Google brands a powerful search and share for local biz
Google announced its Google brand pages Nov. 7 and you can find plenty of instructions and analytical writings about what works and what doesn’t. For an excellent account of how to get started, check out SearchEngineLand’s Danny Sullivan’s initial and follow up posts. Setting up a brand page itself is pretty simple. Google brands is experiencing
Privacy, identity key to NextDoor’s good neighbors strategy
NextDoor is the new kid on the social network block and I’m betting that they’ve intensely studied existing social networks to pick up what works and throw out what doesn’t so they can hit critical mass quickly and gather up the laggards who have been holding back from getting social on the Internet. NextDoor hopes
Low barriers to entry make Google+ an easy bet
If I told you that participating in Google+ meant you could swiftly voice your “+” opinion about ANYTHING to the whole world, would you think about signing up? I bet you sure would. And if you could add your “+” to Google results simply by signing up for a gmail account and a Google profile
Google is crazy for web sites in Texas
Google says it is giving local businesses a leg up getting on the Web through its launch yesterday of Texas Get Your Business Online.” But I see a deeper advance into the culture of local business so Google can better template small business needs to the Google suite of services, most notably Google+. Google was
Five for Friday on Social Media
Some tasty news tidbits from the social media front this week. Facebook, Google+ vie for news distribution Facebook is reportedly working with a dozen news organizations to create exclusive versions of their news content to be delivered via app, reports David Cohen of AllFacebook. A Forbes report says these sources could include CNN, The Washington