Anybody had Google Authorship Re-Instated?

[jaselc]

I know that Google reduced the number of searches that showed the blog owners Google Authorship picture. This happened in December and there were a few posts about it on here! Has anybody who lost theirs actually had it reinstated yet?

I believe it was based on the quality/authority of the site and not the actual person. Would be interested to see if anyone has managed to get theirs back yet?

 

[Conor]

I never lost mine which is a good sign I guess.

 

[jaselc]

I never lost mine which is a good sign I guess.

I only activated mine about 1 week before Google decided to reduce it (typical) It showed up for that week and then disappeared. I read somewhere that a lot of black&white images were removed but I don't think there was any real evidence of this!!!

 

[lover]

Mine also stopped displaying after 2 weeks, may be because there was 0 activity on my g plus account.

 

[flipitup]

I'm using black and white photo and it still shown.

 

[hes21]

From memory it was only some niches that lost it? Can't remember where I read that.

 

[jaselc]

From memory it was only some niches that lost it? Can't remember where I read that.

There are still a lot of sites in my niche that still have it, so It can't be that. I'll just keep improving my authority and hopefully it will be back soon!!

 

[ProMoney28]

I had that issue with some of my blogs.

 

[txhepoker]

Damn thanks bro! Mine was a B&W and it was a serious 200+ page authentic content blog. I will give it a shot and see if it works!

I only activated mine about 1 week before Google decided to reduce it (typical) It showed up for that week and then disappeared. I read somewhere that a lot of black&white images were removed but I don't think there was any real evidence of this!!!

 

[jaselc]

Damn thanks bro! Mine was a B&W and it was a serious 200+ page authentic content blog. I will give it a shot and see if it works!

Ok mate, please let me know if it works!!!

 

[jaselc]

Woohoo! My google authorship is showing again in the searches. Maybe my site gained a bit more authority or maybe it was an increase in my g+ followers!!

funnily enough my image came back and my rankings dropped 3 positions. Haha

sure I'll be number 1 in no time

 

[umerjutt00]

I had my pic removed and it is still not re-instated. I had around 1300 G+ followers and some nice activity on my profile.. but i was using picture of a cartoon character Maybe that's the reason they removed it.

 

[mallorca123]

yes i have also copy a lot of images from other sources is that a problem?

 

[txhepoker]

I seriously doubt it my friend. Many people share content over a social platform and it is expected...

yes i have also copy a lot of images from other sources is that a problem?

 

[jaselc]

Hmmmm.... After having my Google Authorship re-instated 4 month ago, it seems to have disappeared again. Anyone else had this?