@juleswebb Yes, having your G+ business page is becoming crucial for small business owners. However, don’t assume that you can use this as a blogging platform you can’t. You also can’t use the Google API to automatically have your clog post snippet appear in G+. You can though go the other way have your G+  posts be fed to your Twitter and Facebook accounts.

I am thinking G+ more of a Tumblr, Posterous sort of entity with added some added features.

Thanks  @ptwylie very good insights.

@ptwylie thank you for your insights. 

I’m not really a blogger so I don’t look at things from the same perspective.  I can’t say it occurred to me to use google+ as a platform. As a developer I see it as one more ingredient in a never ending quest for SEO.

If plusing ones own content helps it get indexed faster AND you’ve included Google’s rel publisher and rel author within the page’s code then I think it’s fair to say you’re starting out of the gate at a better clip than if you didn’t employ these techniques. 

I brought it up because it’s an easy thing bloggers can act on with what sounds like good bang for their buck.

cite: 
http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1708844
http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1408986

@juleswebb Yes, understanding where Google is going and not worry about what Google is doing will result in time well spent. Last week there 40 changes to the algo most changes go un-noticed in fact most web site owners still don’t understand Panda.


As developer you must concur that having the correct infrastructure is the foundation to all success. Optimizing sites for speed. hack prevention, internal linking structure are important issues that need to be addressed before tackling content creation/curation, SMM, PPC advertising. 

G+ for business is huge any individual not having a Google profile is not really interested in search marketing. G+ pages is still in it’s infancy due to the limitations to the API so I expect more to come (3rd party apps) to broaden the marketability.


Yes, I do agree using the rel=”author”/rel=”me” tags is a best practice however I don’t expect everyone will have their shining faces on the SERPS. Connecting your site to your G+ business page will get you much more distance in a SEO perspective than  the re=”author”. 

The past year we saw the most significant changes occurring in the last 10 I expect more to follow. SEO  is always playing catchup with Google and it should not have to be  if one would take the time to understand where this is headed.  

Surely having an XML sitemap submitted to Webmaster Tools will achieve the same thing?

@jasonwiser NP Jason LOL We are on the same page just took us awhile to come to the same conclusion. 

@adigaskell Yes, you are correct submitting your XML sitemaps to Webmaster Tools does indeed speed up indexing. For those who have not signed up for Google Webmaster Tools shame on you. Go do it now. 

Adi from what I am seeing is what Jason suggests  lightening fast even when you turn off the personalized search.

@ptwylie - 
Yes as a developer I concur that a good foundation and infrastructure is very important as well as the other points you made. 
I would never suggest to anyone that they should use SM alone and not have a website themselves. I was only trying to point out that there are advantages to plusing ones own articles.

@amyhallbiz

LOL – they do get around don’t they:)