Sherrilynne Starkie

JANUARY 16, 2012

Google is personalizing search results by including more Google+ profiles, business pages, posts, and Google+ and Picasa photos in a significant new initiative called Search plus Your World. Search plus your world can’t be good news for the other social networks such as Facebook and Twitter as it prioritizes G+ content.

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Firebelly

JULY 8, 2011

When the search giant revealed its attempt at social networking, the news spread through the internet like wildfire. It’s safe to say that nearly everybody knows Google as a search engine. Essentially, the target is to get people to view Google as more than just a search engine. Google IS search.

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Small Business Mavericks

OCTOBER 22, 2011

In case you haven’t noticed, I’ve written a few times about Google+, but what I haven’t done is told you why your local business should be using Google+ for social networking, marketing, and branding. There is actually more than one reason. Your Google profile gets a boost when you use Google+.

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JANUARY 17, 2012

Back in July, I Blogged about Google 's foray into online social networking, Google+ (more here: Co-dependency In The Age of Facebook ). This new social integration means a whole lot for businesses. It's time to pay attention to Google+. The idea behind Search plus Your World is both simple and elegant.

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Firebelly

AUGUST 23, 2012

Find photos from Flickr or Picasa — be sure to use Creative Commons photos — or buy royalty-free stock photography, and put them in your blog posts for added impact. Put these on YouTube and/or Vimeo, embed them in your blog posts, and share them on your social networks as well.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 3, 2011

Everyone’s all abuzz and atwitter about Plus, the new social network from a search engine company with which you might be familiar. My initial, abbreviated take is that Google’s new social toy is essentially a Facebook Twitter hybrid with outstanding ease-of-use and eye-popping potential. Google Buzz.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 3, 2011

Everyone’s all abuzz and atwitter about Plus, the new social network from a search engine company with which you might be familiar. My initial, abbreviated take is that Google’s new social toy is essentially a Facebook Twitter hybrid with outstanding ease-of-use and eye-popping potential. Google Buzz.

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