Make Google +1 Work for Your Maui Business

It's clear to anyone who markets their company online and online marketing firms that social media have dramatically changed how people find information online. Facebook, StumbleUpon, Digg, Wikis, Yelp, TripAdvisor, and so many others have an enormous impact on SEO and SEM strategies in the past few years.

So the only thing that's really surprising about the new Google +1 buttons popping up everywhere is that it took Google so long to jump on the social bandwagon. You can activate the +1 feature in your google account here. This will enable you to recommend sites to users you are connected to online (like blog followers and people in your google contacts) and to users that Google thinks have similar searching habits to yours.

There are currently two settings for the Google +1 application. You can enable the “personalization” feature which will let Google use your +1 selections, search habits, and other profile information to customize ad and search content you encounter online. This option also allows you to see which of your Google contacts have +1'ed sites you are visiting. If you disable the “personalization” other users will not see your Google account named when they visit sites you have +1'ed and Google will not use your +1 or profile information to modify search results or ad content.

Since Google +1 is still in the beta testing stage, you can expect that there will be changes in the future, but overall, it looks like users now have a way to tell Google what they want to see in their search results. This is a great marketing opportunity. Ask your satisfied customers to +1 your site, ask your friends and family to +1 your site, and ask your webmaster about adding +1 to your website.

We here at Meyer Computer are already working with this new tool to grow traffic for our clients participating in our exclusive marketing program. If you're ready to take your website to the next level, give us a call. We are a full service website management firm offering everything from design to marketing, and from hosting to technical support. If you are looking for one office, with one phone number, one email address, and real local experts available to take care of all your website and email needs you are looking for Meyer Computer.