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Originally Posted by Simon
Yes, I read that article too. Their plans for extending the Knowledge Vault project are part of the reason they killed Google Authorship after making such a big deal of its importance. More here...
http://searchengineland.com/goodbye-...horship-201975
Some of the comments regarding it not providing enough value to users, and how the space it required in valuable mobile real estate affected their decision, are also valuable in that they provide additional insights about the importance Big G places on those things for our own sites.
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Thank you for posting that, Simon. Indeed the comments are very informative. I have always shied away from Google authorship as I have not wanted to connect all my accounts for various reasons. Usually they do not have anything to do with each other and mine are usually used for business and not for surfers.
For example, I recently started a new Twitter to promote Mr. Skin and other such content and Twitter immediately tried to connect me to my Facebook. I do not mind the option but to push it right and front and provide no "back out" link was annoying.
I am thinking surfers/searchers are more interested to know where they can find the info/content and not who authored it. I give Google credit for constantly experimenting and trying new things. Not always to our benefit though. Or the surfers.
