Another wonderful infographic showing how businesses are using Facebook. As more business solutions such as Google Plus for businesses, social eCommerce tools and mobile pay wallets gain momentum; social retention will shift even more towards social acquisition. 

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Excellent infographic from KISS Metrics showing global Google analytics metrics and usage trends. Compare your website metrics to these statistics – how does your site measure up? Click to view full size.

Original post appeared on WhatDidEricSay.com

Excellent infographic from KISS Metrics showing global Google analytics metrics and usage trends. Compare your website metrics to these statistics – how does your site measure up? Click to view full size.

Original post appeared on WhatDidEricSay.com

Be sure to check out the new release of Location Based Marketing for Dummies, written by Aaron Strout, one of the DrivingSales Executive Summit keynote speakers! 

If you're still scratching your head about location based marketing, get this book. It'll quickly bring you up to speed about the tools, strategies & overall understanding of this segment.

(And also cool to see a CarZar mention in the book as well!)

Congrats to Aaron and his co-author, Mike Schneider. 

Be sure to check out the new release of Location Based Marketing for Dummies, written by Aaron Strout, one of the DrivingSales Executive Summit keynote speakers! 

If you're still scratching your head about location based marketing, get this book. It'll quickly bring you up to speed about the tools, strategies & overall understanding of this segment.

(And also cool to see a CarZar mention in the book as well!)

Congrats to Aaron and his co-author, Mike Schneider. 

Google Authorship Attribute: The authorship attribute is a new element within the recent Panda update. This another way Google is prioritizing content from published authors within the search engine results pages. It's a nice solution for content experts as it helps build greater awareness while demonstrating authority in their respective field.

Authors and blog owners can now display their profile images in the right margin of Google's search results by following a few simple steps.

• Create a Google Profile. These are wrapped within Google Plus. Need one? Get one here.
• The new attribute needed is rel = author
• Add two new plugins using the plugin search tool within your blog; search "Google Author" & add the 1st two results: BAW Google Author & Allow REL= and HTML in Author Bios (WP strips out rel attributes on some themes, the 2nd plugin allows them to remain)
• Add your blog link to the right column of your Google Profile.
• Add the Google Profile Button to your blog. (The circular loop between your Google profile & your blog needs to be completed)

I've also added my G+ profile link to my blog profile's biographical info field (admin section) to be sure it gets found, however I'm not 100% this is necessary yet.

My elements have been in place for a couple of weeks, but my profile image isn't appearing yet. Google's reply is simply "Be patient." So far, only select profiles are published, more will follow. Here's one example of the how it looks within the results pages when searching for Matt Cutts:

Have you added the rel=author attribute yet? If so, is your profile image being displayed?

Google Authorship Attribute: The authorship attribute is a new element within the recent Panda update. This another way Google is prioritizing content from published authors within the search engine results pages. It's a nice solution for content experts as it helps build greater awareness while demonstrating authority in their respective field.

Authors and blog owners can now display their profile images in the right margin of Google's search results by following a few simple steps.

• Create a Google Profile. These are wrapped within Google Plus. Need one? Get one here.
• The new attribute needed is rel = author
• Add two new plugins using the plugin search tool within your blog; search "Google Author" & add the 1st two results: BAW Google Author & Allow REL= and HTML in Author Bios (WP strips out rel attributes on some themes, the 2nd plugin allows them to remain)
• Add your blog link to the right column of your Google Profile.
• Add the Google Profile Button to your blog. (The circular loop between your Google profile & your blog needs to be completed)

I've also added my G+ profile link to my blog profile's biographical info field (admin section) to be sure it gets found, however I'm not 100% this is necessary yet.

My elements have been in place for a couple of weeks, but my profile image isn't appearing yet. Google's reply is simply "Be patient." So far, only select profiles are published, more will follow. Here's one example of the how it looks within the results pages when searching for Matt Cutts:

Have you added the rel=author attribute yet? If so, is your profile image being displayed?

Why is this significant? Google+ business solutions will be out soone enough. Will you be prepared?

Why is this significant? Google+ business solutions will be out soone enough. Will you be prepared?

The 10 Commandments of Link Building

Courtesy of KliKKi search engine optimization.