Bing may be winning in its “Bing It On” challenge where it surveys random folks in blind tests to see if people prefer Bing or Google search results, but Google still reigns supreme – and by a large margin – as the #1 search engine. Because of this, it’s important to stay up-to-date with all…
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Add a Manager to your Google Plus Business Page
When Google first introduced its business pages, you as the owner of the page were limited to being the sole page administrator. But as Google Plus matured a bit and added additional functionality, it also allowed for up to 50 Business page managers. How to Add a Manager to your Google Plus Business Page 1. From…
Google Hangouts & Chats
One of the key features of using Google Plus is the Google Hangout. Not to be confused with Google Chat – or GChat – Google Hangouts are Skype-like video and audio conference calls among Google Plus users. Because Google Hangouts involve live video and chatting, many users hesitate ever trying to hangout because they aren’t…
4 More Reasons You Need to Join Google Plus
With the Google Plus dust having settled a bit and the newness somewhat worn off, you might be wondering if Google Plus is really worth your time. You already know that sharing articles or blog posts with your Google Plus Circles is helpful with SEO. You’ve read that your Google Plus profile is the…
Google Plus Buttons
If you’ve made the decision to create a Google Plus profile for either yourself or your business, the next step would be to add a linked social media icon to your website or blog to make it easy for others to find and circle you on Google Plus. You have a few style options for…
How to Use Google Plus Ripples
One major lure of social media is its potential to make something fantastic that you created, go viral. While there’s no magic formula to produce the next viral sensation, we do have ways to learn about how our content socially spreads. On Twitter, you can see the number of retweets. On Facebook, you can count…
Google +1 Button Update
To make it even easier to share blog posts and other articles to your Google Plus Circles, the existing Google +1 button… …now expands to this with mouse-over. You can now add a comment, select your circles and share to Google Plus without leaving the page. How often do you find yourself sharing content to…
How to Manage your Brand’s Reputation using Real-Time Social Search Tools
The need for monitoring mentions of your name or your brand’s name is continuously growing as more and more individuals “go social” and as more social media platforms emerge. Google Alerts has long been a standard form for discovering web mentions of your brand, but other free tools have emerged specifically for social search discovery….
Using Webmaster Tools to Improve your Keyword Ranking
If you spend any time at all on SEO efforts for your website or blog, you’ve probably wondered how good a job you are doing with your keyword choices and what are the most popular search terms that lead people to your site. Setting up and integrating Google Webmaster Tools into your Google Analytics is…
When’s the last time you Google-d your name?
You can’t hop on Twitter or read any of the social media blogs without hearing about Google’s latest search changes and the uproar it has caused. In short, articles shared on Google Plus are landing higher in search engine search results than the original articles themselves. Taking that one step further, Google Plus social mentions…
