Does author rank really help rankings?

Selected answers from the Dumb SEO Questions Facebook & G+ community.

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  Subhash Chandra: Yes..
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  Jim Munro: I think it's more accurate to say that the appearance of your profile image in search results might improve the Click Through Ratio. There is an article about to be discussed in this week's Dumb SEO Questions Hangout on Air which deals with this subject. Follow it here: ;https://dumbseoquestions.com/seo_dumb_seo_questions_40
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  Brent Wildman: Kinda.
  In the future authorship will play a more vital role in actually effecting rankings. But like Jim said, it can definitely effect your CTR.
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  Andrei Gherghel: It helps but it depends on the author account. I mean that you need to have some authority for the authorship to matter.
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  Jim Munro: I am sorry. I misread the question, Marie. For some reason I read it as 'authorship'. There is no such thing as author rank but the answer is the same if you substitute 'authorship'.
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  Marie Dalia: I did mean authorship.Sorry about the confusion
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  Marie Dalia: Thank you for all your answers
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  Courtney Seiter: If you're looking for a collection of some smart SEO thinkers on Authorship, here's a godo resource: ;http://raventools.com/blog/ultimate-list-of-relauthor-resources/
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  Tim Capper: Authorship helps with visibility on page and CTR .... but not rankings.
  
  There are plenty of Googlers out there that have said it it too much of a complicated signal to measure at the moment.
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  S?awomir Zdunek: And if it helps you to get more information about this topic, let me share the link to one of John Mueller's hangouts and see what he said about aurthorship ( of course if you haven't see it already :) ;
  http://youtu.be/pDUO0vPdy5M?t=16m
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  Marie Dalia: +Sławomir Zdunek ; thank you for the link Slawomir.It confirms everything that was said here.
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  S?awomir Zdunek: +Marie Dalia ;You are welcome.