Google, Plus Your World was rolled out just over a week ago, and the online world has adopted the rallying call to get onto Google+ for the SEO benefits. Publications from mainstream (Mashable wrote “ get your Google+ brand page into as many influential people’s circles as possible “) to niche (HelloBloggerz.com wrote “ brands need to invest more time into promoting their Google Plus brand pages “) are misleading marketers. The problem is, Google+ Brand Pages are not the ticket to SEO success. Each has its challenges. Process. MORE >>

Will Google+ be a “Facebook killer” or just Google’s next failed social network? Then again, the average Facebook user spends nearly seven hours per month on the site—compared to just three minutes for the average Google+user. Many of this year’s best posts about Google’s newest social platform were written early in the year. “Ghost town” or not, many experts agree that Google+ is here to stay, and it’s valuable for b2b marketing, SEO , personal branding, and reputation management. So what makes Google+ special? MORE >>

Tweet I’ve recently run into a slew of “small” Google Analytic (GA) problems with my clients / prospective clients — enough that I realized I should write about them as these “small” problems often impact business in a huge way. business owner will rely on an agency, Web designer or SEO / marketer to set up Google Analytics — which is fine. The Easy Fix: Have your agency or designer set you up as an Administrator using your Google login information. For detailed instructions, see this Google help page. Your GA data is GOLD. MORE >>

There is unnecessary unrest that has been buffeting the launch of Google’s newest online social network, Google Plus, and the reason for that is simple:  Google was forced to launch G+ because Twitter blocked Google’s real-time and direct access to Twitter updates. This What has been happening even before the real names scandal is the scandal that any and all Google Plus profiles that were not simply real users with real names were deleted en masse. Until Google Plus, there was only one true source for real-time news and real-time trends: Twitter. MORE >>

'When creating a PPC campaign from scratch and estimating performance for projections, Google Keyword Tool and Google Traffic Estimator are two great tools for research. Google Keyword Tool is a great tool to find monthly search volumes, average cost-per-click (CPC), analyze the competitive nature of a specific query, find additional keywords, a quick snapshot of seasonality, and more!… … Read the rest The post Google Keyword Tool vs.Traffic Estimator: How Do They Differ? This can be very frustrating! appeared first on Fathom. MORE >>