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Google’s Social and Search Integration

If you’re still resisting joining Google+, stop. Google is not backing out of their new social network, and any resistance at this point is only hurting your business. They continue to integrate Google+ into their search engine more and more, and every sign points to rewarding websites that use their social network. In this post, […]


Google Supports the Olympics

How does Google get involved in the 2012 London Olympics? By making it WAY easier to get information on how your favorite teams are doing! But Google has taken it to a whole new level this year—instead of just sending you to the website with the right information, Google lists everything you need to know […]


Facebook Admin Roles Have Changed!

In the past few months, Facebook has changed up a lot of their business page features in a great way. They’ve really stepped up their game when it comes to Facebook business pages, and we’re seeing a lot of new options available for businesses. The last one we featured on the blog was the new […]


Upcoming Web Marketing Events

From Smart Solutions Web marketing conferences and events are great places to network with other professionals and learn what’s important in web marketing right now. And there is no shortage of events to choose from, if you’re looking to be a part of one. There are a few web marketing events coming up that we’re […]


Schedule Facebook Posts

The curse of the businessman is that we never have enough time. When you’re the one managing multiple aspects of a business, it’s easy to put aside things that don’t seem as important—and social media is often one of those that gets lost in the shuffle. But social media doesn’t need to take a lot […]


The Google Author Tag

From Smart Solutions If you use Google a lot, you’ve probably seen Google Author show up on your SERPs. As a matter of fact, one study noted that about 17% of queries will result in at least one Google Author post showing up. Webmasters in every industry are realizing the benefit, and adding the Google […]


Google Drives Joins the Online Storage Providers!

Google’s newest product was announced just yesterday morning, and people across the Internet are excited about the online storage service that will most likely be Dropbox’s biggest competitor. But before we throw out Dropbox, let’s compare the two—is Google Drive really any better than Dropbox? Features of the Newest Online Storage Service Google Drive Free […]


New Google Glasses – Google’s Augmented Reality Glasses

They brought us an email system, a robust map of the world, mobile payments, cars that drive themselves, a new social network, and they entertain us every holiday with a new Doodle, so naturally, the next step in Google’s inventive journey would be… glasses? It sounds crazy, but unlike most of the announcements you’ll get from […]


Social Sharing Buttons – Why do we need them?

Last week, we discussed the value of adding social media buttons to your website. This week, we’re talking about the other side of adding social to your site—social media sharing buttons. While the icons will lead visitors to your business social media profiles, social sharing buttons will lead them to promote your website content on […]


Adding Social Media Buttons to Your Website

If your business has a social media profile or two, it’s time to move on from simply posting and hoping that people will click through to your website. It’s time to grow your fan base. Although the number of followers you have doesn’t necessarily equal traffic to your website, it does mean that you have […]