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First of all Author Rank is not existing as a ranking factor (yet), so it would be better talking about Authorship. When it comes to Knowledge Graph, the specific case you are referring to is all about Google Plus Local, hence if you want to appear in box on the right you should have your Google Plus Local page well configured. in the case of being in the knowledge graph for your own name, be aware that you should be a node in the knowledge graph for really appearing there in a not personalized search. If not, you will appear in the Knowledge box only in personalized searches and to those users who had circled you on Google+. Hence, if you want to appear there - in a personalized environment - the best is being very active on G+, becoming relevant there so that you have a lot of people circling you. Related to the carousel "Users also searched....", that is build by Google using its own Knowledge Base. Somehow it is a sort of "related searches". For instance, if you search for Danny Sullivan, in that carousel you will find Matt Cutts, Vanessa Fox and others search marketers or people related to search marketing. So, if you are not seeing yourself in the carrousel, that means that Google does not have such a significant search volume metric for you so to justify you appearing there. But if you are able to do branding so that users start using your name/brand name to search you/your brand, then there's a chance for you to appear also there.

Great call, thanks Matt!

It's not too late for you to start your next career, Robert. You know how new ventures can be fun. Or, you can simply do stand-up at the local pub for tips.

It can take a while before OSE shows the link, if at all. If it's not indexed by Google yet, I'd try to find a way to share it on G+.. I don't reccomend pimping URLs just to get indexed, but if you can do it conguently with your audience then it may help get the URL indexed faster.

Wish we could claim it as a client, then we would definitely report it and ask for a raise!  LOL It's most definitely a regional thing, as we changed the Search Tools location to other areas and it varied the results slightly, but I wonder if this really is a glitch or if that site is doing something we should be, or if it's just a temporary result. It was just shocking to see almost an entire page of one domain.  Almost like their "site links" were converted into actual results. Thanks for the responses! hmLKE