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Last week, we reported that Google dropped the authorship image from the search results for good. But we also documented how the Google Structured Data Testing Tool still showed the old format, with the author image.
That has now been addressed and the authorship layout in the search results now match what you see in the Structured Data Testing Tool.
The snippet now:
The new structure data testing tool preview:
Here is what it looked like last week:
Forum discussion continued at Google+ and WebmasterWorld.
Comments:
Laurentiu
07/02/2014 01:03 pm
Images are still displayed for google+ accounts, this move it to grow up G+ trafic.
Sudheer Yadav
07/02/2014 01:06 pm
There is no doubt that Google is the leader keep it up and Help for my website seo work http://www.guruofmovie.com/
Mozalami
07/03/2014 02:31 pm
Well there is still a mention to image in Google Webmaster Tools : search appearance overview https://www.flickr.com/photos/mohammedalami/14518650272/
Wicked Ying
07/30/2014 10:57 pm
Right after I had Google authorship linked to my blog, this thing happens! Sad news. I really liked the photo feature!