How to Install Google

Authorship on

WordPressSimple, easy-to-follow instructions

Google Authorship has its benefits

The author’s Google Plus profile photo appears on Google search engine result pages with every blog post

Attracting more visitors to the Google Author’s rich snippet

Significantly increasing their click through rate

Driving more traffic to their website

Google Plus Account

Where the installation begins

Create your Google Plus Account

Then, go to your Profile page

Click on the About tab

Scroll down until you spot the Links section of your About page

Click Edit

Until you reach Contributor to…

Add custom link and insert the name of your website and the URL

Click on

Continue to scroll down

Contact Information Section

Go to the Contact Information section of your Google Plus About Page- located in the left hand column next to the Contributor to section

Click on Edit

Under Work, insert the email address associated with your website or blog next to the empty box (on my Google Plus page illustrated above, its next to Phone).

Next, open the drop-down menu under Phone and change the label to Email. Click save. You will be returned to the Contact information section.

Please look for the word, verify, next to your email address. Click on verify and follow the instructions to complete the verification process. Email verification must be successfully completed to  install Google Authorship on your WordPress Website

Located in the left hand column

Insert the email address associated with your website

Click Edit

Contact Information Section

Go to your WordPress

WebsitePlease follow these instructions

Go to the Administrator Dashboard

Click on Users

Click on your User Profile

Find your User Profile and click on your User Name, which will open up Edit. Click on Edit

Edit User Profile

Insert the Email address associated with your website (domain)

Insert your Google Plus Profile-About page URL. You’ll find the URL by returning to your Google plus Profile ABOUT page

The URL is found in your browser window- it looks like this…https://plus.google.com/102721113298582164662/about

Continue Editing User Profile

Insert biographical information in the content box in About Yourself section

IMPORTANT- The following language must be inserted in your biographical information content box…Connect with Larry on <a href=”https://plus.google.com/u/0/102721113298582164662?rel=author”>google+</a>.

VerificationHow to confirm a successful installation

Confirm Email Verification

Google Plus email verification link

Confirm Successful Installation

Click on this link to Google’s Structured Data Testing Tool

Google About Author Box

Google Authorship Rich Snippet for this blog post- Google One

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