As I use the Structured Data Testing Tool, I noticed that the preview does allow my website logo to be appeared in the Google search result instead of the author's headshot:
Although I've implemented rel="publisher"
on my Google+ badge, if I'm not mistaken, the rich snippets "by MalaysiaTraining.net" and "More by MalaysiaTraining.net" are actually came from rel=author
, which is to be implemented as the URL paramter to a Google+ profile URL but not the rel="publisher"
attribute in the anchor tag (correct me if I'm wrong).
In order to achieve the exact effects as shown in the preview, I wonder if I can do something like that:
<a href="https://plus.google.com/my-page-id?rel=author" rel="publisher">
<img src="my-google-plus-badge.png" alt="Follow us on Google+" />
</a>
If this is illegal due to the author vs. publisher conflict, what if I remove the rel="publisher"
attribute, leaving the rel=author
parameter to be used only with my Google+ business page URL? Will this violate the Google SEO guidelines and cause a penalty?
Please advise me and thanks in advance!