How is Google choosing which authorship profiles to display?

[nicole.healthline]

Does any one know how you can try to make authorship profiles show in SERPs other than just making sure the profiles were installed correctly?

[caseyhen]

Hi Michelleh,

We've been testing things to see what it takes to get the authorship image to show up.  It really came down a two things, one was making sure that your Google+ profile was included in lots of other's circles and second, that you complained a lot that your picture wasn't showing up.  I've had success with both.  There are also a few good blog posts out there that suggest Google is really picky with the setup and if there is even a minor problem you picture won't show up.

[nicole.healthline]

By "complaining" alot do you mean posting in Google Webmaster forums or something else?

[caseyhen]

For the people I've seen it work for, they were "complaining" on Google+ and Twitter.