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Google To Rebrand Picasa, Blogger

Small Business Mavericks

Mashable is reporting that Google is planning to rebrand two of its largest Web products – Picasa and Blogger. The rebranding supposedly is taking place in concert with the public launch of Google +. I understand rebranding Picasa. It’s new name will be Google Photos. Here’s my question: Why?

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Is Google Losing Focus?

Firebelly

Everyone has heard about Google+ already. It has some extremely nice features lined up and it’ll be exciting to see how it eventually stacks up against Facebook, but it’s even more interesting (to me, at least) how Google is switching its focus from a branding standpoint. Google IS search. Is this a smart move?

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Did Google Just Kill Email?

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No need to fret, Google is here. Let''s go back in time to a blog post titled, Is Google+ About To Make Facebook Frown? And - make no mistake about it - both Facebook and Twitter are not fans of having their information indexed on Google." oh, wait, that sounds a lot like Google Circles , doesn''t it?

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Search plus your world

Sherrilynne Starkie

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. Results may include non-public Google+ photos and posts that were shared with the specific user. Image via CrunchBase.

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Why Google+ Is The Place To Be For Local Business

Small Business Mavericks

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. Your Google profile gets a boost when you use Google+. Google+ is easy to use.

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Google Publisher Plugin For WordPress

Small Business Mavericks

Google has developed a WordPress plugin for publishers that does two things: Allows you to add AdSense ads easily to your WordPress blogs and websites. Speculation aside, I think what Google is doing here is 1) giving a stamp of approval to WordPress sites and 2) laying the groundwork for being of more value to publishers.

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Why Google Has the Hammer To Make Businesses Use Google Plus

Convince & Convert

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. Already, some early Google Plus users have created 20 or more Circles to categorize their online relationships. But enough about that. SEOMOZ SEO Ranking Factors.

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