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Google has added a new category view to Google+, effectively turning the contentious service into a socially-curated news reader to take on Flipboard, Pulse, and others. Dubbed Google+ Explore, and initially available both on the desktop and in the Android ...

How relationships are your key asset on Google Plus and how they can strengthen your social media marketing

The Hangouts page on the desktop version of Google+ has been updated to show all your Hangouts in one place, including HOAs, video calls and conversations.

Google+ and Business

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I like social media. I really do. I use it everyday. I even have a Google+ t-shirt.

But I’m tired of reading blog post after blog post about how to “win the game” of social media from your friendly neighborhood guru...

Google’s head of search spam, Matt Cutts, released a video today answering the question, “are Facebook and Twitter signals part of the ranking algorithm?” The short answer was no.

Nikol Murphy of Talking Moose Media, lists the steps to consider before hitting the on-air button for your Google Plus Hangout on Air show or YouTube Show.

If you're a blogger, you need to be using Google+ to increase your reach, readers and ranking.

With Google+ Hangouts on Air being being both easy to manage and far reaching, it is quickly becoming the new generation of talk shows.

Google+ is still a mystery to many brands who want to use it, but don't know how. Here are 3 lessons we learned from our first 25,000 Google+ followers.

Now, anyone who’s seen Doctor Who knows that the arch villain of the series are the Daleks, a trashcan-esque, plunger and whisk yielding alien race hellbent on the destruction of anything not pure Dalek.

Their popular refrain is “Exterminate!” Many a meme online has seen Daleks in bathtubs with loofahs (Exfoliate!) and Daleks in love (Infatuate!). So, I’m jumping on the meme bandwagon today, shouting, “Emulate!” in my best Dalek voice. 

I have an assignment for you. Step 1. Find social media mentors who speak to you. Step 2. Practice your best Dalek voice. Step 3. Say it with me: Emulate!

Mashable keeps calling Google+ a Ghost Town. If that's really the case, let me take you on a Ghost Tour of Google+

Cadbury UK certainly made a splash when it showed up as one of the early adopters of Google Plus.

Communities now have previews, allowing you to see who in your circles has joined that particular hub and more.

How do you communicate?

Do you post in Public or to your Circles only, or a mix of the two?

Are your interaction experiences or strategies different from mine?

And don't ruin the Internet! :-)

Read on!

Are you on Google+? The fast-growing social media has an amazing reach and ability to boost your SEO and standing on the Internet, here's your need-to-know of the platform.

In its infancy, two years ago, people called Google+ a ghost town. But infants grow up. We don't know what they will be as they grow.

Facebook and Twitter may be the acknowledged giants in the world of social media, but anything launched by Google certainly has the ability to be a game changer for your business, and the Google+ social network is no exception.

Like any social website, it has the ability to connect you and your business to millions of prospective clients; similarly, like any social website, it also requires something of a unique approach when it comes to making the most of it.

Who is Citizen Google Plus? Is it you? Here's how you can tell if you're a good citizen on Google Plus.

Google+ Hangouts are a great way to build community and build a loyal fan base. Here are 53 ways to market your Google plus Hangout on Air to a big audience

Despite a constant stream of jokes that no one uses the service, Google+ for Android just joined the ranks of Facebook and Twitter as some of the most installed apps on the platform [...]

It begins so seductively..."GAIN NEW FOLLOWERS AND DRIVE TRAFFIC TODAY!" (OK, that may not be seductive to everyone, but when you're a small business or startup looking for exactly those things, it's terribly seductive).

I wake up in the morning, and check what's new on Google+. Yes, really. Google is putting a lot of brawn and brains behind the social network everyone loves to hate, and it shows.