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    • elliotleesbell
      elliotleesbell last edited by

      Hi all,

      Is there any way to advance search Google for blogs and other posts from a particular author?

      For instance a particular query like 'authoris: "Joe Bloggs"' to return all blogs that have been contributed by that person based on their google authorship.

      cheers,

      David

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      • ColinWhite
        ColinWhite last edited by

        Yes the author name can be a full name, partial name or email address. For example, author: rand fishkin restricts Google search results to pages about Rand.  You may also specify a word in the query to return results of articles written by the author using that phrase. For example, castle rock author: Stephen King will return search results that contain the word “castle rock” written by Stephen King.

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        • William.Lau
          William.Lau last edited by

          I believe you are looking for

          inpostauthor:"author name"

          It is not working too great right now but was previously. I don't think author:"Author Name" works.

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          • gfiorelli1
            gfiorelli1 last edited by

            Apart the answers given by Mike and William,

            if you know the author, why aren't checking directly the blogger Google+ About Page.

            There you can find the blog the blogger is contributing to (current and past contributor).

            Saying this because just the sites listed there will be the ones obtaining the authorship (if the rel="author" has been correctly implemented on the web).

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