Establishing Google authorship by email verification?

[deeper]

Hi,
I have some small static websites and I'm the only author there.

There are several ways of establishing Google-authorship and getting a pic in the serps. Is it right that using email verification is recommended because of several reasons:

1. Only name on pages
Without any linking it is sufficient to just place the name anywhere on the pages. This is very simple to do and has two further advantages:

2. Low probability of mistakes and technical problems
The easier and more simple, the less Google or the webmster can do wrong.

3. Independence and flexibility
Blog or a static website? It doesn't matter. Changes of webdesign or software also won't create problems. No Wordpress plugin needed.
You will always find a place for your name and things always should run smoothly.

Please agree or disagree.

Unvisible <link>-tag in the head would be my second choice.

[aakk9999]

Have you tried email authorship verification? If so, is your experience alongside the points you noted? It would be interested to know how you got on.

[deeper]

Before doing I have to clear two other things. For example if the email has to appear publicly at G+.

But in theory... are my thoughts wrong? It's sure that a byline like "by ...." or "author: ..." near the text is enough (after verification).