Rel="author" and rel="me" in WP and other platforms. Allow REL= and HTML in Author Bios. Webmaster Tools - Rich Snippets Testing Tool. Author information in search results - Webmaster Tools Help. Google is piloting the display of author information in search results to help users discover great content.
Check out these sample queries: [steven levy google plus], [chlorine based life], [madonna], [britney spears], [google authorship], [david pogue nytimes], [pete wentz], [javascript inheritance]. You can see author information in Google Web Search and Google News. If you want to control the display of authorship for your Google+ profile see Authorship of search results. Google Web Search Google News.