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When I test my website on Google SDTT it will show:

This is not a verified publisher markup.
Error: Missing required field "updated".
Error: Missing required hCard "author".

How can I solve it? And is this affecting my SEO rating?

Screenshot of errors as shown by Google’s SDTT

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You will need to integrate your personal Plus profile with website and vice versa.

Follow this:

  • Create a link to your Google+ profile from your webpage, like this:

    <a href="[profile_url]?rel=author">Google</a>
    
  • Replace [profile_url] with the your Google+ profile URL, like this:

    <a href="https://plus.google.com/109412257237874861202? rel=author">Google</a>
    
  • Your link must contain the ?rel=author parameter. If it's missing, Google won't be able to associate your content with your Google+ profile.

  • Add a reciprocal link back from your profile to the site(s) you just updated.

  • Edit the Contributor To section.

  • In the dialog that appears, click Add custom link, and then enter the website URL.

  • If you want, click the drop-down list to specify who can see the link.

  • Click Save.

More here: https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/1408986?expand=option2


UPDATE:

In a very latest update issued today only, Google has confirmed that they are completely removing authorship feature from Google search. Pls follow updates here: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+JohnMueller/posts/HZf3KDP1Dm8

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You are using the hEntry Microformat. This Microformat requires three classes:

  • entry-title
  • updated
  • author

You are missing updated and author.

(See my answer to a question with a similar problem.)

These errors most likely won’t affect your ranking, Google might just consider not showing a Rich Snippet.

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