Why Your Google Authorship Photo Suddenly Stopped Displaying In Search Results

If you have Google authorship setup on your site or blog and working properly, you may have noticed in recent weeks that your photo is no longer being displayed in relevant Google search results. Even if you haven't come across this issue, do a quick Google search for a topic that you know will return your site in the search results. If you don't see your Google+ photo displayed and you know for a fact that it once did, this may shed some light on what's going on.

When I first came across this issue, I was noticing while my profile photo was absent, my name was sill being displayed as the author on the search results page. I went over to Google's Structured Data Testing Tool and plugged in my site's URL. Strangely enough, Google displayed a message saying that 'Authorship is working for this webpage' and it even showed me a preview of what a piece a content of mine will look like in a Google search. Even more strange is that this preview was displaying my Google+ profile photo. I went through all the other steps to make sure authorship was properly setup on my site; verifying that all my content linking to my Google+ profile had rel=author" and that my contributor section on my profile had reciprocal links back to the sites with all my authorship content. After verifying all that, I was still baffled as to why it wasn't working.

After reading through practically every thread, I was finding that this was a common issue but wasn't finding a succinct reason as to why this was occurring. Until I came across two responses from two different posters: Grace Massa Langlois and David Deering.

Thanks to these helpful souls, I learned that Google was doing some experimenting behind the scenes lately with rich snippets, including authorship snippets which has resulted in sometimes your profile image and your author name not being displayed. And sometimes it's just your author name, and sometimes neither. I realized my authorship was working just fine, hence why it was displaying my author name in search results and not my photo. 

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25 Powerful Photoshop Light Effect Tutorials

No matter how long you've been working with Photoshop, it’s impossible to know everything. The possibilities are endless and people constantly find new ways to use old tools. For example, even the most amazing light effects can be achieved with a couple of basic brushes and filters without using any third-party plugins.

With so many free Photoshop tutorials out there, it would be a shame not to be able to create some beautiful lighting effects! But people are lazy and often need a little “push”. That’s why we want to share these 25 Powerful Photoshop Light Effect Tutorials to get you moving!

1. Design a Vista Styled Wallpaper

2. Vibrant Blackberry Inspired Ad in Photoshop

3. Eclipse Effect in Photoshop

4. Space Lighting Effect

5. Windows Vista Aurora Effect Photoshop Tutorial

6. How to Create Light Streaks in Photoshop

7. Create a Glowing Light Painting Effect

8. Creating a Mac-Type Background in Photoshop

9. Luminescent Lines

10. Brilliant Light Effects with Photoshop

11. Dazzling Dance Photo Manipulation

12. Create an Electrifying Light Guitar

13. Make a Dreamy Abstract Background

14. The Making of “Constant Slip”

15. Create a Red Giant Star in Photoshop

16. Amazing Photoshop Light Effect

17. Create an amazing Ad in Photoshop

18. Awesome Digital Bokeh Effect in Photoshop

19. How to Make Your Photos Look Hipster

20. Flying Girl in Photoshop

21. Slick Dusky Lighting Effects in Photoshop

22. Create A Futuristic Photo Illustration

23. How to Illustrate a Camera with Light Streaks

24. Abstract Light Streaks Poster

25. Morning Glow

DYC - The Voice of Generation - World's Largest Education Classified Portal

Dreamyourcareer.com is World's Largest Education Classified Portal. DYC is a website that lets people find the schools, colleges, institutes, tuitions in your local area. DYC utilizes technology in a unique way to list educational information as main landing page. People can search exact location of schools and colleges because Google maps API is included in site. DYC having solutions for all: PHP, Java, .net, SAP, ERP, C, C , Ethical Hacking, CAD, Web Designing, IPhone Trainning, Jobs, schools, colleges, Institutes, tuitions, coaching, education, study, result.

Best Responsive Websites 2014

We all need some inspiration sometimes. Especially with responsive design. Here are some of the best responsive websites that have been inspiring me, in January 2014 so far.
Some are based on aesthetic and some on technical ability. I tend to come across a lot of websites that look amazing, but have crazy long load times. Although these websites are very eye catching and impressive, I try not to condone this practice. Just because a websites looks great, doesn’t mean a user should have to wait 10 minutes for it to load, or use a certain browser.
Let m know what you think of these responsive websites or if you have some suggestions of your own.

Best Responsive Websites January 2014 edition:

• Getgoldee.com
• Parrot.com
• Papertiger.com
• Lubiam.it
• Studioalto.com
• Hughesestatesales.com
• Flatguitars.com

Plugin To Switch Themes Conditionally

WordPress already includes a function which enables you to switch themes:

<?php fb_widget( $stylesheet ) ?>

The only problem is, this function will write to your database.

If you need to change themes conditionally, another solution is to use the stylesheet & template filters in WordPress which you can add to a simple plugin like this.

<?php

/**

 * Plugin Name: FB Widget

 * Plugin URI:  http://wordpress.org/plugins/fb-widget

* Description: Description Goes here….

* Version:     1.0

 * Author:      Geeta Dhamija

 * @copyright 2014 DYC

 * Author URI:  http://dreamyourcareer.com/author/geeta-dyc/

 */

add_filter( 'stylesheet', 'wpsites_change_themes' );

add_filter( 'template',   'wpsites_change_themes' );

function wpsites_change_themes( $theme ) {

    if ( ! is_user_logged_in() )

        $theme = 'twentyfourteen';

    return $theme;

}

The above example will display the Twenty Fourteen parent theme to all logged out users and display whatever theme you have activated in the backend to all logged in users.

How To Use This Code

You’ll need to create a plugin with this code then install and activate it.

1. Create a new file named plugin.php using a code editor like Notepad++ and copy the PHP code from the view raw link in the Gist labelled plugin.php.
2. For the readme.txt file you can simply use notepad to create a new file named readme.txt and paste the text into the new file.

Then all you need to do is place both files in a new folder and send it to zip so you can upload, install & activate the plugin.

5 Things to Consider Before Designing New Website

Do you have the time to do a big bug hunt?

A bug hunt is imperative when creating a new website design because your website is going to be loaded with bugs. It is the same with any new piece of programming. You cannot be sure what parts will work correctly until it is up and running, and even then there are problems with compatibility or problems getting something to work on one platform as well as it work on another.

Is it time your website had a responsive design?

There is no law saying that you have to have a responsive website, but if you are looking into getting one then you should know that converting a website into a responsive website is a lot harder than building one from scratch. If you are going to have a responsive website, then you may as well couple it with a brand new website design.

Is the current design stale and old fashioned?

Websites and their designs may go out of fashion and if a website starts to look old then it is often considered to be cheap and therefore untrustworthy. If your website is becoming stale or old fashioned then it may be time for a redesign.

Will your current web content lend itself well to your new design?

The type of content and its amount is going to have to be placed onto your new web design. Is it going to be possible for your current website content to fit into your new design, both on an aesthetic level and on a technical level? Obviously if you are faced with this problem, then you could just change your new design to make it more suitable.

Will a new design cure some of your browser or device compatibility problems?

If you are already having browser or device compatibility problems, then a new design may help you to overcome them. That is going to help you quite a bit and so is a great reason to go for a new website design. You can test each design on numerous browsers, operating systems and devices before you upload it as your new website design.

How to Improve Your Website's Google Ranking

Google's search engine, www.google.com, uses a variety of methods to determine which pages are displayed first in the results. Their exact formula is a secret, but there are a few things you can do to improve your positioning. The term for this is Search Engine Optimization (SEO).

These tips may not make your website the first one to appear in the list, but they just may help you move up a little. No matter what you do, make sure you make a site that you want to visit. If you're gaming the system, sooner or later Google will figure it out and change their formula. You'll end up plummeting in the search results and wonder why.

Ignore spam and websites that offer to submit your website to hundreds of search engines. At best these are wastes of time or money and at worst they can actually hurt your ranking.

Keyword Phrases

Rather than focusing on a single word, try adding a few words to make a keyword phrase. You may want to read about effective Google searches to see how keyword phrases help with searches. Don't overdo it. If it looks spammy, it probably is.

If you were searching for your own website, what keyword phrase would you type into Google for each page? Would you look for super fast widgets? Would you look for cooking with widgets? It may be helpful to get a different perspective. Ask someone else to read your page and suggest what they think your keyword phrase might be. 

Try to stick to one subject per page, and stick to one keyword phrase per page. That doesn't mean you should write stilted text or use odd phrases. Clear writing is both easier to search and easier to read.

Density

One of the things Google looks for when it catalogs pages is the density of the keyword usage. In other words, how often the keyword occurs. Use natural phrasing. Don't try to trick the search engine by repeating the same word over and over or making text "invisible." It doesn't work. In fact, some of that behavior even get your website banned.

Give a strong opening paragraph that says what your page is actually about. This is just good practice, but it may help search engines find your page, too.

Name Your Pages

Give your pages a descriptive name with the <title> attribute. This is vital. Google displays search results as a link using the Web page's title. A link called 'untitled' isn't enticing, and nobody is going to click on it. When appropriate, use the page's keyword phrase in the title.

Link Early, Link Often

One of the biggest factors Google looks at is the hyperlink. Google looks at both links to and from your website.

You can improve your PageRank by exchanging text links with other relevant websites. Banner exchanges are not as effective, and pages that want to charge you for this service, are probably already known spammers.

Social Networking

Social networking sites can be a good way to promote a site, but most will not affect your rank directly. Google+ promotion may be an exception.

Make Your Graphics Search Friendly

Keep the Flash to a minimum. People may enjoy reading Flash, but search engines tend to skip right over it. It's also bad for phone traffic.

Give your images <alt> attributes. Not only does it make your website more accessible to the visually impaired, it also gives you another chance to place your keywords where Google can see them.

Good Design Is Popular Design

In the end, strong, well organized pages are pages that Google tends to rank higher. They're also pages that tend to become more popular, which means Google will rank them even higher. Keep good design in mind as you go, and much of the SEO will design itself.