How to Get Notified When People Talk About Your Website on Google+
Want a notification any time someone comments or posts about your website on Google+? You can do this with Google Analytics: 1. Go to the “Traffic Sources” section of Google Analytics for your website 2. Expand the “Social” sub-section. 3. Click on “Sources”.4. Click on the “Activity Stream” tab next to the “Social Referral” tab […]
Read more...Google+ Marketing For Dummies: My New Book!
Today I mailed in the contract for my new book, Google+ Marketing For Dummies. This will be my 5th book and 3rd in the “For Dummies” series by my publisher Wiley. It also marks my second book for Google+, among 3 other books for Facebook. You may have seen articles recently, fueled by Wall Street […]
Read more...Facebook’s Need for Consistency in the Competition With Google
UPDATE: After removing everything in the description and any mention of competition, the ad mentioned here that I created was approved. However, there are still some issues of consistency that Facebook needs to get around. Maybe it’s just a communication issue? Read on… When people such as Google and Twitter mention their inability to integrate […]
Read more...Wondering About Google+? Do Me a Favor and Go Buy My New Book.
You may have read some of my posts about Google+ wondering what it is. Or, maybe you’ve tried out the service, and just can’t see the point. Or perhaps you’re even an active user, looking for tips and strategies to improve your presence on Google+. Whatever your situation, could I ask you a favor? Go […]
Read more...I’m a Dummy (again)! Writing Google+ For Dummies, Portable Edition
I’m proud to announce that as of this week I am going to be writing Google+ For Dummies, Portable Edition. This follows my last Dummies book, Facebook Application Development For Dummies, and will go back to my original roots (through the book I wrote with Jason Alba, I’m on Facebook–Now What???), writing easy to understand […]
Read more...Better Noise Control on Google+ is Coming, but its More Beautiful Than You Think
Over the last 2 or 3 years Facebook, Google, Plaxo, Myspace, and others have all been working on a standard to make fixing the noise problem easier. It’s called ActivityStrea.ms (pronouced “Activity Streams”), and its intention was to make it so companies don’t have to duplicate the efforts of re-creating stream formats in their news […]
Read more..."Follow" Networks and The Creep Factor – Why It Isn’t a Facebook Play
As I was setting up an account for my wife to be able to post to this blog today, I created a Google+ profile for her. She knew, and will probably even use it – some day. However, there’s something I just can’t get passed, and that’s that I’m a little creeped out by the […]
Read more...Too Much Noise on Google Plus? Here is How I Deal With It
A lot of people are complaining that power users such as myself and Robert Scoble and others are causing too much noise in their stream. Scoble’s wife even quit the service because of it (and I can’t even convince my wife to use it even though I created an account for her). It’s nothing new, […]
Read more...Where is Your Audience?
Google+ is all the rage right now. For those that can get in, it’s all they can talk about on Google+. For those that can’t get in, it’s all they can talk about outside of Google+. Or so it seems – that’s what the people I follow and pay attention are doing. It doesn’t mean […]
Read more...New Images Suggest "Shared Circles" Coming Soon in Google+
Florian Rohrweck has been on a role lately uncovering upcoming features to Google+ (including noticing features in Google’s code hinting at Google+’s launch days before it launched and as other bloggers were under embargo and being demoed top secret versions), and it seems Google isn’t keeping their upcoming features well enough behind a test area […]
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