I was searching a lot regarding rel=publish
and rel=author
but got some doubts because most articles are from 2013 and 2014.
First, I understood that Google is not showing author's picture in SERPs since 2014. I also read that it simply ignores the author
link type. From the search engine standpoint I got it, but is the author
link type still used by G+ in any way? I think the answer is no, but would like someone's confirmation.
Second, Google said back in 2014 that authorship was dead but that the publisher
link type was still being used. Is this still valid? I put the rel=publisher
attribute in my page but Google's Structured Data Testing Tool did not show anything about it (seems to be ignored). Again, is this still being used by G+ in any way?
The question can be put as: Shall we still add rel=publisher
to a site? And rel=author
?
In time searching I found this question, and based on it I see that at least Schema.org name
property is being used by Google. So I guess that publisher
property might be too.