Google has recently launched a new feature called Authorship for all Google+ users which will provide an authority to the original content we post on the Internet. But many of us still don't know how to get it done. It is actually very simple. Just go through this step by step guide which will help newbie bloggers as well as amateur beginners to implement authorship and build their own author rank.

1. How to Implement
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2. Google Authorship
• What is Google Authorship ?
• Why You Need it ?
• How to Implement it to your blog/site ?

3. Google Authorship
What is Authorship ?

4. Google Authorship
Google Authorship is an integrated feature of
Google+ Social Network used for all other
Google Services.
It helps define your overall author reputation
and relevance in your respective niche.
It verifies you as the content author of your
published posts over the web.

5. Google Authorship
Why You Need it ?

6. Google Authorship
It makes your posts stand out in Google’s search
Engine results.
It gives a trust factor (snippet view) for someone
searching for useful information.

7. G+ Profile
Link
Headshot Pic
# of People that have
you in their G+ Circles..

8. Google Authorship
Increases the Click Through Rate for your results
as they are more visual, appealing and
entertaining to attract the Click.

9. Google Authorship
Maintains your authorship to your content in
case it is stolen and does not give real author
attribution.

10. Google Authorship
How to Enable it ?

11. Google Authorship
In the About page of your Google+ profile, add
the home page of the website/blog you have
contributed to in the “Contributor to” section.
Click Edit to open the panel.

12. Include your Full Name in the end of the post,
blog, or the webpage you have contributed to.
Link your full name to your Google+ Profile like
this:
<a href=“https://plus.google.com/your g+ id no.”
“rel=author”>+Anikait Chavan</a>
Make sure your Full Name is exactly the same as
it is on your G+ profile.

13. Use a high resolution, nice recognizable headshot
picture of yourself on your Google+ profile. This will
appear on the search results.

14. 4. Test how it shows. Go to
Google’s Structure data Testing Tool and Paste your published post’s
URL :
http://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/richsnippets
hit the red button! (Means “Preview”)

15. It has been tested that Google Authorship increases
your Click Through Rate by
30 -150%.
Apart from that, it is building your credibility,
authority and relevance that will result in you
getting higher rankings on Google…

16. It will show up on your blog / site

17. Congrats! You have a verified authorship now !!
Click on the icon above to connect with me !!

18. I’m easy to find…
- Anikait Chavan
SEO Executive
www.BrainstormForce.com