Author's picture not showing in Google search results
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Lately, Codeproject results in Google searches no longer show star ratings and author info. I searched for: https://www.google.co.il/search?q=inurl%3Acodeproject.com+pointer[^] Got five pages, no author pics, no ratings. A few weeks ago, they were showing. A blog page I found (http://fnfweb.com/how-to-make-your-face-show-up-beside-google-search-results/[^]) says that the link should look like this:
That is, the content begins with a plus sign, then the author's name. In one of my articles, I found this:
Maybe the '+' character in the content is the one that makes the difference?
Pablo. "Accident: An inevitable occurrence due to the action of immutable natural laws." (Ambrose Bierce, circa 1899).
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Lately, Codeproject results in Google searches no longer show star ratings and author info. I searched for: https://www.google.co.il/search?q=inurl%3Acodeproject.com+pointer[^] Got five pages, no author pics, no ratings. A few weeks ago, they were showing. A blog page I found (http://fnfweb.com/how-to-make-your-face-show-up-beside-google-search-results/[^]) says that the link should look like this:
That is, the content begins with a plus sign, then the author's name. In one of my articles, I found this:
Maybe the '+' character in the content is the one that makes the difference?
Pablo. "Accident: An inevitable occurrence due to the action of immutable natural laws." (Ambrose Bierce, circa 1899).
The old (numbered) URL should still work. The webmaster tools show that our tagging and microformat data is correct. google, in its wisdom, has just decided to ditch the eye candy. It's incredibly frustrating
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP