A writers life, what the HTML?!

Ok, so you are on G+ great. But is your profile getting the exposure you want? Is your photo or image showing up on the google search? Are you showing up at all?!
Not sure? Well neither was I when I first created my profile about two months ago.

So, I am going to share what many others probably know, but like me, maybe you didn't or don't.

Here it is!

A mighty powerful little bit of HTML code you can add to your pages and blog.

A tiny little mark up code : rel=author

That's it.

So now what? By adding this to your blog pages it will have a marked impact on how you show up in google searches. It lets google know that you are a real author and will associate back to your G+ profile and blog.

Ok, so how do I update my anchor tag?? I found this really useful info just by searching the web and looking at a few social media sites.

1. Go to your G+ profile and click EDIT
2. Go to the CONTRIBUTOR section and place the URL of your blog/page/website there. Click SAVE.
3. Click DONE EDITING
4. Note the URL at the top of the page (we are still in G+ profile) you are going to need it.
5. Now we are going to add the link to your page/blog article or wherever you want the link to go.
6. Go to the blog page and click EDIT.
7. Choose where you want to place the link to your G+ profile. We are going to add the rel=author attribute.
8. You might like to try something like this...example Find Fred Jones on G +

• It must be formatted exactly as above, except of course, place YOUR URL link inside the quotation marks and YOUR NAME instead of Fred Jones or Don on Google!! (image from social media examiner)
• Click save!
• That's it. Done!

Now when google scours the your website/blog, anywhere from a few days to a few weeks to update their searches, you will show up and eventually your profile photo and authorship link to G+ too. And it's all thanks to that little bit of HTML.
It may seem a bit of a fiddle-faddle, but it's worth it!

Anyway, hope you have fun with it, I certainly did!

Good luck and please share any little tips and tricks you may have to improve public circulation and visibility. If you are not seeing any google results in about a week or two, you can go to the Support page and check  answers and troubleshooting
Writing a novel is one thing, but readers need to be able to find you! Leave a comment and let me know! Don't forget to check out my little html add-on below :)



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