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    • Modi
      Modi @Christy-Correll last edited by

      Yep, thanks for the video. Lets see when the Authorship photo comes in, will let know

      Can i safely presume now - that i have to make no changes in authorship code and link from our site, and should wait for Seach Giant to show some mercy... Thanks for your follow-up message on it 🙂

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      • Modi
        Modi last edited by

        Hi Christy,

        The photo does not shown in for our site, though the link in question of Search Engine Land - Barry photo has reinstated in Search Engines as checked.

        Presuming that the method - we have adopted for Google Authorship as linking is correct in our site - is there anything we can do more or may sit on it to see some miracle from Search Giant to show the photo

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        • Modi
          Modi last edited by

          Does Google has any such penalty to sites for not showing rich snippets too

          I have checked with 2 developers - the schema tags (ratings and offers) too are put up correctly - however they still do not show up in search engine - Google

          If there is any such penalty - how to recover from it - when entire coding is correct.

          • As Authorship Photo not showing. Also, the schema offer tag is not showing, however it shows in rich snippet - http://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/richsnippets?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mycarhelpline.com%2Findex.php%3Foption%3Dcom_newcar%26view%3Dproduct%26Itemid%3D2%26id%3D14%26vid%3D193

          • Also, the schema rating tag too is not showing in search results

          http://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/richsnippets?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mycarhelpline.com%2Findex.php%3Foption%3Dcom_easyblog%26view%3Dentry%26id%3D38%26Itemid%3D91

          Any suggestions pls

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          • Christy-Correll
            Christy-Correll last edited by

            Hi Gagan,

            Guess what? It looks like Authorship and rich snippets for product review ratings are now selectively appearing in Google search results!

            (See screenshots for the following query below.) http://www.google.com/#output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=Tata+Nano:+Prices%2C+Specs+of+Nano+with+Safety+and+Style+Features+Posted+by%09+Gagan+Modi+&oq=Tata+Nano:+Prices%2C+Specs+of+Nano+with+Safety+and+Style+Features+Posted+by%09+Gagan+Modi+&gs_l=hp.3...1133.1133.0.1357.1.1.0.0.0.0.149.149.0j1.1.0....0...1c.2.23.psy-ab..1.0.0.WmXuBYtG5ls&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&bvm=bv.50165853%2Cd.aWc%2Cpv.xjs.s.en_US.seW1cfrvSKg.O&fp=9279df2c7824cae6&biw=1326&bih=644.

            Increased engagement with your posts and your Google+ profile may result in Authorship displaying more often. This is something to consider working towards. I would definitely work on increasing the quality of your blog posts. The content of many of your posts is very similar to product descriptions and reviews on other sites. This should also help your rankings, too (not to mention drastically reduce the changes of your site being penalized for duplicate content.)

            Cheers! (Christy)

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            • Modi
              Modi @Christy-Correll last edited by

              Thanks Christy for following it up. Appreciate much!!

              But did you notice - that certain keywords are striked down as shown in example search or even below one.

              For ex- https://www.google.co.in/?gws_rd=cr#bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&fp=92ef3bb12eec5b6c&q=mycarhelpline+ford+ecosport+gagan+modi

              **Look at the keyword been striked down_. _**Now - who will write keywords like

              "Tata Nano: Prices, Specs of Nano with Safety and Style Features Posted by Gagan Modi " or

              "mycarhelpline ford ecosport gagan modi"

              I have also seen this earlier - but hardly in 1 out of 1000 queries.

              Baffled why is Authorship not showing !!!. Refer keywords like in Google.co.in - where site coming without authorship photo

              • Nissan Juke India - https://www.google.co.in/?gws_rd=cr#bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&fp=92ef3bb12eec5b6c&q=nissan+juke+india

              - major rto forms - https://www.google.co.in/?gws_rd=cr#bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&fp=92ef3bb12eec5b6c&q=major+rto+forms

              - how to find car manufacturing date india - https://www.google.co.in/?gws_rd=cr#bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&fp=92ef3bb12eec5b6c&q=how+to+find+car+manufacturing+date+india

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              • Christy-Correll
                Christy-Correll last edited by

                Hi Gagan, are you asking why Authorship does not consistently display for a particular blog post in the SERPs? (That is, why it shows for some keyword searches and not others?) Thank you in advance for the clarification.

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                • Christy-Correll
                  Christy-Correll last edited by

                  Hi Gagan, to be more clear, what do you mean by keywords that are "striked down?" Thanks in advance for clarifying. ~Christy

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                  • Modi
                    Modi @Christy-Correll last edited by

                    Hi, First my apologies, i missed ur last reply

                    Below are screenshots, see the keywords been striked out

                    http://www.screencast.com/t/j68JewmmHTJe

                    http://www.screencast.com/t/EzEOMsxV41

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                    • Chris.Menke
                      Chris.Menke @Modi last edited by

                      Gagan,

                      I'm going to guess that the search you did to get the results you show in the images had the words that are struck out used in quotation marks.  Google will provide results for a search query with multiple words each used in quotations even if there are no pages that include all those words.  It represents those results by showing the quoted words that are not on the page with a strike through.

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                      • Chris.Menke
                        Chris.Menke @Chris.Menke last edited by

                        Actually, I'm going to revise that answer.  When google provides the "Search for similar searches" option on the results page, such as with this search, it will show terms that were used in the query but were not found on the page as struck through.

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                        • Christy-Correll
                          Christy-Correll last edited by

                          Hi Gagan, thanks for the clarification. Chris is correct about why Google is striking through some terms in the SERPs. But we digress ... back to Authorship!

                          As I noted earlier in this thread, I'd work on increasing engagement with your site content, as well as boosting the authority of your Google+ profile. This may result in Authorship displaying more often, for more queries. I would also definitely work on increasing the quality of your blog posts. The content of many of your posts is very similar to product descriptions and reviews on other sites. This should help your rankings, too (not to mention drastically reduce the changes of your site being penalized for duplicate content.) Hope that helps!

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