Google+ Contibutor to: Link To Main Domain or Content Page?

[WSIDW]

Which is the best practice for the link to claim authorship for a guest post?

I have tried both the main domain URL in the "contributor to" section of my Google plus and the page URL where the post is and both show my picture when testing in the Structured Data Testing Tool.

Which is best to use?

Thanks in advance.

 

[AndreVanKets]

To my knowledge, you have to do both for it to take effect.

You should include the rel=author tag on the post AND include the "contributor to" link in your G+ profile (Link to the website were you contributed)

Greg

[WSIDW]

Thanks for the response. I understand that and have already done so.

What my question is, is in my google+ profile once the rel=author is established on the post... which url to place in the "contributor to" section. Both the main domain url and the post page url will show my picture. But which is best to use?

[AndreVanKets]

Just use the Main domain URL.

I don't think individual pages are a factor. If you include the post URL, Google i assume only looks at the domain so either or, it doesn't matter, It just needs to confirm that your a contributor to a given domain.

[WSIDW]

Okay, thanks very much!