Google+ for Businesses (video)


Google+ for Businesses (video) - See how businesses around the globe are using Google+ to get noticed, enhance their ads, and connect with their audience. Get started at google.com/+/business.



RUM capabilities available in Google Analytics


How well does your site perform? Are the slow pages affecting your conversation rates or driving away potential visitors and clients? In this perfcast, we will talk with Justin Cutroni and Ilya Grigorik about the new "real user measurement" (RUM) capabilities available in Google Analytics: we will discuss how the data is collected, what it means, and take a deep dive into some of the advanced use cases of how you can leverage this data within Google Analytics.




Everything You Wanted to Know About Google Plus (a/k/a Google+)

Google+ - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "Google+ (pronounced and sometimes written as Google Plus, sometimes abbreviated as G+) is a multilingual social networking and identity service[2][3] owned and operated by Google Inc. It was launched in June 28, 2011.[4] As of June 2012, it has a total of 250 million registered active users[1]. Although the general public has come to understand the concept of an online social network, Google calls Google+ a "social layer" which is not just a destination site, but rather something that Google has added as a layer across many of its properties.[5] . . . . " Read the full Wikipedia article for more.




Googleplus for Business



John introduces Pages with a few thoughts on relationships with customers. Check out some ways we've been rethinking real-life sharing for the web at plus.google.com.



Google+ traffic soars - 66 percent increase in nine months

Google+ traffic soars: 66 percent increase in nine months | The Verge: "Traffic analytics site ComScore has revealed a large increase in visits to Google+. According to ComScore, the number of unique visitors to the social network has increased by 66 percent over the last nine months, with an estimated 110.7 million international visitors in June. In the US, traffic increased from 15.2 million to 27.7 million visitors over the same period. While the stats aren't official, they do align with figures released by other traffic analysts earlier this month. ComScore also detailed Facebook's US figures from November through to June, noting a drop from 166 million to 159.8 million over the period. PR consultant Morten Myrstad, who shared the figures, appropriately, on Google+, points out that although Facebook's lead has dropped slightly, the unique visitor numbers don't take into account how long users spend on the site, or return visits."



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