google plus was discontinued on the front end by google on April 2, 2019
Why Bloggers Need To Use GooglePlus
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Alissa Apel says
Google + certainly is more clean than the other social media sites!
Merlinda Little (@pixiedusk) says
Bookmarked you. I am slowly trying to go to G+ but theres so many things to learn. Everything of which is I think here =)
Shell says
Sorry Ann, no matter how good your reasons, I am following on facebook and twitter and don’t intend to do Google+. Facebook is annoying with it auto switching from most recent to top stories all the time, but my fiends and family are there and they are not on Google+.
Ann says
No problems, Shell. It isn’t for everyone, I realize that. Just as I don’t like facebook and seldom use it (I do love twitter though), not everyone is going to love G+.
However bloggers NEED to use it for more reasons than engaging with readers. G+ rewards us, and we need to take advantage of that reward to help even the SEO playing field with the big companies.
Ann
posh says
I just read at Forbes that they are thinking about doing away with this too. I’ll still use it until they do if they do.
Ann says
Google+ denied any validity to the unsourced techcrunch article that started the recent “Google+ is dying” articles. Eh, we were overdue for more such articles … it has been 6 months, and they usually run those articles every 3 months.
Ann
Ashley @ LeavingTheRut.com says
Thanks for the tips! I have just started blogging a few weeks ago and really need to work on getting traffic to my site, this sounds like a great way to do that. I have been using a personal G+ page, do I need to make the switch and start a business one?
Thanks again, found you on Thrifty Thursday Link up.
Ashley
Ann says
Ashley just doing a G+ post, and including your blog-post-link will help you tremendously with SEO traffic. As to whether or not you need a business page in addition to the personal page – are you marketing yourself as your brand? If so, personal may be enough. I outlined in the post (sorry so wordy) the pros and cons of personal alone versus personal AND business. I hope that helps. 🙂
Ann