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 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 […]
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+ […]
Merging Your Google+ Local and Google+ Business Page
UPDATE This procedure is now redundant as Google has introduced Google My Business and all new Pages are social pages. Claim your listing via google.co.uk/business Merging Google+ Local and Google+ Business Pages Google recently announced the first stage of merging your Google+ Local (Google Places) with your Google+ Business Page. This will enable you […]
How To Add Managers To Your Google Plus Business Page (Video)
Do you have a Google Plus business page? Did you know you can set other people as managers of your page? Here’s how to do it. Adding Managers To Your Google Plus Business Page All too much hassle? I offer Google My Business Local Page set up with my Local Visibility Packages Adding Managers to Google […]
Social Search Is Here – Almost!
Google.com introduces social search This has been on the cards for a while and Google unvieled their social search on Tuesday, Search plus Your World. A bit of a mouthful to say the least! [trafficplayer_youtube_video width=”400″ height=”233″ src=”http://www.youtube.com/embed/8Z9TTBxarbs?modestbranding=0&autohide=1&controls=0&hd=0&rel=0″ ][/trafficplayer_youtube_video] Here in the UK we have the benefit of watching the circus as social search makes […]
What are Google+ Pages and What They Mean For Your Local Business
Earlier this week, Google finally launched Google+ Pages for businesses, brands and other non-human entities. After the massive growth and announcement that G+ profiles were only for humans with real names, things went very quiet in the Plus camp for businesses. What Is Google+ (Google Plus)? Google+ is essentially a social media platform. You can […]