Finding writers with author rank

[monster99]

Hi i'm interested in finding writers who have author rank (Like Circles and Followers. ).

What is the easiest way to find these writers online, is there any tools out there which can automate this finding process?

Cheers,

Mark

[MattAntonino]

I don't know about automated software but I can think of two ways you'd find authority figures in your niche.

1. Do a search for your niche + blog.  Open up the profiles of the people who already have rel=author setup.  Check the "have them in circles" counts.

2. Directly search on G+ https://plus.google.com/  Do a search and then change the results to "People and Pages."  Search beyond the brands for individual users.

No idea on the automated tools to find these writers with author rank (or at least authorship setup.) Having a G+ doesn't mean they've enabled authorship, though.  The only way to guarantee that is to actually open users in your niche through search results when you see their photos.  With Google Code search shut down, I can't think of a way to do a search for those with authorbox or something similar ... good question!

[TomRayner]

Hi Mark

Currently there isn't anything out there that will list a G+ profile by Author Rank specifically (or an estimation of one), but there are a couple of tools that might help.

First is Author Crawler, which is best explained on the website.

Second is FindPeopleOnPlus. This can let you search for profiles by keyword, industry they work in, job title and so on - as well as letting you sort by circle count.

Naturally, one would assume that people with greater circle size might have a higher author rank, and then a quick google search for their name ("By First LastName") will show you if they regularly use author markup, which again would theoretically increase their author rank.

Hope this helps.