Does Google Rank Individual Writers?

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   Sophia Angeliqueposted 12 years ago

   I have wondered over the past few days if Google has a way of ranking individual writers. As most writers apply to Google for Adsense, and as most of them write on content farms, etc. they could quite easily have some idea of which writers draw a lot of traffic and which writers have most surfers bounce off their sites in a few seconds.
   
   So I wondered if google actually ranked writers and we just didn't know anything about it...

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      IzzyMposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      I think that was their idea when they brought in Google + and got us to link our work to it.
      
      It doesn't seem to work though, because although they seem to hate my writing here, they love my sites. Same author.

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         Sophia Angeliqueposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         Izzy, how does that work???

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   Pcunixposted 12 years ago

   That's the thought behind authorship links, not G+

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      Sophia Angeliqueposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Pcunix, I guess I'm a little behind. What are authorship links???

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         Pcunixposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         See Glenn Stoks Hub:  http://glennstok.hubpages.com/hub/compl … directions
         
         People get confused by this because she mentions using G+ as a way to tie this stuff together.  That  IS a convenient way, but Google Authorship links predate Google+ - you just needed a Google profile.    Google+ profiles make it easier than it was previously.

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            Sophia Angeliqueposted 12 years agoin reply to this

            Thank you, Pcunix. I suspect I don't have any of this because I didn't know about it and didn't set it up this way. I'll have to take a look at it.

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   Sophia Angeliqueposted 12 years ago

   Well I've just spent 45 minutes trying to get that code to work. Obviously, I've misunderstood something... When I click on the link, it doesn't take me to my Google profile.

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      Pcunixposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Your link here would be https://plus.google.com/108292626386548 … rel=author

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         Sophia Angeliqueposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         Thanks, Tony. I'll put it up immediately. Much appreciated. Where did the three little dots come from by the way???

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            Sophia Angeliqueposted 12 years agoin reply to this

            Pcunix, it still doesn't work. It works when I click it here, but when I insert it into a text box, it takes me to a Google 404 error message. I tried it on several different browsers.

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            Pcunixposted 12 years agoin reply to this

            There aren't three little dots..  Thats HP - click on it to get the link.  Right click, Copy Link Address.

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            Sophia Angeliqueposted 12 years agoin reply to this

            Okay, Tony, by now I've proved myself a complete idiot. When I click on it, it doesn't give the rel code, just my ordinary posts page. Is there anyway you can just email me that code??? Thanks.

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               WryLiltposted 12 years agoin reply to this

               Your profile, which Pcunix linked, is what you insert into the rel code.
               
               http://support.google.com/webmasters/bi … er=1408986
               
               The rel=author tag is also the reason behind why certain people have their photos show up in search results - they've linked that content to their Google profile.

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                  Sophia Angeliqueposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                  Thank you Wrylit. However, obviously, I'm missing something here...

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                     WryLiltposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                     If you mean the ... it's linked like that because Hubpages shortens links. You can't copy and paste a link directly from a forum post.

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                     Pcunixposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                     Re-Read Glenn's article.  And you need to know how to right-click on a link to copy code.
                     
                     Also know how to "View Source" on a web page so you can see what other people have done.  Unfortunately, some stupid Windows browsers don't have that ability anymore - yet another in the long list of reasons not to use those idiotic products.

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                        Sophia Angeliqueposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                        Thank you, Tony, I finally got it done. That last comment of yours did it!!! Thanks again.

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                           Pcunixposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                           Oh, good.  I was afraid to ask!
                           
                           Did you test it as Glenn explained?

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                              Sophia Angeliqueposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                              No... but I clicked on it and it took me to my profile. I'll go test it as Glenn explained now.

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                                 Pcunixposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                                 You have to test..

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                                    Sophia Angeliqueposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                                    Um, okay. So I'm feeling more and more foolish. It doesn't work. It says I don't have a rel link to by G+ Profile.

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   Razatauqeerposted 12 years ago

   Thanks to all for sharing this. This is very new to me.

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   Moon Willow Lakeposted 12 years ago

   My understanding was that the thought behind giving us the subdomains here was to help Google rank us on a more individual basis.
   
   And thanks to those who provided the other information. I plan to look in to it.

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   molometerposted 12 years ago

   I think Google rank whoever is getting the most page views and traffic. They have no care who is writing what, as long as it generates revenue. This is a business and business always comes first.

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      Sophia Angeliqueposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Obviously. They assume that if one has a lot of page views that one can write well. Remember that if people can't write well, people will just bounce from their page after spending a few seconds there. Google would take time spent on the site as well as numbers... I think...

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   sunforgedposted 12 years ago

   SA - This is the tut I used: http://yoast.com/wordpress-rel-author-rel-me/

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      Sophia Angeliqueposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Thank you Sunforged...

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         Pcunixposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         That won't work.
         
         You need to RIGHT-click on the link I gave you and then choose Copy Link Address (or whatever it is that Microsoft says).
         
         
         Or just put in your profile link and add ?rel=author

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   Uninvited Writerposted 12 years ago

   The link came up when I clicked on it.

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   Sophia Angeliqueposted 12 years ago

   Thanks Pcunix... I finally got it right!!! I'm now a registered author. Wow!

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