How Being “Friends” On Google+ Leads To Better Rankings. Want to rank better on Google? Get people to add you to their Google+ Circles, and that seems to be a potentially huge boost, based on a search I just did. I’m Friends With Ford When I looked for cars about an hour ago, I found a listing for Ford at the bottom of the first page of results, in the 10th position. In addition, there was an enhancement telling me that Ford had shared this link: Interesting. Indeed, I am connected to Ford through Google Plus. Content From Friends Has Long Ranked Better In many ways, there’s nothing new here. That’s what’s happening here. Side Note: Social Search Seems Sort Of Screwy As an aside, Google Social Search’s connections seem to be radically screwed up, at the moment.
In the first example, you can see that I’m told that Jason Kincaid shared a link, but then I’m also told he’s Michael Arrington. I think what’s happening is that the indirect “friend of a friend” connections are being shown. Brands Are Newish To Social Search Back to the Ford result. Reasons Why Designers Should Try Google+ Just recently, another social network site surprised and amazed millions of users. Google’s release of the new service named Google+ had its limited field test for early adopters and geeks. Many have tried using it and even some wondered if it can beat the recent record of Facebook. Google+ is initially available by invitation only.
But as time passes, Google+ is increasing its number of users as part of the field test. Many may wonder what certain features Google+ has that other social networking sites doesn’t have. 1.”Sparks” for fresh inspirations. Google+’s greatest feature is the Sparks where in one can get updated search results whenever you want to on whatever topic you want. 2. With this feature of Google+, you can create groups and choose topics that you would like to communicate with them. 3.
You can have video chats with fellow designers through the Hangouts feature of Google+. 4. 5. 6. You can manually follow popular designers or you may also search them in Google+. 7. Ads 8. The Mother of All Google+ Resource Lists - TNW Apps. Much has been said about how Twitter and Facebook should be worried about Google’s behemoth social network which gained 10 million followers in 16 day, as compared to Twitter’s 780 days, and Facebook’s even longer 852 days.
But like any new service online, people may be signing up and doing very little with their accounts. In fact, they’re probably the same people who signed up for a Twitter account, updated once with something along the lines of “I’m just trying to figure this Twitter thing out,” and disappeared just as fast leaving in their wake a sad little egg avatar and little else. But Google+ launched just barely under a month ago, and the sheer volume of extensions, third party sites and enhancements that have already emerged may be proof of the social network’s staying power. If this list is anything to go by, people like Google+, and they’re willing to make the effort to improve the experience for all involved. So in no particular order, here is a list of ways to do just that. Google+ Insider's Guide » Pro-Tips, Feature Updates, & Who to Circle. How to Get Your Suspended Google+ Profile Reinstated. How to Get Your Suspended Google+ Profile Reinstated Last week, we discussed whether Google should require you to use your real name for Google+ profiles.
Google is working on eliminating fake profiles, and in the process, they've booted some real people, including actor +William Shatner. If you find out that your Google+ account has been suspended, you can appeal the suspension and get your profile reinstated. Step 1 Request a Review During the signup process, you'll be prompted to request a review. Step 2 Wait 24 Hours Assuming the details you submitted in the appeal form passed inspection, you'll regain access to your account. If, after 24 hours, your account is still suspended, you'll have to appeal to Google again. Step 3 Request a Second Appeal From your Google+ profile page, click on the link to the appeal form. Step 4 Wait for Google to Contact You Once the second appeal has been filed, you'll have to wait for Google to contact you directly to deal with the situation.
Step 7 Be Patient. The Google Plus 50. If you’re curious about Google+, the new social network platform from Google, you’re not alone. I’ve logged several hours already on the platform, experimenting, testing, and observing. It sparks my attention from several angles: marketing, technology, community, media, mobile, advertising, and more. To that end, I wrote down 50 things to think about with regards to Google+, in no particular order: The purpose of this list is to get you thinking about a bunch of different possibilities.
You’re welcome to dispute them all, but that really wouldn’t be the point. Instead, make your own similar post and link back. People can compare. The Google+ 50 Google+ is built to take you away from either Facebook or Twitter (or both), and it could do it, in time. “A question to ask yourself is, ‘Should I get in early, before anyone’s there to bother with? “Will the mainstream pick this up the way they did Twitter? I Could Be Wrong All Over the Place Again, the point isn’t to be right. And thanks! Google+ Profile Optimization: Branding, SEO and Social Media Marketing. I think that the opportunities for social and search and ad reach will be fantastic with G+… and I for one think Google brilliant for arranging a perfect storm. With Business Pages however, while great for small businesses, they will compete with our own websites for ranking, making G+ a hub and a top-ranking one at that… think Wikipedia for companies powered by social.
You know what that means, right? SEO is top-3 organic or fail. ─Bruce Clay That’s the start of a message I got from Bruce this week. Clearly Google+ has vast and far-reaching implications for the Internet marketing industry. Google+ is, after all, the first publicly viewable, crawlable social network with the potential to significantly effect search results. Boost Your Bio: Optimize all provided fields Use every field provided on your Google profile as an opportunity to build substance and context around your brand.
Give It Juice: Let the link love flow in and out Stay Fresh: Update profile info and post regularly. Google+ Tips To Make Productivity Better. Since everyone is talking about Google+ I wanted to share some tips I have learned so far. This post will always be expanding as Google+ is so new there are sure to be more tips and tricks over time. Keyboard Shortcuts in Google Stream Scroll to the next post down – hit the “J” key Scroll up to the next post – hit the “K’” Key Jump to chat – hit the “Q” key Add * before and after the message to make it BOLD Add _ before and after the message to make it ITALIC Add - before and after the message to make it a Strike Through Get to the top of the page just click on the black line across the top of the screen and it will jump you up to the latest post.
Circles To add a user to your circle you got to your circles tab and enter their email address and find them. Private Circles – I have a circle I named “Private” and have no one in the circle. Rearrange your circles – So you don’t want your circles in the order Google has them. Photos Usability Profile Sparks Come follow me on Google+