Category: Google Plus
Google Plus hits 2.2 Million Australian Users
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According to recent numbers by Google, their social network Google+ has now reached 170 million users globally. This includes users on their social networking site as well as Google Account holders using the +1 button across various Google properties. Yesterday Google also released a whole new design and look and feel to their social networking [...]
Top 10 Australian Google+ Pages
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We have been looking at Australian Google Plus pages and wanted to put together a post showing off the most popular Australian Google+ pages. This is still very much a work in progress, and we will update this article if you find any pages that are more popular. Top 10 Australian Google+ Pages 1. Google [...]
Google+ shoving Instant Upload on us?
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Google has rolled out an update to their Google Plus iPhone application, very prominently trying to get users to turn on Instant Upload. What is Instant Upload? Every time you take a photo or video on your phone this will be automatically uploaded to your Google Plus account when you open the Google+ app. Thankfully [...]
Google+ now open to under 18s
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Google has opened up their Google Plus social network so teanagers aged 13-17 are now allowed to use the site. Previously Google banned any users under 18 from using the website. Google has also added increased security and privacy controls for users aged under 18. So are we going to see lots of teens singing [...]
Google Plus Hits 90 Million Users
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Google has just released their Q4 Earnings and CEO Larry Page has told everyone Google+ now has 90 million users around the world. Google Plus is achieving good user growth and getting close to both Twitter and LinkedIn in terms of user numbers, but the real questions is how much engagement is there. Google Q4 Earnings [...]
Google Search integrates Google Plus
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Google has made an update to search so that when you are signed in to your Google+ account, you will now get personalised search results from people you are connected with through Google Plus. This means photos, status updates and comments from your friends will now have prominence in Google Search. The best way to [...]
Google Plus – 67 Million Visitors
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According to recent figures by Comscore.com, Google Plus attracted 67 million visitors to their site in November. Now not all these visitors will actually be users, I’d estimate that maybe 90% may be users. It still looks to be a network full of tech, digital, and generally people who work in the online industry. So [...]
Google Plus December Updates
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Google has recently made a number of useful changes to their social networking site, Google+. Stream Control You may have various different circles in your Google+ account, eg Family, Friends, Colleagues, etc etc. You now have the option to decide how much of a particular circles updates get into your stream. Anything from ‘everything’, to [...]
Google+ Introduces Facial Recognition
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Facial Recognition has been added to the Google+ social network as an opt-in feature. To enable this feature on your Google Plus account go to your settings page: https://plus.google.com/settings/plus Facebook some time ago added Facial Recognition to their site, but this feature was opt-out and could automatically recognise your face and those of your friends [...]
Google Still Pushing G+ Hard
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It seems Google is still pushing their social network Google Plus fairly hard in terms of self-promotion. I can now see on various Google Search sites around the world a blue bar across the top of the search homepage. This bar is pointing to the G+ site and is actually fixed, you can’t dismiss the [...]
Google Plus SEO
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Want to expand your understanding of Google Plus SEO? This article will summarise the main SEO points you should consider with your Google Plus profile – both personal and business pages. 1. Use your correct name on your account as this will show your profile when people Google Search your name. 2. The Introduction section [...]
Google Search Quickly Indexing Google Plus Content
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Now both personal and business pages are available on Google Plus there is currently a fair amount of content being shared. Not sure how long it will last but most major brands are atleast setting up Google Plus Business Pages. The other day I wrote about Google Plus SEO and how you can maximise your [...]
Google Plus Profile & Page SEO
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Would you like to learn how to Search Engine Optmise your Google Plus profile, and also Google+ Business Page? By studying the data and mega tag information of your Google Plus profile and Business Page, there are a number of interesting conclusions we come to. The below points work for both a personal profile and [...]
Google+ lets 3rd Party Apps into API
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Post endorsed by: Search Engine Optimization Results Google is now letting 3rd party applications into the Google Plus API for business pages. This means people will be able to manage and update their business pages using a 3rd party system without having to go directly to the Google+ website. At the moment there are a [...]
Google+ Competition Fail
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We recently reported that competitions were not allowed on the Google+ social network. We thought this was a little strange as both Facebook and Twitter have a lot of competition activity and surely Google want to compete in attracting users this way. So Android (Google owned mobile operating system software) is holding a competition on [...]
Competitions not Allowed on Google+
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Now that Google+ has launched business pages, and many brands are getting onboard – we look at the best ways to utilise this new social network. On Facebook many companies like to run competitions or deals on their Fanpages and this has worked well. Part of the Facebook Terms of Service is that any competitions [...]
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