How Your Google+ Profile Can Help Your Articles Links Stand Out

By now, you’ve probably noticed that when you search on Google, sometimes the articles in the results pop up with a person’s headshot and link to their Google+ page.

Case in point:

How did I make that happen? I dusted off Google Plus and added myself as a contributor to the publications I write for.

Basically, this tells Google a human being — YOU! — wrote this piece of content. And it shows your face and how many people you’re connected to — again, my Google+ profile is a bit dusty so not too impressive, but it’s enough to establish I’m not just a spambot.

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