Well, much to my chagrin, I just saw that PRNews is offering  Google+ training for $329. The first thing you want to do is create a Google profile, if you don’t already have one. Go to  Google Profiles , sign into your Gmail account, and click on the edit profile button. Google+ is set up with what they call Circles. Once you get into Google+, you’ll see how easy it is to add people to your circles. Chris Penn has a  fantastic blog post about how to measure traffic to your web site or blog from Google+. Managing privacy settings. MORE >>

of bloggers and other webmasters around the world use a free tool called Google Analytics to track website visitors and click-through metrics. PRIVACY. You will have and abide by an appropriate privacy policy and will comply with all applicable laws relating to the collection of information from visitors to Your websites. You must post a privacy policy and that policy must provide notice of your use of a cookie that collects anonymous traffic data. But you can’t have just any privacy policy. Google”). Related posts: Why I Disabled Google Buzz. MORE >>

It wasn’t long ago that Facebook surpassed Google in being the most visited website online. But Google+ could change that. What would Google+ have to do to make itself the No. And then there’s the whole privacy issue. If Google+ addressed both of those concerns head on and gave users what they want, then Google would overrun Facebook and become the No. WebProNews reports a new Google+ feature coming soon: The new feature addresses those times when you want to invite your friends, but don’t know their email addresses. Just one thing. MORE >>

then created the following video (which I uploaded to YouTube here ) showing how I implement the myriad of Facebook privacy settings. Please watch this and share it with your friends and colleagues (and I apologize it is lengthier than I anticipated) for an educational how-to on Facebook privacy. Thanks! -- Ari Herzog thanks you for reading Inside Look at Facebook Privacy Settings on his blog. How Bloggers and Webmasters Violate Your Privacy With Google Analytics. Media privacy YoutubeSatisfied, I bought it. Contact Ari: Twitter | Email | 978.558.0008. MORE >>

?. This week, Google’s new privacy announcement caused international outrage, as countries cried foul contending the search giant didn’t take the proper steps to consult or inform consumers prior to issuing this new policy. Here’s the essence of the change: Google announced its privacy policy changes January 24, vowing to decommission the product privacy rules from some 60 Web services, such as search, YouTube and Google Maps, in favour of a single umbrella policy. Simply put, Google will know more (everything?) about Yahoo! MORE >>