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One of the most fun and useful things I’ve been doing lately is automating small processes I do all the time. It took me a while to work up the courage to dive into automation, as it always seemed like a really difficult, technical thing to do, which should be left to programmers.

Luckily, there are lots of tools being created lately to make automation much easier for those of us without a solid understanding of how our computers really work.

One of the biggest challenges agencies face working with small businesses is reporting. Up until now, there didn’t appear to be any way for us to export our data out of Google My Business. It’s not a new feature added to the Insights section. In fact, it’s as easy as copy and paste...

Google Search’s learning curve is an odd one. You use it every day, but still all you know is how to search. But the search engine has plenty of tricks up its sleeve.

Recently I moved over from Dropbox to Google Drive and found a few unexpected benefits. At first I had a little trouble managing the space since the 1TB on my

One of the most common questions from both businesses and social media marketers is "how many?" How many users. How many people. How many opportunities - for each of the social networks. Here are updated Active User Counts.

When you post something in a Public community, those posts can be seen by all the members in that community and also by anyone who checks the community, or searches for something on Google+ or Google and you post comes up in the search.  Only community members can comment or share community posts, the non-members can only give Plusones to the posts.

If you have chosen to show the community posts on your profile, anyone looking at your profile will see those Public community posts.

How ever if people in your circles are not members of the community, they don't see those posts in their home stream. Only if they look at your profile or the community itself.

One of the first things you'll notice using Inbox is that it feels less cluttered and overwhelming with messages grouped into Bundles.

There are a lot of beautiful tools on the internet – here are 300+ of them that are awesome and – best of all – free to use. Enjoy!

Is your networking not working? Great tips to successfully network on Google+ and social media.

An unknown Finn gets a million followers on Google+?

Must be a Ghost Town with at least a million ghosts...  Or what say you undertakers?

Mashable, Slade etc?

Starting this week, if you’re a creator with at least 500 subscribers, you may receive emails and in-product notifications if your updated custom URL is ready to claim. You’ll see several options waiting for you that are based on your channel’s description, Google identity and associated websites. 

We all know how hard it can be to find something once you've saved it. Starting today, it's a lot easier thanks to an update to bookmarks in the latest Chrome Beta. We’ll be rolling this feature gradually out over the next few weeks. Try out the new Bookmarks Manager by going to your Chrome Menu  > Bookmarks > Bookmarks Manager.

Google’s new Android 5.0 Lollipop update delivers tons of new features to owners of Nexus smartphones and tablets. It also comes with several known issues on board. With those in mind, Nexus users have been struggling with the decision about whether to upgrade to Android 5.0 Lollipop. Here, we take a look at some of the most important things Nexus users need to know before coming to a final decision.