The Web Guy, Online Insights for Business
Google+ has a lot of potential as a social platform. It's growth isn't surprising considering the leverage Google has. 90 Millions users in under a year is a great achievement. It is likely to grow further and faster in coming months, especially as Google tie the platform more and more into it's standard search product.
The likely beneficial search engine effects of having a presence on Google+ is drawing even more to sign up. The problem for
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The popularity of Google+ is growing, quite rapidly to according to CEO Larry Page there are now over 90 million users. Celebrities are now starting to take to the service including Lady Gaga, who has over 18 million followers on Twitter, and even David Beckham who recently held a Hangout for fans on the platform.
It's not just the amount of users and who is starting to use it that is most striking, it's the continued innovation that makes it
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We, you and I, live in the future. Not far in the future, but the future nonetheless.
If you're reading this, you are way ahead of much of the population. Not because my blog is anything special, but because many ordinary people just don't read blogs, or use services like Twitter and Google+.
Every day we are exposed to new and emerging technologies online. Even if the technologies are not that new, the way they're used is often
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What do you mean my target audience isn't on Google Plus?
The naysayers are back. With the launch of Google Plus Pages this week, the negativity drifts across the Interwebs yet again.
Even hardened fans such as Robert Scoble found something negative to say about he latest update from the daddy of search.
But wait a minute guys, it's not been 4 months since they went live, so what's with the scornful looks?
A Reason to Use Google Plus
I'm not
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We knew they were coming and Google didn't keep us waiting long. Google+ Business Pages are here.
So what's the big deal?
Unlike the enclosed environment of Facebook, Google+ is a lot more open. It's easier to follow and be followed, Circles are a great way to organise people who you are following. Then there are the potential SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) benefits.
I did notice on setting up a Google+ page that as a business I can
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Google getting into Social Media was an obvious step for them. So the birth of Google+ was no surprise.
They were never going to let Facebook have it all.
Whilst Google has spent much of it's effort focussed around search, and search related innovations, it has to make a shift to access the rich data that Social offers. Google is then able to use this knowledge to enhance search results elsewhere.
Therefore when we see Google launch a Hotel
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