Title: Verifying Authorship Google Plus
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Verifying Authorship Google Plus

 *  Resolved [Dan14](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dan14/)
 * (@dan14)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/verifying-authorship-google-plus/)
 * I verified my site through Google Plus page. I see in the settings it is recommended
   to use my personal profile. Can I use my Google Plus page for verifying authorship
   or my personal profile?
 * I already linked my Google Plus page to the website.
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 *  Thread Starter [Dan14](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dan14/)
 * (@dan14)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/verifying-authorship-google-plus/#post-5061114)
 * I want to rephrase my question. I read about rel publisher and rel author in 
   your support forum. I have made several posts without adding Google+ profile 
   in general settings.
 * I understand that I should use Google+ business page for the default (rel publisher)
   and to create a user and add the personal Google+ profile (rel-author).
 * However, I did not create another user and made posts. How do I revert this and
   ensure the real author will be used for my already existing posts?
 *  Plugin Support [Steve M](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpsmort/)
 * (@wpsmort)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/verifying-authorship-google-plus/#post-5061154)
 * Hi Dan,
 * Here is what Google says about Authorship:
 * An author must be a person, you can only verify authorship using the Google+ 
   profile of a person, you cannot use the Google+ profile of a business to verify
   authorship.
 * A publisher can be a business. Publisher does not need verification but the Google
   + profile for publisher must be linked to the Google+ profile of the author.
 * To my knowledge you cannot create a business Google+ profile without first logging
   in as a person which would be the Google+ profile you use as the author because
   that’s the linked profile.
 * To set Google Author in All in One SEO Pack edit your profile or set the Default
   Google+ Profile under All in One SEO, General Settings, Google Settings ([http://semperplugins.com/documentation/google-settings/](http://semperplugins.com/documentation/google-settings/)).
 *  Thread Starter [Dan14](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dan14/)
 * (@dan14)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/verifying-authorship-google-plus/#post-5061162)
 * Thank you for your reply.
 * I did create the business page with my profile, yes. For rel author, I set my
   personal profile under google settings, correct? How do I set my business page
   to be rel publisher?
 *  Plugin Support [Steve M](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpsmort/)
 * (@wpsmort)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/verifying-authorship-google-plus/#post-5061163)
 * Hi Dan,
 * It’s under Advanced Authorship Options, Specify Publisher URL
 * Check the documentation here – [http://semperplugins.com/documentation/google-settings/#advancedauthorshipoptions](http://semperplugins.com/documentation/google-settings/#advancedauthorshipoptions).
 *  Thread Starter [Dan14](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dan14/)
 * (@dan14)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/verifying-authorship-google-plus/#post-5061220)
 * Thank you for solving the matter

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 * Last reply from: [Dan14](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dan14/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/verifying-authorship-google-plus/#post-5061220)
 * Status: resolved