Author avatar in homepage search result
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Hello
I actually see some websites which the owner don't want to display the google+ profile avatar when homepage is displayed in search result, except blog posts only
For example: yoast.com
Is it a good practice in wordpress? or we must claim authorship & display the google+ avatar for all pages & all posts?
Thanks
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DK,
You can follow Christy's advice with the Yoast plugin. If you are wanting to have the Author image show for the Home page then select that option in the Yoast plugin OR you can simply add a link to the Home page as explained in this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgFb6Y-UJUI.
As Authorship has become more recognized and can increase click through rates, people have been rushing to implement for ALL pages, including the Home page. So, to your question, it's recommended to attach to your Home page if you are the only author to the website. If you are not, then leave the Home page out of it and connect Authorship to your individuals articles or pages.
Hope this was the answer you were looking for. - Patrick
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Hi DK! First make sure that your Yoast plugin is up-to-date, then go into its options for Social. You will see three tabs: Facebook, Twitter, & Google+. Click on the one for Google+, and then select "Don't show" Author for homepage in the drop-down menu. There are only two options on the Google+ tab, Author for homepage and Google Publisher Page. Let me know how that works for you!
Cheers, Christy
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Hi, anyone can help?
Thanks
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Thank you very much for your response
I did spend few hours but couldn't locate where to remove the rel=author for the homepage.
I'm using latest wp and yoast SEO plugin version.
Any idea?Thanks
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In WordPress, you have a couple options.
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Do not have any reference of "rel=author" for the Home page or sub-Pages, which lets Google know these are non-related pages to any Google+ business profile or individual profile. You only want the "rel=author" reference with the Blog Posts.
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The other option you have is to create multiple users, so the 1st user creates and publishes the Home page and any "Pages" if you want, while the 2nd user, 3rd user, 4th user, etc... the ones with the Google+ profiles associated with the WordPress website/blog creates and publishes all of the "Posts" in the website as "Authors". This will tell Google to display the blog posts with the Author's image in the SERPs.
You are going in the right direction to have your website synced with a G+ profile, especially for Author image display for search results!
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