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3 Successful Google+ Pages and Why They Work

3 Successful Google+ Pages and Why They Work
Have you created a Google+ page for your business? In this article I’ll show you what three top pages are doing. Still in its infancy, Google+ has become a very hot topic. Amid concern that this “new kid on the block” couldn’t compete in a social media landscape owned by Facebook, some have opted to dismiss the platform entirely. While Google+ and Google+ business pages are still in the early stages, there is growing evidence that they’re here to stay. You Can No Longer Ignore Google+ Google+ may be the newcomer in social media, but it can no longer be dismissed. “Search is probably the biggest reason it changes everything. Google+ Updates Coming Fast Over the past few weeks, there has been a slew of Google+ updates that should make marketers sit up and take notice. Google+ is here to stay, with updates coming out almost weekly. The Google+ team is actively soliciting and responding to user feedback and suggestions on their Google+ page, hinting that more updates are in the works. #1: Android

Find Out the Best Time to Post on Google+ Have you ever wondered if there’s an ideal time you should share your posts on Google+ so that they have more impact? Developer Daniel Treadwell did, and instead of staying in the dark, he decided to build a tool that will do just that – the aptly named Google+Timing. Announcing the new app, Daniel writes: “To attempt to aid you (and myself!) After granting the app access to your Google+ profile, it analyzes engagement on your posts, and determines what time is best for you to post. Aside from telling you what your ideal posting time is, Google+Timing also breaks down your post ranks by day and by time of day, so while I know that Sunday between 4pm and 5pm is my ideal time to post, I also know that Monday comes a close second. The app works by analyzing the number of comments and shares your posts receive. +1s will also be included, but as Daniel explains, “There is currently an issue with +1 counts found via the G+ API.

11 Marketing Tips for LinkedIn With over 135 million users, 59% of which are located outside of the United States and with 75 of the Fortune 100 companies using the network for marketing and recruiting purposes, LinkedIn has become a critical platform for building, connecting with, and growing your personal and professional networks. As the leading business social network, LinkedIn offers the chance to connect with professionals all around the world and from all industry backgrounds. But how do you convert networks into customers, and ‘likes’ into sales? 1. Learn from your peers Successful marketing is all about listening to what your market needs. 2. It doesn’t matter how specific your company’s product or service, LinkedIn allows you to connect with companies or individuals by industry, company size, geographic location, and more. 3. You can post the latest news, product updates, videos and promotions on your Company Profile and instantly learn how it is being received with likes, comments and shares. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

Business Social Media Benefits with Google Plus Google Plus offers business opportunities available nowhere else. The social network run by Google — the gateway to your business — is a game-changer. It ties together several Google products and delivers many rewards for brands. Google Plus and social signals Sharing things on Google+ and encouraging others to +1 your content works essentially the same way as Facebook “likes”, but the impact is more pronounced because Google Search favors sites that have received more social credibility from others. According to a study by Searchmetrics, social signals — recommendations through Likes, tweets and Google+ — account for 7 of the 8 most highly correlated ranking factors in Google search results. Google Plus and PageRank Google+ posts are crawled and indexed almost immediately. Key points about followed links: When you share a link on Google+, the anchor text becomes the title of the page you are sharing.Only shared links (the links that show up beneath your post) are followed. Connect:

Google+: The Complete Guide Using Google+? Add Mashable to your circles. You'll get the latest about new Google+ features and tips and tricks for using the platform as well as top social media and technology news. Guide updated January 18, 2012 Google+: It's the hot social network on the block. Google+, however, isn't the easiest thing to understand. A recent change new and old Google+ users should take note of is Search Across Your World launched on Jan. 10, 2012. Now Google can pull search results from your Google+ friends and material from other Google+ users whom you don't follow who have related content labeled public. We will continuously update this guide as new initiatives such as the Search Across Your World are started, further integrating Google+ into the Google ecosystem. We decided to dig into every aspect of Google+, from Hangouts to Circles, from Google+ Pages to what's next for Google's social network. So, without further ado, here is Mashable's complete guide to Google+: What Is Google+? Profile Photos

How To Hack Google Plus For SEO Value People tend to think of Google Plus as just another social network, built as Google’s challenge to Facebook’s incredible growth over the past decade. What most people don’t realize, however, is the SEO value that makes Google+ so much more than just a social networking platform. How so? Studies show a powerful correlation between search rankings and the number of Google +1's received by a URL. It's probably not a surprise that activity on Google's social network influences Google search results, but the degree of correlation is astonishingly high. So how do we leverage Google+ for SEO value? A Brief Overview of Google+ Like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and the others, Google+ is a social networking platform. In late 2010, Google’s Matt Cutts made it clear that “social signals” were factored into search ranking algorithms. The correlation between helpful content and a high volume of social signals seems natural and intuitive. The Power of User-Created Content 1. Make it easy. Sure. 2.

33 New Digital Media Resources You May Have Missed Did you keep yourself busy this week reading about all things CES? Well, just in case you missed anything outside of Vegas, it’s time for the weekly features roundup. We have tips for navigating the dating scene with digital media, tricks for making your Pinterest cutting edge and pointers for getting the most out of YouTube. We’ve covered the coolest tech accessories, the most popular Twitter pictures and we’re even holding a Facebook short story contest. Here are this week’s social media resources. Editor’s Picks 10 Essential YouTube Tips and Tricks Here’s how to get more out of your YouTube experience, from improved search to better viewing options via cunning shortcuts. 8 Apple Accessories at CES [PICS] The top iPhone and iPod accessories we found at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show. How Technological Justice Can Fight Global Poverty While the developed world takes tech for granted, billions of people still live without electricity. Tell Us A Story – On Facebook [CONTEST] Social Media

Nine Ways to be a Competitive SEO This post has been inspired and adapted from one of my favourite non-SEO bloggers, James Altucher. He recently wrote: 9 Ways to break all the rules. As an SEO, regardless to the fact we proscribe or prescribe the definition, our jobs are to get our content high up enough in SERPs to attract searchers into our sites. Simply put, it’s the art of making something findable. However, in order to do that, we need to try and follow a set of rules; rules that have been set for us by search engines to get that content up there. Sometimes rules are meant to be broken. Part of being a good SEO is to understand what these rules are, but part of being a GREAT SEO is to know how far you can stretch these rules, how to cleverly interpret them, and when you can break them. A few of these are going to be shocking, a few outrageous. rules in SEO ===> Do the opposite. On any given day, there are hundreds of theories on what the right strategy is. ===> Surprise Is the strategy to look at volume of links?

Free and best way to Check Duplicate Content ~ MY SEO PRANK After the updation of Google Panda Algorithm in 24 Feb 2011 the basic scenario of panda algorithm is to unique content is the first priority of any website and the second one is if any website have broken link then it could be penalized by Panda Algorithm. And you could drop your ranking. So After Panda Algorithm you can't use duplicate content in your website. Your Website Content would be 100% unique then you could compete your competitors otherwise you are wasting your time to promote your duplicate low quality Content. So today I am sharing with you some important websites name that could help you to check your content is 100% Unique or not. If you have any kind of suggestion or question regarding this post please leave a comment. :) About myseoprank myseoprank is a 22 year old young guy who is blessed with the art of Blogging, Social Media Marketing, Search Engine Optimization, On Page, Off Page, Email Marketing and many more.

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