Google’s social media network Google+ does not allow users to create URL’s for their profiles. This means that the URL that you need to quote to friends is very long. As a result, many Google+ users shorten their profile URL whenever they refer to their profile on blogs, content, or …
It is becoming more and more difficult for website owners to monetise their websites through banner advertisers due to internet users using software to block ads. This is something I spoke about briefly one year ago in my quick review of PageFair. I was reminded of the issue yesterday as …
It appears that Google is still tweaking its Google+ service. I noticed tonight that in addition to showing your subscriber count, Google now displays the total number of views your Google+ has received. As I write this article, my Google+ profile has 894 subscribers and has received 42,785 views. Total …
Google authorship has become an important part of promoting yourself and your content through Google. Once you have configured authorship correctly, your profile image will be displayed on all of your websites and articles in Google’s search engine results. This raises your profile and encourages more people to click on …
The Jetpack by WordPress.com was updated again today. This is not something I normally pay much attention to as the plugin gets three or four updates every month. Today’s update added Facebook embed support and a new VideoPress support; however what grabbed my attention was the introduction of Google+ integration. …
Did you realise how important Google +1’s are? Don’t worry. Neither did I. I have spoken to many bloggers and marketers over the last year and the general consensus has been that Google +1’s can help your article. I did not, however, know just how much weight Google placed on …
Last month Google announced that Blogger owners could now leave comments on blogs using their aspiring social media service Google+. Since then I have seen many people introduce Google+ to their websites and it seems to be growing in popularity every day. I discussed 3 Reasons I Don’t Use CommentLuv …
About 8 or 9 years ago I started creating a lot of poker and gambling related content websites and discussion forums. I had gotten into the market earlier than most people so was able to make a lot of money through referrals. Like many website owners, I tried Google Adsense …
I’ve had the chance to play around with Google Buzz over the last few days. Forget about all the marketing talk by Google, Buzz is essentially FriendFeed/Twitter integrated into GMail. Which to me is a big plus because I use Gmail everyday anyway. Buzz also integrates with Twitter well and …
Far too often we see roundup articles with the best WordPress themes, that some of the other top platforms get neglected. Have you ever heard of Ghost? If not, you may want to consider it, because it provides a beautiful opensource interface that many would argue is easier to manage …