Rel=publisher vs G+ badge without
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I've read that I should only have a rel="publisher" once on my site (on the home page) in a link that points back to the corporate G+ page. Cool.
But, if I want to have a link to the corporate G+ page in the footer of every other page on the site then I assume it's okay as long as I omit the rel="publisher" part, correct?
Second question: For blog postings, I assume it's good to include a rel="author" tag in the link to the author's G+ page, right? Even though there is a link to the corporate G+ page in the footer of the same page.
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Hi Mike,
I kind of get the quesiton but not sure if I completely got it.
You can place a Google+ icon at the bottom of every page and direct it to your corporate G+ page; however, that will require your webmaster or something that can edit the website to do so.
Yes, it is good to include a rel="author" tag in a link to the author's G+ page. It gives the author credit, help combine all of the authors post on your website when searched on Gogole and also the author's Google+ profile image will also in the search engine result page if the article shows up. Based on researches, people are more likely to click on links on the SERP with the author's picture. It kinds of give people a trust feeling.
I also read an article together (can't find it now) saying that Google place links with author picture higher than those without.
Hope this answer your questions.
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