Google+ Pages are brand new, so should Local Businesses create a Google+ Page now or wait? Considering Google.com has over 1 billion unique visitors per month and they are the undisputed “king of search” the answer is YES!
Google+ has finally launched Google+ Pages, an extension of the Google+ Social Platform Google is hoping will beat Facebook at it’s own game. ”So far Google+ has focused on connecting people with other people,” Google Senior Vice President of Engineering Vic Gundotra wrote in a blog post today. “But we want to make sure you can build relationships with all the things you care about–from local businesses to global brands–so today we’re rolling out Google+ Pages worldwide.”
On Google+ Pages, businesses can start sharing information about themselves, and invite customers to chat with them over the service’s and products they provide or sell, create “hangouts” that incorporate videoconferencing technology or begin conversations by simply asking questions seeking feedback. There are already many internet “heavyweights” that have deployed Google+ Pages such as Macy’s, Pepsi, Toyota, CNET and H&M. What’s more, Google is integrating Google+ Pages into its search results and if you are logged into your Google account those results will display across the top of the Google Search under “Google Personal Search”.
The first is step Google is taking is simply displaying Google+ Pages in search queries. Google is also adding a feature it calls Direct Connect that lets searchers quickly call up a Google+ page by adding a “+” before their query. So if car shoppers are interested in learning more about Toyota models from the company’s Google+ page, they can search “+Toyota” and be directed to the car maker’s Google+ page.
Can you customize your Google+ Business Pages as extensively as you can a Facebook Page? The answer is not yet. In the “coming days,” Google said it will introduce a Google+ badge that will let people add a company’s Google+ page to their circles, without having to leave the company’s site. Rumors and rumblings from around the internet have been mixed, some saying that Google+ and the Google Personal Search is eventually going to replaces Google Places! Do I see that coming? Not anytime in the very near future but why not start building your Google+ Page now?
Check out the Google+ Page for MacWin Local Mobile Marketing and you will see that there is a lot you can currently do with your Google+ Page like adding photos, links, videos and general information about your business. If the Google is the “king of search” and Local Small Businesses depend on Google for Local Marketing, don’t you think it would be a good idea to have a page on the Social Media Platform that Google owns and will more than likely index first?
If you are a local small business owner in the Litchfield Park, Goodyear, Avondale or Buckeye area and want to get started with a Google+ Page for your Business, gives MacWin Local Mobile Marketing a call and let us help you set it up the right way from the start!
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