(Entry was posted by Devin Peterso on this post in the Dumb SEO Questions community on Facebook, 06/28/2014).

Comparing click through rates with different author pictures.

Has anyone tried comparing click through rates with different author pictures to see if it matters what you look like or how your pic looks? I want to be able to test but It takes me too long to get a big enough sample size to try to draw accurate conclusions, maybe someone with a better web presence has done this??

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Devin Peterson: Has anyone tried comparing click through rates with different author pictures to see if it matters what you look like or how your pic looks? I want to be able to test but It takes me too long to get a big enough sample size to try to draw accurate conclusions, maybe someone with a better web presence has done this?
Federico Sasso: The most notorious experiment is Cyrus Shepard's back in 2012: ;http://moz.com/blog/google-author-photos
Too bad Google is apparently going to drop authors' pics.
David Kutcher: Yes... No more author photos for most queries.
Devin Peterson: :(
Jim Munro: Check the announcement in this thread, Devin. ;https://plus.google.com/113006028898915385825/posts/PDkPdPtjL6j
Perry Bernard: Too late.
Devin Peterson: Realistically, it's probably for the best. My guess is that it had an unwarranted effect on CTR anyway.
Tim Capper: check +Dan Petrovic ;recent post, he made his ctr available and when author pics disappear he will add the comparison the the data
Devin Peterson: Thank!
Dan Petrovic: Also relevant: ;http://dejanseo.com.au/blind-serp-click-experiment/ and ;http://dejanseo.com.au/authorship-ctr-myth/
Edwin Jonk: From the expert panel in this weeks SEO Questions hangout on air on 01:06:59 into the YouTube video: https://dumbseoquestions.com/q/comparing_click_through_rates_with_different_author_pictures +Devin Peterson

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