Adding the Author’s Face to Google Search Results

For those who want to add the author snippet to any WordPress theme (including Genesis), try this thorough tutorial by Yoast. For those who want to simply install a plugin and let it do all the work, read on!

1.  Add the Google Authorship Plugin for Multiple Authors by Keyword Strategy (search for Google Authorship from within your Dashboard – Plugins – Add New screen).  Don’t forget to “activate” it.

2.  This will add a new field in your Profile page.  It looks like this:

Sample Google Plus Field in Your Profile

3.  Add your Google+ Profile URL.  An example Google+ url is provided.  The “Location” and “Width” is referring to the Google+ badge that is automatically added to your site.  On The Vacation Gals, it looks like this:

   I recommend changing the “Location” box to “hidden” because its really not that pretty, is it?

4.  You *must* update your Google Plus profile to link to your website.  Go to https://plus.google.com/, click on “Profile” on the left hand menu. Click on the top “Edit Profile” blue button. Scroll down to the “Contributor to” box. Click anywhere on the box to edit it.  Complete the screen with your website name and link:
5.  Once the website is indexed again, the authorship information will show in searches.  This can take a few hours to a few weeks depending on the size and popularity of your website.  In the meantime, you can test that it is working by using the Rich Snippet Tool.

Server Attack Today – All is Well Now

At 4:22PM today (PST) our server went down due to high load.  After some investigation our server technicians let me know that we were experiencing a "... a coordinated, distributed attack against multiple sites on the server..." Of course that sent me into dizzying interrogation mode to find … Continue reading »

Top 10 Apps for Small Business

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Start a Website Series – Should You Hire a Designer & How Much Do They Cost?

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Drumroll please! Our New Control Panel!!

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In a one-hour tutorial, the most common feedback I get is, "I'm overwhelmed... let me think about this."  It is a LOT to soak in. And I've spent weeks if not months, thinking about how to sort through the tutorials available and make them digestible.  Instead of trying to teach all the stuff … Continue reading »

Help Me Choose a New Logo?

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So, this "despirately - disperately - desparately"seekingwp.com domain name has been a bit of trouble in the spelling department.  And its ridiculously difficult to spell over the phone. As much as I love Heather - (in fact the domain name was why I started reading her blog - how can you not … Continue reading »

How to Create a Recipe or Photo Index in Genesis

Image Index for Recipes or Photos

These templates/snippets will work only if you have the Genesis Framework installed and a child theme active.  This will provide a graphic / image based index of your photos or recipes categories. Before you start, you'll need this: FTP access Text / Code editor All posts for this … Continue reading »