Although Google Plus doesn’t have as many users as Facebook and Twitter have right now, you shouldn’t miss the opportunity to attract visitors to your blogs or websites on this social media site that is heavily developed by thousands of Google engineers. Who knows one day Google Plus might overtake Facebook as the most popular social networking site?
Here are 5 tips that could drive traffic to your blog from Google Plus.
1. Engage With People Frequently
If you want people to pay attention to your Google+ profile, it is vital that you communicate. You may receive a number of messages during the course of a week; should you choose to ignore them, issues may come to light. To ensure that you can answer as many as possible, find time each day to read. You do not have to write out several paragraphs; however, some effort needs to be put forth.
2. Research and Utilize the Right Keywords
Some people use keywords to help their Google+ webpage show up in search engine results. If you wish to do this, do the proper research. You need to ensure that the keywords used apply to what your account and website focuses on. Do not be afraid to experiment. It may take some time before you find keywords that are appropriate and fitting; it is worth the effort in the long run.
3. Post Videos and Pictures
In order to garner interest in your online profile, post pictures or videos often. Some people do not like Google+ pages that only discuss what a person does during the course of a day. If you want people to stick around and visit your blog, make sure that you post items that are interactive. A person may become interested in your blog if a video that describes the subject of the blog shows up.
4. Add a Link to Your Blog
Though this step should be obvious, a number of individuals fail to link to their website; this is a poor mistake. If you want people to become interested in your blog, ensure that you link to it as soon as possible. Post the link in a prominent spot; should you place the link at the bottom of the Google+ page people may be unable to see it. Mention that a link to your blog is available to keep people interested. Once the link is in place, you do not need to move it.
5. Update Your Profile and Be Consistent
The tips located above do not mean a lot if you do not update your profile. If it has been several months since your last update, a person may assume that the website is inactive. You can write a few sentences or a few paragraphs; so long as you show that you are updating, you should be OK.
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Twitter: blognames
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Although, Google plus has less users than Facebook and twitter. But, Google plus votes are more helpful to ranking our blogs on search engine. We should create and verify page on Google plus.
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Twitter: payable
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Hi kensongoo I appreciate your post about Google+, which is the trending topic now…I used to share current updates to drive traffic from it
I think the tips provided in the article are pretty obvious ones.. and not related to Google+ that much, as what you mentioned could be the same guideline for any other social media platform as well. I would like to see more in-depth information next time :)
-capu
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All the five tips are really very useful. I dont know abt traffic but i noticed a change in my pagerank after getting may google +1s.
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Great tips. Google provides a best source for the success of our blog. By doing these tips, we can be able to make sure that our blog will get the exact traffic.
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I have a Google+ account but don’t seem to use it as much as Facebook tend to find most people who follow my site use Facebook. If Google pushes their social media site with more advertising etc then i will start using it more.
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Twitter: blogginginsight
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With all the efforts that google is putting into gplus, it’s becoming vital for every marketer to pay attention.
I’m still not getting on well with it but I’ll be putting more effort on this.
Thanks for sharing this
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Twitter: akhilendra1
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I think Google+ is most successful social networking platform form Google. Google has put a lot of focus on this. Using plugins which can insert Google+ Profile Link in your site’s author box can also help you drive some traffic.
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Twitter: KontegoNetworks
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Why not take advantage of every social media we have registered? I think that Google has quite a few interesting tools – however, I don’t use it as much because I have a bigger audience on Facebook.
Twitter: SantoshSandilya
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Google Plus may get you high traffic to your blog, but still it’s very far from Facebook. Hopefully in future, it would give a good fight to Facebook.
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Twitter: bestcarcoverage
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Hello, Thanks for the great overview on Google+. I ran a contest on my website and asked visitors to Google + the pages I was looking to promote. The new +1′s seemed to help quite a bit with my rankings and I look forward to applying some of your suggestions to continue to build my Google + presence.
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Google Plus really has the potential to be at par with Twitter and Facebook in terms of its social networking capabilities and features. Upon finding out that I can utilize key words to improve my search rankings, I knew that I found myself another platform to promote my business with tangible results. Thanks.
I never really had the opportunity to explore how Google Plus can benefit the small business I’m growing so I’m glad I stumbled upon this post. I guess I should really make an effort to interact with my circle more. Thanks for the share.
Twitter: eunicebrail
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Thank you for sharing those tips as they are indeed helpful for everyone who thinks that Google+ can drive traffic to their blog sites. In reality, yes it can give you traffic but it is not easy as you might think because you have to ensure that you have applied those 5 tips posted. If you are really looking for targeted traffic then you have to market it to your target market or else it is still nothing.
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Twitter: collegeocontent
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it would actually be a better practice if bloggers and web content creators were actually setting up their RSS feeds in Google feed burner, and then activating the “PingShot” feature, so that they can generally get traffic after automatically ping search engines and web directories. In addition, people can also get traffic to their content outside of “Facebook’s promote your post feature,” by way of writing and submitting unique articles and submitting to article directories on the World Wide Web. Paying for online advertising is almost worthless nowadays, as there’s many unique and meaningful ways to alternative online advertising.
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I belive in that this article going to help me to reach my goal.. Thanks for sharing this article. Keep going.
Twitter: ipad89com
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we all know that social media engagement is very helpful and effective for our blog. Facebook is world’s largest social media so we should use it properly. But people forget about google plus as it is also a great social media. So we should use google plus wisely. Thanks to the author for sharing this information about google plus engagement.
Twitter: shashankjohri11
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Very useful tips.. I was looking for a post like this as i was not getting visitors from Google Plus..But now i can try and apply the above mentioned points to bring traffic through Google Plus on my blog..
Thank You for such a good article..
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Nice blog and nice articles. I love this blog very much because of your efforts taken for article writing impressed me a lot. Thnx for sharing this post. I belive in that this article going to help me to reach my goal.
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I am still not sure how I feel about Google + … the interaction on Facebook is much higher, in my opinion. Maybe I just have to invest some more time into growing my circles and figure out how to use Google + more efficient to promote my blog… Thanks for the great advice!
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Having a considerable experience with G+, I can say this blog contains the complete essence of using Google+. You may not have known before how google+ can actually help driving traffic for your blog!
Twitter: lifenleisure
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One of the things I’ve really liked about G+ over Facebook is that, like Twitter, you can tag other people into your posts, which will eventually get their attention. I admit that the progress is slow, but so far, it’s been one of the places where I have been able to start having a connection with those people that matter as far as blogging is concerned.
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Google + is going to become more and more important with refence to Serps. A healthy amount of +1 promotion will help, but other promotion methods must also be used.
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Twitter: alwynbull
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I too needs to get many circles. How do I do that. Rigt now, the only purpose of G+ is to +1 my blog pages.
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google + has really gained popularlty since google gives a lot of weightage to it. In future, it can emerge as a serious threat to facebook as well…..thanks for sharing these wonderful tips, really helpful and well communicated.
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Twitter: umer_rock
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but how to get google + circles i have very low quantity :(
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Google+ can be a good source of traffic. Its popularity is slowly increasing. Thanks for these helpful tips. I am yet to try my hands on it.
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It’s about time that Google+ will make a difference. Very nice post.
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Twitter: philmacphoto
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Great post, and rather timely. I have had a Google+ account for a while now and still find it quite difficult to get to grips with. Your point number 5 about consistency is the key to building relationships I think.
I follow several circles and have been included in other circles but my posts seem to get very little reaction most of the time despite commenting on others posts and adding +1s.
I will certainly keep trying with Google+ because i am sure it is here to stay and will no doubt become a bigger player within the social network arena. Also I understand that Google are now incorporating +1 results into their search algorithm so perseverance should offer long term benefit.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
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I’m still battling to get behind Google+ It’s just so tough to stay consistent with so many options out there in terms of what social media to really go after.
It is very important to know the way to drive traffic. I know, there are a lot of webmaster who don’t know the way to bring traffic.Only google plus button is not enough to promote your website for the public.Thanks for such a useful content. Like it
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Thanks for sharing this information its really helpfull for me with the help of this i can increase our working so thanks.
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Twitter: turkiyetours
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I have tried to connect on Google Plus but the interaction is so low. People in the travel industry do not seem to have embrace as much as other niches. Photographers love it but freely admit, they receive very little traffic from it.
Twitter: mss_inc_usa
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Number 1 and number 5 are really important. If you do not update your profile consistently and engage with others frequently, then you won’t be driving as much traffic to your blog as you need!
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Definitely true. Social media is no longer about having an account, but about actually being SOCIAL with your accounts. For better or worse today’s web goer now carries an expectation that your accounts will be both as up to date as possible, and fully active, with the ability to communicate and expect a real response. If you’ve got that, you’ll attract new viewers and keep them engaged much longer.
Twitter: tylergherman
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Video and photos are definitely one of the bigger ones. It ads a lot of interest because G+ pages can be pretty boring without them.
Twitter: 3MwindowfilmTO
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Great tips! I try to get some traffic from G+ but I had no luck so far. I keep posting pictures and other content on my page and I share a link to it on my blog and across other social media but so far I haven’t seen much results. G+ is pretty weak when compared to the traffic i get form Facebook, Twitter or even Pinterest or Flickr
Twitter: GabeJohansson
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It can be tough to really get G+ going, since I feel like the interaction rate is really low. I had a profile in the past and 200+ people had me in their circles, but I would only get a couple +1s, an occasional comment, and no real clicks on anything.
I ended up closing that one out a while back, but opened a new one recently. I feel like it’s an important profile to have, but I prefer Twitter over anything by a longshot.
Thanks for the post!
-Gabe
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Twitter: MahrSahab
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I second you, Gabe. I’ve experienced exactly the same. The most important thing, as Alan and Paul say, is the rate of your activity and connectivity. However, the value of Google +1s cannot be overlooked because they also contribute to your rankings in Google, I believe.
Thanks for the post and the opportunity to discuss it, kensongoo!
Thanks for your comment. I dont think that Google+ grows bigger than Facebook. But we will see one day… ;-)
Twitter: TimsMinions
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I still need to get a grip on Google+, I use it but it seems more of a chore than an actual useful tool. :-(
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really your tips is very helpful for blogger and i believe Google plus one day overtake the Facebook