SEO wise - what is the impact of Avatar on a blog

[Letty]

Hi all,

At the moment we are at the verge of building finally a blog. For SEO purpose I demanded that it would include social interactions with Google+, Facebook, Twitter, Youtube and some more. Especially Google+ for the authorship part.

But now they come asking me if they can work with Gravatar http://www.gravatar.com/support/what-is-gravatar/ - a Globally Recognized Avatar. I never worked with it before and can't find anything if it will negatively impact SEO on authorship - but I'm still not sure.

Does the Gravatar interfer with Google+ authorship?
I could find information about having to setup the author part in the Gravatar, but this doesn't give me the answer if this helps with Google+.

If anybody has experience of can tell me / point me in the right direction it much appreciated. Or maybe having a better solutions than the Gravatar.

[crackingmedia]

Hi Letty

I don't think there is anything wrong with it, but if you are already committed to using Google+ and including authorship on your site's pages which is linked to your Google+ profile, then I don't think you need it. I would use Google+ instead.

I hope that helps,
Peter