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Google+ Growing With The Times – Are You Badged Yet?

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These changes include: the ability to configure a badge to a suitable width. As a marketing tool, website owners have nothing to lose by including a badge on their sites. Google+ looks to be one widget that’s here for the long run – are you badged yet?

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Are Your Customers Worried About Security?

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Another way to add reassurance is by having badges and logos of any third party security displayed, along with familiar icons like credit card logos or BBB. One of the best ways to help customers feel confident is by making your privacy policies easy to find and easy to read.

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Google Now Annotating Local Social Data

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This just points to the necessity of adding a +1 badge to your website. If local prospects see that your business is popular among their friends in the local area, then you are more likely to get a +1 from that prospect or customer as well. That social sharing could in turn translate into higher search engine rankings.

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