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Growing a Google Plus following

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4:57 am
June 4, 2013


Michael @ The Student Loan Sherpa

Indianapolis, Indiana

Member

posts 71

Less than a month ago I created a google plus profile and added authorship to my site.  In that time my search traffic has nearly tripled.  I'm quickly becoming convinced that Google Plus is huge resource, worthy of more time and effort than facebook and twitter combined.

I was thinking that as a community we should all be adding each other to our respective circles.  If we do that we all would appear more credible in our G search results AND it would raise the profile of this network.  It seems to be a win-win.

Thoughts?  Or am I missing something?

Michael – The Student Loan Sherpa

http://StudentLoanSherpa.com

Google +

Facebook

Twitter

9:11 am
June 4, 2013


ayoungpro

Lehi, UT

Member

posts 184

Sounds like it can't hurt! I just added you to my Google+ circle!

10:45 am
June 5, 2013


cheapstudents

Member

posts 44

Michael @ The Student Loan Sherpa said:

Less than a month ago I created a google plus profile and added authorship to my site.  In that time my search traffic has nearly tripled.  I'm quickly becoming convinced that Google Plus is huge resource, worthy of more time and effort than facebook and twitter combined.

I was thinking that as a community we should all be adding each other to our respective circles.  If we do that we all would appear more credible in our G search results AND it would raise the profile of this network.  It seems to be a win-win.

Thoughts?  Or am I missing something?

This may be a stupid question, but I recently added on my personal google+ account that I am a contributor to my website. Is that how you add authorship to your site? Or is there another process. Since you've done it so recently, I would love some pointers if you have any.

 

Thanks!

Lauren Bernardo

Cheap Students

Blog Facebook Twitter Pinterest Google+

11:10 am
June 5, 2013


ayoungpro

Lehi, UT

Member

posts 184

Lauren,

You can go here to check out your authorship: 

http://www.google.com/webmaste…..#038;html=

If you type in your address it will tell you if it is working. That page also has links detailing how to set it up. The easiest way I've found is to add a link on your G+ and then use Yoast WordpressSEO to add your G+ page to your rel="author" tag.

11:48 am
June 5, 2013


cheapstudents

Member

posts 44

Are you able to send me the link via a direct message?

It doesn't seem to work on here.

Thanks!

Lauren Bernardo

Cheap Students

Blog Facebook Twitter Pinterest Google+

11:48 am
June 5, 2013


cheapstudents

Member

posts 44

Also Michael I've added you!

Lauren Bernardo

Cheap Students

Blog Facebook Twitter Pinterest Google+

11:52 am
June 5, 2013


ayoungpro

Lehi, UT

Member

posts 184

No problem, I just DM'd you the link on Twitter.

2:06 pm
June 5, 2013


UberSteward

Member

posts 69

I've added most of you guys on my google circle as well.

 

Nick, can you send me that link too?  Not sure if I've done that yet.

Peter

Christian Personal Finance & Time Management

http://www.UberSteward.com

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UberSteward@gmail.com

 

2:14 pm
June 5, 2013


ayoungpro

Lehi, UT

Member

posts 184

Peter,

 

I just PM'd you the link on Twitter.

3:17 pm
June 5, 2013


retireby40

USA

Member

posts 1381

I added everyone above. Here is my Google Plus page

It's always good to have more friends. Smile

retire by 40

Twitter: @retirebyforty

Facebook: Retire By 40 

4:41 pm
June 5, 2013


FrugalRules

Member

posts 161

I've added everyone above as well. Still trying to figure out G+ myself as well.  Smile

4:55 pm
June 5, 2013


debtroundup

Raleigh

Member

posts 190

I have been slowly growing mine and it seems to be a good thing.  I have added the ones that I didn't have.

Debt Roundup | Sprout Wealth | Empowered Shopper

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5:02 pm
June 5, 2013


FrugalRules

Member

posts 161

Hey Nick,

 

Do you think you could PM that link as well? It does not seem to be working. Thanks!

7:00 am
June 6, 2013


Eliza Cross

Member

posts 164

Great idea! I just followed all of you and will follow future posters on this thread, too.

Here's my Google+ page if you want to connect.

Visit my site at Happy Simple Living

Let's connect on Facebook, Twitter and Google+

Also at BENSA, my fun site for bacon lovers!

7:15 pm
June 6, 2013


OneCentAtatime

Florida, USA

Member

posts 1778

Here is my profile link. Please add and I'll reciprocate

SB

One Cent At A Time  (Yakezie Member Site)

 

http://twitter.com/onlyonecent

onecentatatime@gmail.com

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https://twitter.com/FPRReviews

12:52 pm
June 7, 2013


UberSteward

Member

posts 69

UberSteward said:

I've added most of you guys on my google circle as well.

 

Nick, can you send me that link too?  Not sure if I've done that yet.

Thanks Nick, does this take few days to see that authorship come alive?

Peter

Christian Personal Finance & Time Management

http://www.UberSteward.com

Facebook | Twitter

UberSteward@gmail.com

 

12:57 pm
June 7, 2013


ayoungpro

Lehi, UT

Member

posts 184

If you set it up correctly you should be able to test your site immediately and have it say "Authorship is working".

12:59 pm
June 7, 2013


ayoungpro

Lehi, UT

Member

posts 184

Peter I just checked your site and it says it is working, so it looks like you are good to go.

11:38 am
June 10, 2013


Matt – Mom and Dad Money

Member

posts 68

When you guys do this, are you linking to your Google+ account linked to your personal gmail, or a new profile set up specifically for this purpose with your site's email? I definitely want to set this up but I'm not sure if one's a better option than the other.

12:16 pm
June 10, 2013


ayoungpro

Lehi, UT

Member

posts 184

I set mine up with a G+ account tied to my blog Gmail account.


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