Google + and Persona’s give credit to the Author of the unique content that they create.

But it goes beyond just proper credit, because the picture of the author shows in the SERPs, it also has been proven to increase your CTR which will improve your rankings, bounce rate and impressions on webmaster tools. Even a listing at #8 sees more clicks than many of the sites positioned above. This is a great competitive advantage.
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