We might be a little late on this one, but it is worth setting up your rel author tags on Google plus. Google is very much looking at this type of information for rankings now, so it makes sense to get it done.
There are several places to learn how to do this. Here is a link to a few.
https://plus.google.com/authorship
http://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-get-googles-verified-authorship-for-your-wordpress-blog/
http://yoast.com/push-rel-author-head/
The only part we found a little tricking was setting up your “contributor for:” in Google+.
Once you are done, make sure to test it here: http://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/richsnippets
Removing “Allowed Tags” on the comment form.
This solution is from the wordpress forums from Emsi. It is not guaranteed to work on all themes, but it did work fine for me on my theme based on twenty ten. Follows these steps: 1. back up your functions.php file. 2. Add the following to your functions.php file function my_comment_form_args($user_identity, $post_id, $req) { $args…
How to remove the website field from the comment form
I had a customer request to remove the website field in the comments. You would think this would be a relatively simple thing to do, but not so. After an hour of searching, I found a solution that worked great. Here is the link. http://techhacking.com/2011/02/04/wordpress-how-to-remove-the-website-field-from-the-comment-form/
Google Website Optimizer and WordPress
Today I started a test using Google Website Optimizer on WordPress. The manual way of doing this would mean you would need to create 3 different headers and input the correct tracking code in each. While it is not a ton of work, it is a pain in the butt. The better way to do…
