Comments on: Don’t Think You’re an Author? Well, You Are Now! https://www.ourchurch.com/blog/dont-think-your-an-author-well-you-are-now/ A look at how trends in communication technology impact individuals and organizations. Tue, 31 Jan 2023 09:30:25 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Laurie https://www.ourchurch.com/blog/dont-think-your-an-author-well-you-are-now/#comment-659713 Thu, 02 May 2013 18:27:39 +0000 https://www.ourchurch.com/blog/?p=23901#comment-659713 Hi Kurt,

Yes, that is basically what I mean.

I now also have another question. Where you say "On your blog and your website’s pages, add a link to your Google+ profile page and, in the link code, use the attribute, “rel=author”. – does that mean you have to put that code on every blog post and every page of your site?

Thanks.

]]> By: Kurt Steinbrueck https://www.ourchurch.com/blog/dont-think-your-an-author-well-you-are-now/#comment-656758 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 16:05:26 +0000 https://www.ourchurch.com/blog/?p=23901#comment-656758 In reply to Laurie.

Hi Laurie,

I want to make sure I understand what you're asking. Am I correct that you are saying that you have a personal Google+ account which has several articles linked to it which are related to one topic, but you now are writing on a different topic and are asking how you can make it so the old topic's articles are no longer linking to your Google+ account? The idea being that you want to focus the topical content connected with your Google+ account to just the one topic you are writing about now. Is that correct?

Thanks.

Kurt

]]> By: Laurie https://www.ourchurch.com/blog/dont-think-your-an-author-well-you-are-now/#comment-656755 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:51:04 +0000 https://www.ourchurch.com/blog/?p=23901#comment-656755 Kurt,
Thanks for explaining this. I've heard about authorship for a while now, but didn't really know how to go about it.

My question: I have a G+ personal account and was previously in a different business online. Now I would like to write and have only these articles linked to the G+ account. How do I do that?

Thanks!

]]> By: Kurt Steinbrueck https://www.ourchurch.com/blog/dont-think-your-an-author-well-you-are-now/#comment-651081 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 18:59:44 +0000 https://www.ourchurch.com/blog/?p=23901#comment-651081 In reply to PaulSteinbrueck.

I think so, too, as long as you have that as an option.

]]> By: Kurt Steinbrueck https://www.ourchurch.com/blog/dont-think-your-an-author-well-you-are-now/#comment-651080 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 18:59:21 +0000 https://www.ourchurch.com/blog/?p=23901#comment-651080 In reply to Kim Pettit.

Doh! Thanks Kim.

]]> By: Kim Pettit https://www.ourchurch.com/blog/dont-think-your-an-author-well-you-are-now/#comment-651060 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 16:12:37 +0000 https://www.ourchurch.com/blog/?p=23901#comment-651060 Great post, but could you fix the typo in the headline, please!

]]> By: PaulSteinbrueck https://www.ourchurch.com/blog/dont-think-your-an-author-well-you-are-now/#comment-651056 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 15:12:11 +0000 https://www.ourchurch.com/blog/?p=23901#comment-651056 In reply to Kurt Steinbrueck.

Thanks Kurt. Seems like the 3rd option – looking in Google Webmaster Tools for "Author Stats" is the most definitive.

]]> By: Kurt Steinbrueck https://www.ourchurch.com/blog/dont-think-your-an-author-well-you-are-now/#comment-651049 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 14:26:11 +0000 https://www.ourchurch.com/blog/?p=23901#comment-651049 Thanks Paul. Great questions. There is no specific amount of time that it will take for someone to become a verified author. It depends on several factors, such as whether you had an active Google+ account previously, how many people are sharing your content or clicking the +1, how many people you have or can get to put you in your circles, and then that random how-long-does-google-want-to-sit-on-this time. You could be the verified author within a day or two or it could take weeks or months. Keep in mind, the point of this for Google is to determine who they can trust. Just setting up the authorship markup doesn't tell them that. That only lets them know what you are claiming. It's where you get published and how others react to your posts that tells them whether they can trust you. That's why it's important to do that second part I mention in the post, putting out quality content and connecting with people in Google+

In regards to how you'll know, there are a few ways you may find out. Google may actually receive a notification at the email address you have setup with your Google+ account welcoming you to Google Authorship. A second way is if people start seeing your picture next to the listings of your pages where you claim to be the author. The tricky part of this is that Google doesn't usually display your picture to you in the search results. So, you have to check with other people. Also, Google doesn't always display your image even to other people. So, seeing your image is a sure sign you are a verified author, but not having your image displayed is not a sure indicator that you haven't become a verified author. Thirdly, if you have Google Webmaster Tools setup for your website and under the same Google account as your Google+, you can check the "Author Stats" in Google Webmaster Tools. It's located in the "Labs" section.

]]> By: PaulSteinbrueck https://www.ourchurch.com/blog/dont-think-your-an-author-well-you-are-now/#comment-651037 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 12:18:18 +0000 https://www.ourchurch.com/blog/?p=23901#comment-651037 Great post, Kurt! Authorship is huge and you've done a nice job explaining what it is and how to get verified. My questions are… once a person has followed the steps to get verified, how long does it take for Google to do its part? And how can a person know if/when they are verified?

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