Google to Introduce Public Profile Cards for All Users

Authorship 2.0 is here folks.

Looks like there were some recently-published Google Search support pages (1), (2), (3) (they all are down now) which mentioned that they are planning to launch Google Search profile cards. Anyone can simply search for your name and get the info you choose to share. This lets you partly control how the world sees you.

According to the documentation, you need to be on a mobile device (Android or iPhone), with the mobile browser or Google app, and you have to sign in to a personal account (unfortunately, that seems to mean that G Suite accounts won’t be allowed access). Then you either search for your name or search for “add me to google” or “edit my search result.” The option to create your card will be on top.

Some information is required, like your name, location, summary, and occupation, all of which should help distinguish you from other people with the same name; but there seem to be more optional fields including one for your image and another for contact information. Once you’re done, you can preview the card and submit it.

The cards aren’t live yet.

Update 12/08/2020: Documentation links above are online again.