Update Google Places Listing Or Lose It Back in February, Google sent emails to businesses telling them to update their Google Places listing or risk losing it. It turned out that this purge of local listings was aimed at Australian listings only. Post by My Local Business Online. True to their word, Google started removing […]
Google Plus Custom URLs – To Claim or Not To Claim?
A few days ago, Google announced a raft of updates to the Google Plus platform including Google Plus custom URLs. It all looks very exciting! You can watch the announcement event on the video below, or Social Media Hat posted a great summary. Google Plus Custom URLs “Custom” URLs (or vanity URLs) are in the […]
Google Plus Comments For WordPress Blogs [Video]
Regular readers may have noticed a slight change to the blog. Yes, I have gone social and added Google Plus comments… Google Plus Comments Plugin The plugin I opted for was Google+ Comments by Brandon Holtsclaw. It’s available through the WordPress plugin repository. I’m still in two minds about keeping the plugin, so would love […]
Google Authorship – How To Get Your Photo In The Search Results
What Is Google Authorship? There’s been a lot of noise about Google Authorship and even Author Rank over the last few weeks. Authorship is a way for Google to know who you are and what content you have published around the web. In its simplest form, you publish content on your website or blog. Google […]
Google Places Gets A Long Awaited Make-Over (Hurrah!)
I’ve been dying to get to this since last night when I saw the Google blog announcement fly through my feed. Google Places is having a makeover. Its new improved dashboard is rolling out now in the US and will eventually go international. We’re told to sit tight. What’s new in Google Places for Business? […]
New Google Plus Cover Photo and Profile Changes
In the midst of Facebook Timeline announcements, Google Plus was in stealth mode last week making changes to the Plus Profile and Pages cover photo and about pages. Perhaps I had my eyes shut most of last week, as I didn’t see much of a song and dance about it. There was a brief G+ […]
Moving Business Address? Google Local Updates The Guidelines (Again)
Another change for the better over at Google+ Local (Google Places). Google have updated the guidelines for changing a business address. It is now perfectly OK to change your business address in the Google Places dashboard or on the Google+ Local Business page if you have a verified merged Plus page. No Need To Mark […]