Google’s John Mueller already announced it on 26th June that they will be dropping this feature from the search results. Here is the post by John.
How does it look Now ?
New look of Google Search Results showing only author name.
So what do you guys feel about it ?Google Structured Data Testing Tool have also been updated now, and it now shows only the Author name linked with Google+ Profile.
Now what’s next
Well this is the question that will be arising in the minds of many authors who had their aurthorship images and Circle counts in Searh results. While the others who still weren’t able to get authorship seems to be quite satisfied with it.
What now !!!
It was seen that user’s preffered to click more of those links that had author pics on it as it looked quite genuine and trust worthy. But what now!! The answer will be quite clear after doing a good study of our analytic reports.
It’s clear that this will affect search traffic dramatically, Ranking may not be affected but yes user behaiviour towards search and their clicks will change.
Also Read: Simple Google Tweak to Reduce Bounce Rate by over 50%
Changes I need to do
Well I’ve seen many WordPress users having authorship plugins installed into their blogs, so Since the authorship chapter is now over I recommend you to remove those plugins as they are useless now and are just increasing your page size and load.
A search extract from WP. It cleary shows that there are 100s of such plugins and if you do some research every 5 blogger on WP is using one such plugin
Authoship Chapter is Not Completely Closed
Yes its True!!!
Yes, according to this article from
Google Support, your name will be still shown in Google results and there will a
small image of your’s shown if you are featured in Google News.
Here is a snap showing Author Image in Google News
What Are your Views ?
Minutes after Google announced it, Webmasters from all over the globe are sharing their views on different forums. Some find it as a great step by google and agree to John Mueller words that it may improve mobile experience while many top bloggers are arguing against it.
I feel that this is a great step by Google which will help all the authors equally in search results.
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