Google Authorship is Dead Now. Read below. https://plus.google.com/ JohnMueller/posts/HZf3KDP1Dm8 No user profile will be seen in search result page and all Google+ Authorship tags "rel=author" and "rel=publisher" is neglected by Google from now.
Google + is here and should really be used if you have a blog or business online. They "have" ended authorship but they are still tracking everything that you do online. Even creating Authorship shows us what Google wants to do in the future. It will be back and utilizing the service now is much better than playing catch up once they relaunch something similar. Also, G+ shares are showing up in search results. This is only to the G+ post itself but just another point to show where G+ is headed.
I used to think that Google+ was horrible, but since I've started using it, I must say that I like it much better than Facebook.
I am also driving good traffic to my blog through G+. @Steven J Wilson Made a very good point about authorship and the direction of Google wants to go in the future
More and more people are now using google+, it may not be considered the best social media site but it is worth using.