Why Block People on Google Plus? One of the joys of a Google Plus profile or Google My Business Page is the ability to connect with anyone, anywhere within the Google Plus social system. In my previous post I highlighted why some home based businesses find random followers rather disturbing and how to change your […]
Google My Business – Goodbye Google Places
Hello Google My Business Google announced yesterday the global rollout of Google My Business. The official UK announcement came this morning over on the Google UK for Business Page. Google My Business should be hitting the dashboard in 236 regions and 65 languages as we speak. If you don’t have it right now, it won’t […]
How to Convert a Google Plus Brand Page to Google Local [Video]
There’s great news for local businesses who set up the wrong type of Google Plus Page. Google now allows you to convert a Google Plus Brand page to a Google Plus Local Page. This isn’t a merge of pages. The local data from your verified Google Plus Local Page is removed and transferred to a […]
How To Transfer Ownership Of Your Google Local Page [Video]
Did you know you can transfer ownership of your Google Local Page? One of the benefits of the upgrade to social pages on Google Plus is the transfer option. It’s come in very handy! (Yes, this works with non-local Plus Pages too) Here’s how – text and screenshots below the video How to Transfer Ownership […]
Google Places (+Local) Edit Info Warnings [Video]
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 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 […]