Featured Topic: In this week’s episode, Traci and Mike share their thoughts and experiences using the new Google + social network. Will it replace Twitter and Facebook? What’s the best way to leverage this new tool for your business? We’ll talk about the Google Plus Project, and how it’s changing the social media landscape.
Google Plus Network – https://plus.google.com/
How the Heck Do I Do That? – The Google + URLs are not exactly user friendly. If you want to invite your friends to connect, what’s the best way to share your profile link? Mike shares a great resource he found that makes sharing your link a breeze (http://gplus.to/).
Connect with Mike on Google+: http://gplus.to/mikeklassen
Connect with Traci on Google+: http://gplus.to/promodiva
Other Links Mentioned This Episode:
Chris Brogan’s Getting Started with Google+: http://www.chrisbrogan.com/startgoogleplus/
Google+ Cheat Sheet: http://tinyurl.com/5s54ztg
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This article about how G+ will influence search results is a nice companion to this week’s episode if you’re still on the fence about it.
http://blog.hubspot.com/blog/tabid/6307/bid/20032/5-Ways-Google-Will-Influence-Search-Results.aspx
I’m a bit hesitant to go all in on G+ yet. I got burned on Google Buzz. I spent a bunch of time, effort and energy trying implement it as a forum alternative on site. When It never really caught on, all that work seemed in vain.
It will be interesting to see how G+ is integrated into the Android platform. Since that is Google, I would imagine there will be some ease of use things eventually. If Google develops a native “Tweetdeck” or “Seesmic” type application that can service Facebook & Twitter, it would probably be a game changer.
I did downloaded the app for my Android phone, and it loaded another item called “huddle”. I’m assuming a group chat, but I haven’t really got a chance to use it. Same with “Hangout” on the on line version.
I do know I like the Seesmic Android app a little better than the G+ one. I tweeted at Seesmic asking theme about G+, and they said they were working on it as an added service.
Great show as always!
I just finished up a short, 16-page companion guide on Google Plus that is available for download. It can be found here:
http://propabranda.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/gplus-guide.pdf