How To Display Your Profile Picture In Google Search Results

Do you know you can display your image next to the links of your website or blog on search results page? Earlier this feature was only limited to few reserved users of Google. Now everyone who owns blog or website can use this feature. The main advantage of using this feature is that more visitors will be attracted to your pages and there will be a big rise in click ratio of your pages as visitors will prefer your blog.




You will need :-
    A Google Plus Account
    An About Me page on your blog.

Now you can follow the steps given below :-

    1) On your blog or website header or footer or sidebar add this link,

          <a href="https://plus.google.com/GOOGLE+ ID"
           rel="author" target="_blank"> Join me on Google+</a>

         Replace GOOGLE+ ID with your Google+ profile id.

  

    2) In your About Me page, add the link given below anywhere you want,

          <a href="https://plus.google.com/GOOGLE+ ID"
           rel="me" target="_blank"> My Google Profile</a>

  
        Replace GOOGLE+ ID with your Google+ profile id.

  
   
    3) Go to your Google+ profile and click the “Edit Profile” button

       Go to About tab and click on 'Contributer to' field.
   
       Add your Blog/site homepage URL and also the URL of your About page.
       

  4) Go to http://profiles.google.com/me/plusones.

    Click Edit Profile.
    Check the Show this tab on my profile checkbox.
    Next Upload a quality Profile Pic of your self . Your image will look best if it is 150px by 150px in size.

    Finally Save your profile.


It will take few days (around 2-5 days) to show up your photo and name next to the links of your website or blog on search results.

6 comments:

  1. if we have more than one blog

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    1. You can verify authorship of every blog own by you separately by following the steps given above.

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    2. there is an about us link on my blogger blog already, how are my going to use it

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    3. Read and follow the instructions given above in the post. Its very simple.

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  2. Thank you so much for this helpful tip.

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  3. Awesome! Thanks so much for writing this.

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