Google Authorship Test


This is a test using the Google+ Badge for publisher, an author tag for an article provided by the organisation and a 2nd author tag for an article provided by an employee of the organisation on the same page.

A Press Release written on behalf of the organisation.
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Press release supplied by Name of Organisation


A short article by a named employee of the organisation.
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Note: Organisation author tag dispayed 1st




This test goes against current thinking by using an author tag for an organisation rather than an individual, but from an organisations point of view it returns the best result.

Note: this could have been published on a different website which would make the Publisher different to the Author.

Some people will argue an organisation can not be an Author, but if the the Guardian publishes a statement from the British Government who is the author of the statement? A civil servant, David Cameron or the Government?

Will Google ever display this result in the search results page? - Who knows, but this test page will be left live to monitor things.



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