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Author: The rel=author tag will show who is the author of the web page by linking it with their Google Plus account. Doing so will provide a picture of the author in Google search results next to the Meta Description. Here’s an easy way to implement the rel= author tag. This rel=author has shown to increase CTR rate by 30-60%.1
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Google+ Author Tag
<a title=”Author: Your Name on Google+”
href=”https://plus.google.com/your google
plus page?rel=author” rel=”author“>Google+
</a>
<a title=”Author: Jeffrey Stewart”
href=”https://plus.google.com/u/0/102928075999636174662?rel=author” rel=”author“>Google+
</a>
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