By Anita Li at Mashable.com Google+ is introducing vanity URLs, allowing users to further customize their profile pages, the company announced Monday. The vanity URLs are short, easy-to-remember web addresses that link directly to a member’s profile or page on Google+, according to a blog post by employee Saurabh Sharma. The new addresses will be […]
5 Reasons Google+ Is Not A Facebook Killer
By Dave Davies at Search Engine Watch For the past couple weeks, a select gathering of us (likely including many Search Engine Watch readers) have been playing with Google+. It’s an interesting social media experiment by Google, but it is likely to remain that. Another “almost ran” in the social media game; another […]
Gmail and Google Contacts Get Google+ Integration
By Chris Crum at WebProNews The “Google+ is Google” concept continues As reported earlier, Google is merging YouTube friends with Address Book contacts. Now, the company has put out an announcement that it is integrating Contacts and Gmail with Google+. Not only does this represent the continued merger among Google user-identifying products, it […]
Facebook Status Update Character Limit Now Much Higher
By Chris Crum at WebProNews Facebook announced that it is increasing the character limit on status updates. In a status update on theFacebook + Journalists page, the company wrote: “In September, we increased the character limit on status updates to 5,000 characters. Today, we’re announcing that you can now write posts with […]
How to Set Up a Google+ Brand Page For Your Business
By Chris Crum at WebProNews. This article assumes you already have a Google+ account. If not, go get one of those first. 1. Go to the “Create a Page” page. 2. Pick a category. You can choose from: Local Business or Place (hotels, restaurants, places, stores, services) Product or Brand (apparel, cars, electronics, […]