2. Before you start, you will need:
A Google+ Profile
A Wordpress website
The Wordpress SEO plugin by Yoast
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3. Fill out your Google+ profile
completely.
Most importantly, fill in the
“contributor to” field with the
URL of your site.
4. Login to your website and go to
the “users” section.
Add your Google+ profile URL to
the Google+ field of your user
profile.
Save Your changes.
5. Test the connection by entering
the URL of one of your blog posts
into the Google Rich Snippets
Testing Tool.
Look for verification
confirmation.
6. Repeat steps 1& 2 for other
Wordpress blogs you contribute
to.
Seriously, it’s that easy! You now
have Google Authorship setup
for your Wordpress blog. You can
go back to looking at funny cat
pictures on the interwebs.
7. Muhammad Yasin is the Director of Social Media
for HCC Medical Insurance Services. Yes, that’s
right, even insurance companies can be cool.
Muhammad Yasin is responsible for the brand
building and lead generation strategy of several
dozen social media accounts with over a quarter
of a million followers.
He regularly does speaking appearances on the
topic of new media strategy, and loves every
minute of it. You should ask him to come visit
your next conference.
Web: http://www.muhammadyasin.com
Twitter: @muhammadInc
Google+: https://plus.google.com/111292900723030916008/