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Mark Traphagen
Role: Director of Social Media
Dept: Social Media
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Latest Articles by Mark Traphagen
Google Rich Snippets & Authorship: A Video Panel Discussion
Join Virante’s +Mark Traphagen with co-guest panelists +AJ Kohn and +Bill Slawski for a Google+ Hangout On Air discussion of Rich Snippet search results and Google ...
How to Manage Google Plus Notifications in Gmail
If you’re a Lord of the Rings fan, you know the terrible torture that the Eye of Sauron imposed on poor Frodo. It made the ...
Google Plus Verified Pages: Of What Benefit Is the Verification?
Recently the Virante Search Marketing Google+ Page was given “verified name” status by Google+. The only visible change this makes is that now a checkmark ...
How Facebook Is Silencing 57% of Your Fans
UPDATE: Facebook has now introduced an update for all mobile apps that includes a share button for posts from others in your news feed. Late ...
What Is the Difference Between Google Authorship and Author Rank?
If you follow my writing here, on various other blogs, and on Google+, you know that I am a big fan of Google’s Authorship project, ...
Google Plus User Map Visualization
CircleCount (a Google+ user stats site) created this stunning info-map showing the locations of active Google+ users across the globe. Here’s how they describe its ...
Cloud Computing: The Challenges and Opportunities (Video)
The latest in +John Rakestraw’s “Platform Live” Google Plus Hangout On Air conversations with +David Amerland and myself (and now with the very welcomed addition ...
Google Plus Notifications Changed: Now How Do We Do Marketing?
Watch this recorded Google+ Hangout on Air panel discussion hosted by +Ronnie Bincer, and featuring +Fraser Cain (of Universe Today) and +Stephanie Wanamaker, with Virante’s ...
Major Change to Google Plus Notifications
In an update that began rolling out to new users on August 22, 2012, Google+ made huge changes to the way notifications about posts are ...
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 ...
How to Share to Google Plus from Safari for iPad or iPhone
If you’re a regular Google+ user and also often on your mobile iOS device, it can be frustrating to try to share a page you’re ...
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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