When you publish a blog post, article, video or anything else online, it’s pretty standard practice to share content you create on your social sites. As the search engines get more advanced, social mentions are becoming more important for ranking too. It’s not enough that your content is shared by just you. One of the […]
Important Service Area Business Google+ Local Change You Need To Know
It’s the 2nd January, and back to the keyboard as usual with a business head on! Just before the holidays, Google made this announcement on their Google and Your Business Forum Are you a Service Area Business (SAB) that has created and verified/merged a social local Google+ page for your business? Read on! If you […]
New Google Advice: Merging Google+ Local Page (Places) And Reviews With Google+ Local Business Page
That title is a mouthful and a half isn’t it! So, to clarify… You’ve claimed your Google+ Local Page (also known as Google Places) and have started collecting reviews. You’ve created a Google+ Local Business page via your Google Plus account. Now you have the option to merge the two for a full social experience […]
Yoast WordPress SEO: Open Graph Tags and Twitter Cards [Video]
My recent blog post about setting social sharing image thumbnails with Open Graph tags was perhaps not the most tech free and simple as it could be! If you use WordPress, these Open Graph tags can be set really easily using the Yoast WordPress SEO plugin. While I was in the Social section of Yoast […]
Defining Social Sharing Image Thumbnails: The Secret Is Open Graph Tags
Social Sharing and Open Graph Tags When you share your web pages or blog posts on social sites such as Facebook, Google Plus and LinkedIn, a thumbnail image is often generated and displayed next to the description. These thumbnail images can be auto-generated based on the first appropriately sized image on your page or post. […]
Have Your Google Reviews Disappeared? You’re Not Alone!
“I Can See the Future of Your Google Reviews”by Margaret Shulock is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. Based on a work at blumenthals.com Help! My Google Reviews Disappeared I had a quick question on Skype earlier this week… “I just popped into my local listing. What happened? Most of my Google […]
Updating Google+ Local Verified Social Pages
Updating Your Google+ Local Page Google have confirmed that edits to your business information on your Google+ Local verified social page should be done through the Google Plus dashboard – NOT the Google Places dashboard. The only exception would be editing details that are not available through Google Plus, such as the categories. Edits do […]