Why Isn't Google Authorship Showing My Picture?

[socialfirestarter]

I have several clients and the Google Authorship images used display in the search results for all of them. About a month ago all of the images disappeared, however it still displays "by <name>, indicating that Google Authorship is working -- it just doesn't show the image (see screenshots). The image follows the guidelines, and we've got the rel author tag in place, with a link back to Google. </name>

When I use the Google Structured Data Testing Tool it shows that authorship is properly functioning. I'm completely stumped. Does anyone have any ideas why this may not be working?

Here's two examples of the sites with Authorship not working properly (screenshots below):

criminalattorneylongislandny.com
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3786946/Screen Shot 2014-01-03 at 12.53.10 PM.png
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3786946/Screen Shot 2014-01-03 at 12.44.12 PM.png

attorneytonyadderley.com https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3786946/Screen Shot 2014-01-03 at 12.52.36 PM.png
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3786946/Screen Shot 2014-01-03 at 12.52.52 PM.png

[KempRugeLawGroup]

It happened to me, too! This is what people said to my question http://moz.com/community/q/my-g-picture-stopped-showing-up-on-my-rankings-what-do-i-do

The one thing I don't understand is how people who have written far fewer articles than I have still have their picture. They all seemed to be in a lot more circles on g+ than I do, but that could just a coincidence.

I hope this helps you.

Ruben

[IrvCo_Interactive]

I'm not sure of the specific answer to your situation but it does seem that Google is kind of finicky when (and how) it comes to displaying authorship images in SERPS. I feel like it is still in a Beta phase and they are experimenting with it. Some things to check might be:

1. Were you logged into Google when you checked? Have you tried with different Google accounts? In other words what it shows when you are logged in as the author with the author's account might be different than a different Google user might see.

2. They seem to be very particular about what images are used. They don't want any logos or words. They want head shots specifically and seem to drop the image sometimes if the image isn't what they detect is appropriate. Try changing up the image on the authors account. I've heard even the cropping matters, if the head/face isn't a certain % of the whole image. They really seem to want a recognizable face in the small icon from what I've seen.