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How to Add Rich Snippets Authorship for HubPages

How to Add Rich Snippets Authorship for HubPages

Following up on how to get your picture next to your SERP listings, I thought I would show you that you can also get Rich Snippet goodness for authoring articles on OTHER sites as well.

Today’s example is going to be HubPages.  I am not going to get into “what HubPages is” other than to say, it is a site where authors can publish articles.  They have a lot of authority in the search engines as HubPages has a lot of content to offer users.  So, if you are an aspiring author or publisher, it is a great resource to help build your own authority.

NOTE: This tutorial assumes you already have Rich Snippets showing for your own website, or you have them showing for a website that you contribute to.  If not, please see this Google Rich Snippets How-To….and that you have a HubPages account. =P (more…)

How to Add Google Rich Snippets to Your Web Site

How to Add Google Rich Snippets to Your Web Site

If you are living in a cave or just had a baby, then you are excused.  Otherwise, I am sure you are aware of Google’s Rich Snippets…or at least have seen them in the SERPs.  Rich Snippets can be anything from an author picture, thumbnail image of a video, stars from a product or service review, list of audio files, or even the breadcrumb navigation from your website.

Tracking people’s eyes has shown that there appears to be a positive correlation between having an image next to a SERP listing and interest.  So, the bottom line is, if you want people to check out your listing on the Google search results pages…getting some images next to them is a great idea.

Rich Snippets is one of Google’s advancements that, I believe, will pay huge dividends to those who choose to be early adopters.  Not only does Google get to jazz up their SERPs, they get some additional benefits as well…

Author / Publisher Association

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