Have you seen Google displaying people’s author information in your search engine results and want to have yours displayed as well?

So many people have been asking me about Google’s authorship and how they can get their blog content to link with an author profile found through the search engine results page. Although it is really a great feature, it doesn’t always work the way you would expect it seeing as Google doesn’t guarantee to show author information in Google Web Search or Google News results. However, I’m of the mind that, when Google offers you something for free that connects your content to their search engine algorithm, you don’t turn a blind eye.

Google gives you 2 options to set up linking from your online content, such as blog posts and articles, to your Google+ profile. They are:

• Option 1: Link your Google+ profile to your content using a verified e-mail address.
• Option 2: Link your content to your Google+ profile through authorship.

Seeing as copying and pasting their directions on my own blog would be unethical, you can follow the directions on Google’s website to set up author information in search results.

If Google decides to play nice and show your author information in their search engine results, your authorship would look similar to this one for Matt Cutts:

Before you do implement this connection, you will want to verify that you have a good Google+ profile head-shot, which can be easily recognizable. This will help increase authority, branding and human engagement.

Best of luck and happy SEO linking!