By Ann Smarty @seosmartyBrand Manager at Internet Marketing NinjasFounder of MyBlogGuest.comCo-founder of ViralContentBuzz.com

GOOGLE AUTHORSHIP:

SEARCH SNIPPETS

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THE EVOLUTION

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June 2011: FIRST EXPERIMENT WITH SELECTED AUTHORS.

AUTHOR PHOTO IS ON THE RIGHT

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October 2011: THE AUTHOR PHOTO IS MOVED TO THE LEFT;

CIRCLE COUNT, «ADD TO CIRCLES» AND «COMMENTS ON G+»

ARE ADDED TO THE SEARCH SNIPPET

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2012«MORE BY AUTHOR NAME» IS ADDED

«COMMENTS ON G+» IS REMOVED.

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April 2013: «MORE BY» IS REMOVED (CLICKING ON THE PHOTO OR

AUTHOR NAME WILL SEND YOU TO THE SIMILAR RESULTS AS «MORE BY» USED TO).

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NOTE: IN LOCAL GOOGLE VERSIONS THERE’S NO WAY TO GET TO «MORE BY» RESULTS AS BOTH THE PHOTO

AND THE NAME LINK TO AUTHOR’S G+ PROFILE (The above screenshot is from google.co.uk)

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THE TYPES

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AUTHORSHIP RESULT + VIDEO RICH SNIPPET

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AUTHORSHIP RESULT + REVIEW RICH SNIPPET

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AUTHORSHIP RESULT WITH NO CIRCLE INFORMATION

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2 SAME-AUTHOR RESULTS PER ONE SERP: ONLY ONE GETS A PICTURE!

(THIS HAPPENS VERY SELDOM: MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, IF TWO OF YOUR VERIFIED RESULTS GET RANKED, ONLY TOP ONE GETS AUTHORSHIP RICH SNIPPET)

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AUTHORSHIP RESULT WITH NO PHOTO(USUALLY THIS HAPPENS WHEN YOUR AUTHORSHIP RESULT HAS

BEEN ONE OF THOSE 10-15% TO BE DROPPED)

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AUTHORSHIP RESULTS IN INDEPTH ARTICLES SECTION(FIRST ANNOUNCED IN AUGUST 2013)

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OUTSIDE of GENERAL SEARCH

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AUTHORSHIP RESULTS IN GOOGLE NEWS (FIRST ANNOUNCED IN NOVEMBER 2011)

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AUTHORSHIP RESULTS IN GOOGLE IMAGE RESULTS(FIRST ANNOUNCED OCTOBER 2013)

INSTEAD OF SHOWING WHO THE IMAGE AUTHOR IS, IT SHOWS WHO THE AUTHOR OF THE ATTACHED ARTICLE IS (BROKEN!)

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EXPERIMENTS(DEPRECATED)

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September 2012: GOOGLE EXPERIMENTS SHOWING «MORE BY» THE

SAME AUTHOR IF YOU CLICK BACK TO SEARCH RESULTS

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May 2013: GOOGLE EXPERIMENTS SHOWING RESULTS FOR PDF

FILES