
To author page
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