Google: +1

4 Go-Tos To Make Online Reviews Work For Your Business

By now, everyone knows that online reviews can have a tremendous impact on consumers’ purchasing decisions. Ultimately, a single review...

Chris Marentis | Jan 17, 2014 at 9:10 am ET

How Google Plus Profiles & Pages Gain Search Authority

At SMX East this past October, I gave a presentation titled, “Putting the SEO Power of Google+ to Work.” The centerpiece of that...

Mark Traphagen | Nov 21, 2013 at 9:20 am ET

What Everybody Missed About Hummingbird: Social Signals

Danny Sullivan joined me for a live broadcast event via a Hangout on Air (HOA) this past Halloween, and this included a major revelation about...

Eric Enge | Nov 11, 2013 at 10:24 am ET

How To Leave Anonymous Business Reviews In Google+

For a long time, I’ve had some doctor friends complaining to me that once Google Places changed over to the new Google+ format, all their...

Cindy Krum | Nov 6, 2013 at 10:00 am ET

Study Shows No Clear Evidence That Google+ Drives Ranking

At SMX Advanced, I presented results from a study we had done that convinced me that links in shares from Google Plus and Facebook behave like...

Eric Enge | Sep 17, 2013 at 9:00 am ET

3 Predictions For The Future Of Google+ Profiles In Autosuggest

Google+ profiles have been showing up in the autosuggest listings in Google search results for some time. Now that we know this feature appears...

John E Lincoln | Jan 15, 2013 at 12:54 pm ET

Official: Google “Share” Experiment Sends Pages From Search To Google+

A Tweet this morning from @BerianReed, head of search marketing of AutoTrader UK,  uncovered some potentially deeper integration between...

Greg Finn | Jul 18, 2012 at 7:58 am ET

Google Meets Miss Manners, Encourages Searchers To Thank Those Who +1’d Content

DEAR MISS GOOGLE: When I searched for something using your service, I found a friend had +1’d one of the of listings. What should one do...

Greg Finn | Mar 7, 2012 at 8:43 am ET

Google +1 Button Hides In Search Results

Google Operating System blog reports Google has changed the behavior of the Google +1 button as seen in the Google search results. Instead of...

Barry Schwartz | Dec 12, 2011 at 9:37 am ET

Cadbury’s Brin & Page Google +1 Chocolate Bars

Cadbury posted on their Google + page a picture of their latest milk chocolate bars named “Dairy Milk+ Bars.” The Milk+ bars come in...

Barry Schwartz | Nov 29, 2011 at 1:35 pm ET

Google News Spotlight Now Spotlights Your Friends & Stories They +1

The Google News Blog announced that the Spotlight section on Google News may contain stories that your Google + friends and Gmail contacts have...

Barry Schwartz | Nov 22, 2011 at 12:48 pm ET

Google+ Badge Tool Now Makes Facepile-Style Badges, +1 Counts To Be Consolidated

Want to show off the people who follow your shiny new Google+ Page, right on your own website? Now you can, with a Google+ badge that shows the...

Danny Sullivan | Nov 16, 2011 at 2:47 pm ET

Google+ Pages For Businesses: The AdWords Impact

Google’s introduction yesterday of Google+ Pages for businesses will likely have a dramatic impact on +1s in AdWords. When businesses...

Pamela Parker | Nov 8, 2011 at 10:39 am ET

Google Webmaster Live Help Via Google + Hangouts Tomorrow

Google has been quietly hosting Google + Hangouts for webmasters to ask Google Webmaster analysts and engineers questions. The next Google...

Barry Schwartz | Aug 30, 2011 at 10:24 am ET

Google’s +1 Button Now Works With Google +, Go Figure!

Google has announced that the Google +1 button now works with Google’s social network, Google +. +1 Button Sharing on Google + Now when...

Barry Schwartz | Aug 24, 2011 at 2:25 pm ET

How Being “Friends” On Google+ Leads To Better Rankings

Want to rank better on Google? Get people to add you to their Google+ Circles, and that seems to be a potentially huge boost, based on a search...

Danny Sullivan | Jul 27, 2011 at 9:59 pm ET

Google Plus One Button Now 3X Faster

Google announced they have now speed up the Google +1 button for websites. The button is now automatically up to 3 times faster and best of all,...

Barry Schwartz | Jul 26, 2011 at 5:11 pm ET

Just A Matter Of Time: Google +1’s Being Sold By The Thousands

A report by the Atlantic shined a light on a new “social media service” which allows users to purchase Google +1’s in bulk....

Greg Finn | Jul 26, 2011 at 12:45 pm ET

The Bassackwardness Of Being Verified On Twitter, Facebook & Google+

As we await for Google+ to figure out however it wants to handle verified accounts, it’s worth reflecting how Google already has a...

Danny Sullivan | Jul 21, 2011 at 9:00 am ET

Google, Twitter Flaunt Social Stats … It’s Like 2003 All Over Again

Whether on purpose or not, Google and Twitter are having a little back-and-forth this week about the size of their social networks — or,...

Matt McGee | Jul 15, 2011 at 4:47 pm ET