Moving Google Places content into Google+ Local
Moving Google Places content into Google+ Local Continue reading
Google+ Local scores Zagat
Google+ Local scores Zagat
What happened to Google Places? Continue reading
Google and Your Business forum wrapup – June 1, 2012
Google and Your Business forum wrapup – June 1, 2012
Learn about Google+ Local and what it means for your business in this week’s wrapup of the Google and Your Business forum (http://goo.gl/kMu6R). Continue reading
Google Places; it’s moved into Google+ and is now Google+ Local
Google Places; it’s moved into Google+
and is now Google+ Local
Published on Jun 6, 2012 by GoogleBusiness
There’s a new look and feel for Google Places; it’s moved into Google+ and is now Google+ Local. This brings some exciting new changes, so this Hangout features Dasha and Jade, who walk us through Google+ Local, talk about what’s coming next, and answer questions.
Here’s how the video breaks down:
0:00 – Intro
2:00 – Google+ Local Walk-through (consumer side)
5:05 – Google+ Local Walk-through (business owner side)
14:45 – A merged (socially enabled) Local page
17:00 – Q&A
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Google Search Insights
Google Search Insights
Here is one handy site for Google search. Makes local search easy, categories a breeze, seasons, and other key search functions. Be sure to bookmark this one and Google+ too!
Google’s Search Plus Your World
Google’s search results are undergoing their most radical transformation ever, as a new “Search Plus Your World” format begins rolling out today. It finds both content that’s been shared with you privately along with matches from the public web, all mixed into a single set of listings.
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Google 40 changes for February
Search quality highlights: 40 changes for February
2/27/12 | 11:30:00 AM
This month we have many improvements to celebrate. With 40 changes reported, that marks a new record for our monthly series on search quality. Most of the updates rolled out earlier this month, and a handful are actually rolling out today and tomorrow. We continue to improve many of our systems, including related searches, sitelinks, autocomplete, UI elements, indexing, synonyms, SafeSearch and more. Each individual change is subtle and important, and over time they add up to a radically improved search engine. Continue reading
Google Confirms Panda 3.3 Update
Google Confirms Panda 3.3 Update
Google has confirmed a new Panda update at the same time that it’s announcing 40 search updates that happened in February (or are in progress right now).
It would be all but impossible to fully sum up the full slate of changes here, but there are a few that seem especially noteworthy and will no doubt produce a lot of speculation among search marketers. Here’s a look at the ones that stand out to me: Continue reading
Google Search Relevance Symbols
Google Search Relevance Symbols
The Basic search help article covers all the most common issues, but sometimes you need a little bit more power. This document will highlight the more advanced features of Google Web Search. Have in mind though that even very advanced searchers, such as the members of the search group at Google, use these features less than 5% of the time. Basic simple search is often enough. As always, we use square brackets [ ] to denote queries, so [ to be or not to be ] is an example of a query; [ to be ] or [ not to be ] are two examples of queries. Continue reading
