Comments on: There is no such thing as Author Rank. Yet.

By: Nishant Soni

Nishant Soni — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 06:14:00 +0000

Great article Jan on Author Rank. I am trying to get into this topic and I have also written a article on this.
Is Author Rank the future of SEO?
http://etechdiary.com/google-author-rank-biggest-google-update/

It will be an honor if you could just review it and share your views.

By: Jeff Machado

Jeff Machado — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 20:59:00 +0000

I’m going to continue to blog as if this is a reality. Considering +1s of people in your circles appear in search results, this is just something that can’t be ignored as I’ve seen you confirm in multiple comments. But, this is a good point to keep in mind editorially – we can’t refer to it as an actual thing yet. I needed that clarification. Thanks!

By: Daniel Vareta

Daniel Vareta — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 14:16:00 +0000

Not yet but I think it makes sense this to happen. In your hypothetical case scenario, in the future, I think your site would actually benefit and build up on the “trust” because someone as Larry Page carried out his authority to your site. I think it does make sense but G+ needs to evolve more to a stage where Google can consider this as an extra signal

By: Douglas Karr

Douglas Karr — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 14:02:00 +0000

While there may not be any evidence that you rank better, there is already plenty of evidence that having your author image in the SERP results in a higher click-through rate. For our own blog, our posts with verified author resulted in a 484% higher click-through rate than our posts that did not. Almost 5 times the response! http://www.marketingtechblog.com/rel-author-ctr/

By: Walt Thiessen

Walt Thiessen — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 14:58:00 +0000

Wait a minute. Just because Dan’s post doesn’t get a higher or lower ranking than another post written by Larry does not mean that Author Rank is not a currently a ranking factor. That’s bad logic because it assumes that Author Rank must apply to posts with different content.

The question should have been: what if Dan and Larry both post the exact same post? My best guess is that the one with the better reputation gets credited in this special case as the “original author” and the “duplicate” loses points. This is where Author Rank would play a role in ranking.

By: davidquaid

davidquaid — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 20:27:00 +0000

Excellent. People who’ve recently become internet marketeers are running on theories / opinions when there’s no need – the facts are much easier and better.

By: Christa Joe

Christa Joe — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 12:50:00 +0000

Nice one,
Author rank brings reputation in terms of online presence. If some author writes for an organization, then likely are the chances that people will look for the company of the author.

By: Asher Elran

Asher Elran — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 23:11:00 +0000

I agree with some of the previous comments that it couldn’t hurt to prepare for this, especially if there is a reasonable assumption that this could be implemented in the future.

By: Grandifer

Grandifer — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 19:54:00 +0000

Using Authorship as a ranking signal through G+ services would be one more “monopoly issue”. I think, Google don’t want more problems than they have now.

By: Llewelyn Lipi

Llewelyn Lipi — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 05:53:00 +0000

Thanks Dan for clearing out the issue.. I’ve been sceptical when people are rushing on blogging and reposting the ‘Authorank’ stuff. Maybe they want to be among the first to prove or reveal it?