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rel="author" tags
HTML tags with a rel="author" attribute can be used to identify the author of an article, blog post or other online document. Advantages of adding rel="author" links include:
the author's profile photo may appear in Google search engine results
a search engine may increase the page rank based on credibility of the author
The rel="author" attribute can be used in three different ways:
How To Get Google+ Profile Picture in Google Search Engine Results
In order for the author's profile photo to appear in Google search engine results, these requirements need to be met:
In the HTML code of the page(s) being indexed by search engines, include a link to the author's profile with a rel="author" attribute and rel=author parameter.
Add a link from the author's profile back to the domain with the rel="author" link(s).
In the <a href> attribute, code either the URL for the author's Google+ profile (ex: ) or the URL for the author's web page on the same domain as the link with the rel="author" attribute
include a plus sign ("+") at the end of the anchor text, just before the ending </a> tag.
2. Confirm authorship in your Google+ profile
To confirm you are the author and prevent anyone else from claiming you have authored their content, you must link your Google+ profile back to your content.