WordPress.com Forums » Tag: google - Recent Posts http://en.forums.wordpress.com/tags/google WordPress.com Forums » Tag: google - Recent Posts en Sat, 18 May 2013 21:30:21 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 timethief on "Enabling Google authorship" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/enabling-google-authorship#post-1268201 Thu, 16 May 2013 19:41:13 +0000 timethief 1268201@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ See here for workarounds I dug up and note I don't guarantee they will work http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2013/01/12/authorship-markup-for-wordpress-com-graphiclineweb/

]]> timethief on "Enabling Google authorship" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/enabling-google-authorship#post-1268200 Thu, 16 May 2013 19:39:56 +0000 timethief 1268200@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ @mikehccc
I agree with you. It's time for WordPress.com to provide a means for us to do this. The Author link is being considered in seach engine page ranking and in positioning of our posts in the SERPs (search engine page results).

]]> thesacredpath on "Verification Code help" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/verification-code-help#post-1267377 Thu, 16 May 2013 07:50:21 +0000 thesacredpath 1267377@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Glad you got it sorted out, and we all do a duh from time to time. :)

]]> whalewhatwhale on "Verification Code help" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/verification-code-help#post-1267372 Thu, 16 May 2013 07:43:20 +0000 whalewhatwhale 1267372@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ was using the wrong verification method and pasting the wrong line... duh - all good now thanks.

]]> thesacredpath on "Verification Code help" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/verification-code-help#post-1267360 Thu, 16 May 2013 07:28:12 +0000 thesacredpath 1267360@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Yes, that is right, just the stuff between the ' and ' . Hopefully it will work for you in a little while. Fingers crossed. :)

]]> whalewhatwhale on "Verification Code help" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/verification-code-help#post-1267353 Thu, 16 May 2013 07:20:43 +0000 whalewhatwhale 1267353@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Yeah ok, so I am just putting in the code between the ' and ' though?
Thanks

]]> thesacredpath on "Verification Code help" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/verification-code-help#post-1267351 Thu, 16 May 2013 07:19:39 +0000 thesacredpath 1267351@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Neri, I would suggest waiting for a while and then try it again. Leave the window with the google page open and logged in so you do not have to regenerate another code. I've seen times when I've been trying to verify sites with Google and I've had to try several times over a day before I could get it verified. The Google servers sometimes get loaded and their queues get stacked up (what I think is happening) and it just takes a while for them to get caught up.

]]> whalewhatwhale on "Verification Code help" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/verification-code-help#post-1267349 Thu, 16 May 2013 07:15:28 +0000 whalewhatwhale 1267349@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I am using this, but everything I put in the box does not verify. I have the code, and have copied and pasted just the bit between the ' and '. Is this right? I verify websites all the time, but can't get this to work.

I just need the exact bit I am adding into that box section from what I have in my above question.
Thanks

]]> thesacredpath on "Verification Code help" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/verification-code-help#post-1267344 Thu, 16 May 2013 07:03:38 +0000 thesacredpath 1267344@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Neri, this support document explains how to verify your site with the major search engines.

]]> whalewhatwhale on "Verification Code help" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/verification-code-help#post-1267332 Thu, 16 May 2013 06:46:44 +0000 whalewhatwhale 1267332@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ What exactly do I put in the box under Tools etc for this to be verified...
Here is the code from Webmaster Tools.

1. Download this HTML verification file. [googlee96b7f2a06e2e765.html]

2. Upload the file to http://insearchofthedivine.wordpress.com/

3. Confirm successful upload by visiting http://insearchofthedivine.wordpress.com/googlee96b7f2a06e2e765.html in your browser.

4. Click Verify below.

It won't verify for me... Thanks
Neri

]]> arnabjitwordpress on "How to claim Google Authorship for my blog" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-to-claim-google-authorship-for-my-blog#post-1265054 Tue, 14 May 2013 06:04:46 +0000 arnabjitwordpress 1265054@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ You can setup your authorship with Google by connecting your Google+ profile with your blog. Please take a look here.

]]> macmanx on "2-Step Removal to access my WordPress account." http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/2-step-removal-to-access-my-wordpress-account#post-1263736 Sun, 12 May 2013 23:43:35 +0000 macmanx 1263736@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I have have replied to your email. Let's keep this on email. :)

]]> foxboy4fem21 on "2-Step Removal to access my WordPress account." http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/2-step-removal-to-access-my-wordpress-account#post-1263733 Sun, 12 May 2013 23:39:39 +0000 foxboy4fem21 1263733@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thank you.

I have sent 2 replies.

]]> macmanx on "2-Step Removal to access my WordPress account." http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/2-step-removal-to-access-my-wordpress-account#post-1263726 Sun, 12 May 2013 23:33:12 +0000 macmanx 1263726@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I have sent further details to the email address on the account in question.

Please reply to that when you can.

]]> foxboy4fem21 on "2-Step Removal to access my WordPress account." http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/2-step-removal-to-access-my-wordpress-account#post-1263716 Sun, 12 May 2013 23:27:46 +0000 foxboy4fem21 1263716@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi there,

This is the first time I've ever used the forums for support. My apologies for the unorthodoxed approach.

It is regarding the following WordPress site: http://www.jonathanwmartinez.com
I had been using 2-step verification as a security method for my Google accounts and WordPress account. However I disabled it in my Google account associated with the above site for personal reasons. I did not disable it directly in WordPress security settings, thus like everyone else here...

Am locked out of my account. I am in the exact same situation as the above members.

Thank you,

Jonathan

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]]> phov on "Domain mapping issue - Google search description is garbage" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/domain-mapping-issue-google-search-description-is-garbage#post-1261639 Fri, 10 May 2013 15:59:28 +0000 phov 1261639@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ This is not strictly a WordPress problem but I'm not sure where else to find the answer. I'm working on a site at 2013event.wordpress.com and have used domain mapping to point it to http://www.indiepressday.com. (The domain is registered with Network Solutions.)

The mapping is working fine. But when you do a Google search for "Indie Press Day", the search result in Google has garbage under it. (Search for it with quotes and you get "Online College Courses · Free Credit Report · Health Insurance · Best Mortgage Rates · Top Smart Phones · Top 10 Luxury Cars · Cheap Air Tickets · Migraine ...", search for it without quotes and you get "Indiepressday.com is COMING SOON to REGISTER.COM · Indiepressday.com Whois Lookup. Hot Favorites. Online College Courses · Free Credit Report ...")

It's been more than a week and this has not changed to reflect the text on my homepage. If you do a Google search for 2013event.wordpress (which no one would ever do, but just for the sake of comparison) the description does display the content on my landing page.

Anyone know what I could do to fix this? Since Google seems to be pulling the indiepressday.com description from Network Solutions and not my WordPress.com site, I'm not sure if anything I do on the site is going to make a difference? But all I've done so far at Network Solutions is point the dns entries to WordPress, it's not like I have a site with them that I can edit.

Thanks!

]]> stonenick on "Remove author's name from Google search results" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/remove-authors-name-from-google-search-results#post-1261418 Fri, 10 May 2013 07:45:54 +0000 stonenick 1261418@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi there,

I manage 2 WordPress.com blogs: meeg.org and eaunritchie.org - both on behalf of other people. (Dustin and Ean, respectively).

I have just noticed that my name (Nick) appears in Google search results for either site.

I don't want my name to appear as the 'author' of these blogs. I would prefer no author, or (at least) Dustin / Eaun.

There seems to be lots of (confusing) information about linking Google+ profiles and adding profile pictures, but I would actually prefer to remain a bit more anonymous!

Cheers, Nick

]]> elegiacomo on "Odd Google results ('Get a free blog' problem)" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/odd-google-results-get-a-free-blog-problem#post-1259646 Wed, 08 May 2013 13:36:32 +0000 elegiacomo 1259646@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ An odd problem -

I changed my URL from a wordpress.com to another wordpress.com site yesterday. I then subcribed to the URL redirect service too, which is working really well.

But -

When my blog posts via the new URL come up in Google, they all read like this

About | Trickster.Trickster. - Get a Free Blog
trickstertricks.wordpress.com/about/
21 hours ago – Trickster.Trickster. Seoul: Essential previews & listings. ...

So everything on Google has that 'Get a free blog' addendum, which doesn't look too great, and it's something that never showed up with my old URL posts on Google. How can I remove the addendum? Thank you.

]]> mikehccc on "Enabling Google authorship" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/enabling-google-authorship#post-1252231 Thu, 02 May 2013 11:31:40 +0000 mikehccc 1252231@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ That's where I have to respectfully disagree - I think it's WordPress that need to adapt.

Authorship is an increasingly important part of search, and search is as important as ever. You can't blame Google for not doing all the work for you - they have their own blogging platform after all, where I imagine such things are easier to arrange.

I've been waiting patiently for a year for WordPress to catch up to this, (as the workaround above doesn't work for multi-user blogs) and I hope they will.

Authorship is an important enough thing to allow those of us with only a basic knowledge of the web to get access to, from within the wonderful framework that is wordpress.com.

Hopefully they'll agree with me eventually!

]]> raincoaster on "Enabling Google authorship" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/enabling-google-authorship#post-1252225 Thu, 02 May 2013 11:20:31 +0000 raincoaster 1252225@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hmm, it seems time to give Google some meaningful feedback then.

]]> mikehccc on "Enabling Google authorship" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/enabling-google-authorship#post-1252221 Thu, 02 May 2013 11:15:12 +0000 mikehccc 1252221@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Yes but it would only assign authorship to that page, so would be of no practical use.

]]> raincoaster on "Enabling Google authorship" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/enabling-google-authorship#post-1252219 Thu, 02 May 2013 11:14:02 +0000 raincoaster 1252219@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ You could presumably do a static page with this as content.

]]> mikehccc on "Enabling Google authorship" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/enabling-google-authorship#post-1252173 Thu, 02 May 2013 10:15:53 +0000 mikehccc 1252173@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I'm not sure about your theme to be honest, without a text box in the sidebar or footer you might have to try something different.

Have a look as this very informative article:

http://graphiclineweb.wordpress.com/2011/12/27/relauthor/

And maybe try signing off each post with your G+ authorship.

]]> clairenuni on "Enabling Google authorship" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/enabling-google-authorship#post-1252163 Thu, 02 May 2013 09:55:31 +0000 clairenuni 1252163@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thanks Mikehccc,
It's my 1st blog and i have to admit that even if it seems easy, it's more complicated than i thought.
I found the "pachyderm" them suitable for my needs and customized it a bit. i didn't find the text box there, does it mean that i wouldn't be able to add the rel author there? or the social buttons?
thanks for your help

]]> mikehccc on "Enabling Google authorship" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/enabling-google-authorship#post-1252147 Thu, 02 May 2013 09:25:37 +0000 mikehccc 1252147@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ (if you copy and paste the above code, don't include the < br tag at the start or end, start and finish with the <a bit).

]]> mikehccc on "Enabling Google authorship" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/enabling-google-authorship#post-1252082 Thu, 02 May 2013 08:22:50 +0000 mikehccc 1252082@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Apologies sjkhayes I must have missed the notification. Hi Claireuni.

Basically you need a theme that supports the inclusion of a text widget (go appearances -- widgets and look for a Text Box option).

Then you need to put a link to your G+ profile with the rel=author after it. To get an example with a logo you want to do something like this:

<br /> <a href="https://plus.google.com/111599604216232194300" rel="author"><span style="display:inline-block;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:top;margin-right:5px;margin-top:8px;">Mike Horner</span><span style="display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;margin-right:15px;margin-top:8px;">on</span><img style="border:0;width:32px;height:32px;" src="https://ssl.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-32.png" alt="" /></a><br />

Obviously that looks worse than it is, you only have to change the name to your name and the G+ Profile number to your own.

This will create a link to your G+ profile with the rel=author attribute on every page of your blog. Test is with Google's Rich Snippets Testing Tool and the rest should write itself.

Hope it helps.

]]> raincoaster on "Linking to Google+" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/linking-to-google#post-1251213 Wed, 01 May 2013 19:38:14 +0000 raincoaster 1251213@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ If you simply want to give people a way to connect with you on G+ you create a text widget with a link to your Profile. Then they can click to it and decide whether or not to Circle you there.

]]> clairenuni on "Enabling Google authorship" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/enabling-google-authorship#post-1251208 Wed, 01 May 2013 19:33:30 +0000 clairenuni 1251208@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi Mikehccc
Can you please explain a bit more?

]]> clairenuni on "Linking to Google+" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/linking-to-google#post-1251204 Wed, 01 May 2013 19:31:01 +0000 clairenuni 1251204@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Same question... I've been trying for hours but i didn't find a way. How can i add the rel author tag?

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