Google Plus SEO: The Ultimate Google+ SEO Guide

This comprehensive Google+ SEO guide covers every aspect and angle of Google+ and how it impacts search. My normal TL;DR has been replaced with a Google+ SEO Best Practices section located at the bottom of this post. I will be periodically updating this post (updated January 23, 2012) as things inevitably change. Please don’t hesitate to comment or contact me with observations or when certain features change. I also thank the many people (on Google+) who helped in the research phase of this guide. Google+ Search Most of the attention is on the integration of Google+ in Google search results. Google+ Search Facets Google+ search queries return results with a standard selection of facets. Sometimes Google selects these facets for you. You can select certain types of content using what I call the content facet. This is all pretty self explanatory. Here you can select what universe of results you want to search. At present you can search for Google Check-ins in certain cities. Yup. Search+

Linda Lawrey A Complete Guide to Creating and Optimizing Google+ Brand Pages posted by Ruben Sanchez | April 6, 2012 | 17 comments Taking full advantage of the SEO and PPC benefits associated with a strong Google Plus presence requires creating a complete Google Plus Brand Page. The following post serves as a tactical guide for Google Plus covering page creation, daily management, and key optimizations with other Google products. For more detail on the SEO benefits of Google+ for individual user accounts, check out AJ Kohn’s amazing and comprehensive post. Creating a Brand Page Brand Pages are created only after logging in to an existing Google+ personal account. The Create Page workflow can be found here: Similar to Facebook’s workflow, you must first create a personal account through which you can create and manage pages. Pick a Category Each business is different, and each page serves a different type of organization. Add Your Information Google will then ask for information specific to the category. Product or Brand SEO Benefits

Helper About Google+ Ripples - Google+ Help Google+ Ripples creates an interactive graphic of the public shares of any public post or URL on Google+ to show you how it has rippled through the network and help you discover new and interesting people to follow. Ripples shows you: People who have reshared the link will be displayed with their own circle. Inside the circle will be people who have reshared the link from that person (and so on). Circles are roughly sized based on the relative influence of that person. The comments users added when they reshared a link are displayed in the sidebar of Ripples. At the bottom of the Ripples page, you can play an animated version of the visualization that shows how the link was shared over time. Beneath the timeline on the Ripples page statistics on the link. While Ripples displays a lot of cool information, you’re not actually seeing all the action that’s taken place. Not sure if a post is public?

Jaana Nyström G+ for Organisations and Businesses Using Google Plus for Business and Organisations of all sizes. How Google plus and the social layer will transform how organizations work for years to come. Introduction When I first got involved with understanding Google over ten years ago, I was taught one central principle: Relevance. Google’s +Vic Gundotra says that they have added a “social layer” across Google’s products and services. The ‘social layer’ integrates. Google+ is at the centre of integration of the products and services. *this is a very interesting component, network weighting, that could well determine ‘which’ results appear, from ‘who’ as well as for ‘whom’. What does this mean for business and organisations? Let’s take some examples using the Commoogle page +Commoogle as a quick case study. Note, this why managers on a page are so important to get right – the right manager for the task has the right people in the right circles Example 1 1. Example 2 1. Why every business will want to be on Google+ very soon… Search… 2. 3.

Mark Traphagen Fraser Cain Amanda Blain - About Joseph Ruiz Want To See The Magic of Google Plus – Version 5 New to Google Plus? Not quite sure you 'get it' yet? Use other networks like Twitter or Facebook? Make a commitment to spend 15 minutes that you would spend on those sites, here on Gplus for 2 weeks. In those 15 minutes do these following 4 steps. 1. 2. 3. 4. Rinse and Repeat steps 2, 3, 4 daily for best results. *The people who tend to not 'get' Google Plus*1) Don't have a completed public profile2) Post once every 2 weeks (what would your Twitter look like if you tweeted once every 2 weeks?) Gplus is VERY give and take. Please share with your circles and new friends on G+. #gplustips #ghosttown #googleplustips #magicofgplus Google+: Reshared 245 times Google+: View post on Google+

Google Brand Pages | Social Hospitality - Google+ Business Pages | Setting up Google+ Google+ opened up the floor brand pages today and it’s great to stay ahead of the curve and get your page up and running. This new template allows for businesses, brands and places to make personalized pages as an additional platform to spread information. If nothing else, having a page is a great SEO benefit as it creates an additional space on the web that lists your information. Filling out the profile isn’t much unlike filling out a Facebook page, and all the fields are relatively straightforward. There are a few tips to get the most out of your page and make sure people know about it and are able to find you. As Google suggests, it’s a great idea to begin cross-promoting your page amongst your other social channels. Google also makes it really simple to add a widget to your website allowing your site visitors, who may not be present in other social spaces, to know you’re now on G+. Next, build your circles! This is beneficial for several reasons: Share0 0 0Share0 0 0