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Hi Dino,

I've been on SeoMoz for about 3 months now. I've found the Link Analysis to miss out on some of the links. And besides it only updates once a month - around this time.

I've had better results picking up my backlinks using Google Webmaster. It updates the links more frequently, and I am able to pick up many more backlinks that are not coming up in the Link Analysis report.

Thanks!

Zakaria

Hi John,

I've been playing around with this same issue this week. This is what I've gathered so far.

For this scenario you mentioned above - you can link it by including a BIO section somewhere on the post, preferably at the end. If the theme doesn't have a BIO function - there are plugins that will enable this.

Then after saying something about the author - at the end you can include something similar to:

You can also connect with the Author at Google+

That's my profile. And then very importantly - on the Google+ profile - under the section - "Contributor to these sites" - include the URL to the blog in question. This way Google can correlate back, to link the two.

Thanks!

Update:

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. I starting searching on Google for pointers on enabling the Authorship markup. Came across this really helpful video -

http://youtu.be/YyIQzHD8rBY

Followed those steps - in linking my personal Google+ profile and enabling the Bio section with myself as Author in the blog posts. And so far looking good. Tested a post with the Rich Snippets Testing Tool in Google Webmaster - and it's picking up the Authorship with the photo quite nicely! Thanks for the help

YyIQzHD8rBY

Awesome - Thanks Robert for a very thorough explanation!

Hi Guys - I asked this Q, on the comments of Joost's blog post on this topic - repeating here, in case I don't get an answer.

I have a question of the rel=author tag. Will Google attach the authorship, even if the Google+ profile is a Company page, and not a personal profile? The mugshot on the profile, is basically our logo - not a personal photo. What's the best way to make use of authorship markup, in a case like this?

Thanks!!

Zak

I know, many people are up in arms with Google with their very frequent recent changes. I guess some of this is good - but at times I am also warming to the opinion that they are just losing the plot. To illustrate my point - check this ranking history for a keyword: Toyota South Africa

I'm not sure how this image will display - but for no obvious apparent reason, from 02/10 - we were ranked 5, and now on 9/10 dropped right down to 44. I mean how is on supposed to explain, and rectify this when Google just keeps on changing the playing fields?

shrug

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Hey,

Thanks for the reply. My bad. After posting that question, I noticed from the related posts, that this has been dealt with previously, and basically most people lean towards the sub-folder method.

I have a problem since we have already launched our blog on the subdomain.

blog.durbansouthtoyota.co.za

I am talking to our developers to consider moving it to the sub-folder setup. Is there a recommended method, to take care of all links to the old sub-domain - blog.durbansouthtoyota.co.za? I'm guessing some sort of re-direct right? I need to pass this info to our developers.

Thanks!

Does having a blog on a subdomain as opposed to an extension of the root domain add or subtract to improving SEO on the root domain? For eg : what's better, HTTP://blog.durbansouthtoyota.co.za Or HTTP://www.durbansouthtoyota.co.za/blog When the www is the actual main site. Thanks!