Google+. We don’t need more on Google+ , but we can all agree the best way to use it, right now, is to drive new traffic to one of your web properties. You can track in Google analytics how much traffic it’s sending by watching the plus.google.com source. It looks like next month is the Google+ roll-out for businesses, so watch for it. Instagram + Tumblr. While Instagram and Tumblr are two separate tools, they’re combined here to give you new and different ideas. Then upload it to your Tumblr account and voila! Pinterest. A lot. QR Codes. MORE >>

didn’t visit Tumblr again for 2 years. Our own coverage of Tumblr over the last year has been relatively negative, pointing out when Tumblr is down and general frustration about the way the site often wrecks long posts when it does go down. Why Tumblr Is The “Beater” Let’s be clear. Despite the tremendous rise of Google+, it is still immensely smaller than Facebook while offering very similar services. There is an adoption challenge that Google+ must overcome to truly be successful. Tumblr is the curveball. MORE >>

Tweet Google+ Ripples is an app that sits natively within Google+, allowing anyone to see the reach and influence of a particular post in G+ once it has been shared. The magic of Google+ Ripples, however, is the ability to search out and target influencers. There are other levels to the Google+ Ripples tool though. For example, if you were a recruiter looking for android developers to work on a project you could use Google+ Ripples to find people talking about and sharing content about android development. Share this on Facebook. Post on Google Buzz. MORE >>

Google+ is making moves. The future looks brighter than ever for Google’s 547th attempt at getting into social media. By keeping their API access limited, they’ve been able to keep most of the automation, some of the spam, and all of the posting problems that Facebook has to deal with on a regular basis due to their integration with just about everybody. You can post to Facebook using literally thousands of different apps, websites, and methods. On Google+, you can only post through the tiny array of approved tools like Hootsuite and Viral Heat. MORE >>

Social media played an enormous role in driving traffic and engagement: 66% of web traffic (to London2012.com) during the Games came from search; Facebook was the top referring traffic source after search. million social media followers across Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Foursquare. London 2012 on Facebook, Twitter and Beyond. The Games also had a strong presence on Facebook , with 8 accounts and 1.8 According to Facebook, there over over 100 million “likes” across all athlete and team pages on Facebook. The organization counted 4.7 MORE >>