Google authorship and multiple sites with multiple authors

[sumare]

Hi guys :).

I am asking your help - basically I would like to know what would be the best way to set all of this up.

Basically I have two main (e-commerce) sites, and a few other big web properties.

What I would like to know is if it is ok to link the main sites to my real G+ account, and use alias G+ accounts for other web properties, or is that a kind of spamming?

The thing is that I use a G+ account for those e-commerce sites, and would not necessarily want the other web properties to be linked to the same G+ account, as they are not really related.

I do hope I was clear. Any insight would be appreciated. Thanks.

[HiveDigitalInc]

I'm not sure personally, but you should reach out to either Mark Traphagen or AJ Kohn who are Google+ / Authorship experts.

[KyleJack]

Hi Igor,

I think you may be mixing up rel="publisher" and rel="author" mark up here.

By implementing the Google Plus rel="publisher" link on your sites you are establishing your brand to Google. You should use this link to link to your business' G+ page which should be unique to each business (including the two ecommerce sites). (For reference: http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1708844)

Additionally, you can set up a rel="author" link between the sites which you contribute to and own to establish your personal G+ account as an author. (For reference: http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2539557)

Thanks,

K

[sumare]

Than you Russ for  the references, and thank you very much Kyle, that does help a lot!

[Titan552]

To clarify:

Assume the OP's parent company is "Acme Widgets" and has a Google + Busines page for "Acme Widgets".  He has established rel="publisher" between this business profile, and the "Acme Widgets" main company website.

Now 6 months later Acme Widgets opens up a new website -- "The Widget Training Site" -- which is a separate site, but falls under the "Acme Widget" umbrella.

Can the OP also add "The Widget Training Site" to the "Acme Widgets" Google + Page?  I've tried to so something similar, and I can only link one website to one google + page.

Or is there a way to add multiple sites to one google + business page.

Thanks for your insight!