# Will Google be evaluating the use of rel=”author” moving forward?

Published August 23, 2013 · Filed under [Search Engines](https://seobandwagon.com/blog/category/search-engines)

Yes.

[Will Google be evaluating the use of rel="author" moving forward?](https://www.youtube.com/embed/3QlY8ba0jYI?feature=oembed)

The future is things, not strings. As in search strings. Things as in marked up things.

Authors can lend authority to publications, it’s not just about the domain name. These kind of common sense ideas will hopefully make for a better and more easy to understand web.

Love the one word answer in the affirmative. So much better than Matt Cutts’ Google version of the Magic 8-Ball, ‘Future Unclear’ & ‘Don’t Worry About That Too Much’.

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