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Which Google Plus Features Most Affect Search Rankings?
Watch this live Google+ Hangout on Air webinar (at bottom of this post) I did host by the charming +Yifat Cohen. In it, I discuss …
Google Plus Local Places Page FAQ
If you run a local business and have a Google Places account, there’s a pretty good chance you’re aware of what a mess it can ...
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The Culture of Trust in Social Media Networks
A Google+ Hangout On Air video discussion. Participants: John Rakestraw, Life Coach and Author (moderator) David Amerland, Author and Speaker Mark Traphagen, Director of Digital Marketing, Virante ...
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Is Marketing Dead? A Live Hangout on Air Video Discussion
Virante’s Mark Traphagen joined John Blossom (Shore Communications), Mark Thomas (SlingshotSEO), Su Ann Lim (TekPersona), Steve Faktor (IdeaFaktory), and Patrick Healy (Phacient) in a live Google+ Hangout ...
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Quora Views: Quora Gets Even More Social
Quora, Google’s community question-answering service, has become even more social and interactive with the introduction of Quora Views. Quora describes Views as “a way to ...
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The Chamber of Commerce Opportunity
Joining your local Chamber of Commerce is smart. Taking advantage of your membership to build a great backlink is even smarter.
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How Relationships Drive Linkbuilding (MozCon 2012)
My notes from a presentation by Jon Henshaw, Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer Raven Internet Marketing (@henshaw) If you build links the wrong way, Google will destroy ...
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Google Algorithm Weather Report: Announcing MozCast
My notes from the presentation “A Secret Algo Project Launch” at MozCon 2012 by Dr. Peter J. Meyers, Rogue Scientist for SEOmoz (@dr_pete). Be sure to read until the ...
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Google Authorship: Does It Affect Search Rankings? Google Official Speaks Out
In a new interview on Search Engine Journal, we get some updated insights into the current state of the Google Authorship project from Google Director of ...
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Google+ Events vs. Facebook Events: King of Virtual & King of IRL
My first thought about the new Google+ Events was that no matter how slick and cool it is, this is one feature that could be hurt ...
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Google Testing +1 Button with Site Content Recommendations
In an email to the Google+ Platform Preview group today, Google announced that the following +1 button test, is now visible on the web to ...
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How to Own the First Page of Google
(Note: The following post, while accurate in what it presents, is not meant to claim that one can dominate the first page of Google the ...
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Google+ Posts in Google Search: Powerful But Flawed Search Results
After nearly a year of extensive testing, I have absolutely no doubts about the power of a Google+ profile or page to influence Google search ...
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Google+ Local: Full Integration of Google Places into Google Plus
Starting today, Google+ users are seeing a new tab in the left sidebar: Local. Clicking Google+ Local takes the user to a special search page, ...
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