This page has been set up to display the stats and compare Facebook, Twitter and Google+ usage by small businesses who sign up to UK Small Business Directory. It displays how many businesses added their Facebook details, Twitter details and … Continue reading
I have a page on V1 SEO which I use as a Google +1 Checker The idea is that you enter a URL in to the +1 checker to see how many Google +1′s it has received. This works really … Continue reading
Video: 2020 Vision – Aiming for a cure to Ataxia Two years ago Millie-Mae began to lose her balance she was diagnosed with Friedreich’s Ataxia. Millie Mae’s World – Raising awareness and funds for Ataxia UK with smiles. Anyone wishing … Continue reading
Well Google+ is now over 12 months old Although I like Google+ I can’t help but think it is a pyramid sellers dream.
I’ll start this post by saying I really like what Google are trying to do with Google+, Google+ Pages and Google+ Local – BUT! The big problem is though it appears as though there are different Google departments trying to … Continue reading
I have been following a lot of Google+ Pages recently to see how the major UK brands and businesses are embracing Google+ Sadly, my Google+ Reviews Page reveals the answer to be Not Very Well One big brand that appears … Continue reading
I’ve been looking at the Google+ Pages of some of the biggest UK brands, stores and retailers in recent weeks, and can only say how shocked I am at how poor Google+ take up appears to be in UK I … Continue reading
V1 SEO have now created a Google+ Widget using our latest activity. The Self Hosted Google Plus Widget uses the Google API and is a feed of our latest activity from our Google Plus Page or Profile. It works on … Continue reading
There appears to be a serious flaw with the new Google+ Share button at the moment. After adding the Google+ Share button here – http://www.uksmallbusinessdirectory.co.uk/ I tested it to discover that it wasn’t sharing that page but was instead sharing … Continue reading
It took some time coming but a Google+ Share button has now been launched – http://googleplusplatform.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/introducing-google-share-button.html Google say it is more for when people just want to share something with their friends. I’ve now added the new Google+ Share button … Continue reading
I’ve blogged about the Google Rich Snippets Testing Tool on numerous occasions and use a customised Rich Snippets testing button on numerous sites too. It was whilst using this on V1 SEO that I noticed author images are no longer … Continue reading
As we predicted last month – facebook Google +1′s our Google +1 Checker has now revealed that facebook.com now has a higher Google +1 count than any other page including google.com or the previous highest page google.com/webmasters/tools/ The Google page with the … Continue reading
I’ve just discovered my Google +1 Checker Tool had stopped working No idea how long it has been broken, but I have just updated it and all seems OK again Google +1 Checker
We have heard that one of the key points of Google Sponsoring the mens 100m final at the London Olmpics is that the Olmpic Gold Medal will be replaced by a Chrome medal bearing the Google Chrome logo on the … Continue reading
This post will probably get the Google Plus fanbois ranting and saying Google Plus isn’t devised to be used by business, to which my reply is why on earth is there Google Plus Pages for business then? Since the start … Continue reading
The V1 SEO Google +1 Checker today revealed that Facebook has overtaken Google as most Google +1′d website on the web. For a long time now the the page with the most Google +1′s has been http://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/ with 140,000 Google +1′s – … Continue reading
I like Mashable and until 5 minutes ago was following Pete Cashmore on Twitter. I’m now no longer following him, as today I got my first iPod, a shiney new 4th generation iPod Touch Why does this make any difference … Continue reading
If you notice a linnk.me URL shortener spamming your Twitter account make a note of the page they are sending people to and edit it so there is a message at the top of the page warning people not to … Continue reading
Rather than the face to face word of mouth with friends and acquaintances the importance of Online Word of Mouth is growing and growing. Source: Google Word of Mouth – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp_i-Cq7ec8
Google are at last providing some new Google+ Badges but still no sign of any official Google+ Widgets If they want your average webmaster and site owner to engage with Google+ as well as the more techy and Geek type … Continue reading
At the moment if you do a search on Google+ and then use the From Everywhere feature, enter a location in, and do a search, you will see it is pretty pathetic. For most UK areas it comes up with … Continue reading
I must say I really like the new Facebook Timeline Layout, but unfortunately just don’t use my personal facebook page enough to warrant setting it up. Now if they release Facebook Timeline Pages for business or brands it would be … Continue reading
If there was one thing Google could do to encourage engagement and interaction from webmasters it would be to provide us with some official Google+ Widgets so that we could embed Google+ content on to our own websites. Until we … Continue reading
Ask anyone to name 5 people connected with Twitter and the chances are a high % will have Stephen Fry in their list. Ask anyone to name 5 people connected with Google Plus and the chances are a high % will have Robert … Continue reading
Since allowing people to add Google+ Pages to their listings in UK Small Business Directory and add their business to our Google+ Directory the one thing that really stands out for us is just how few people know how to … Continue reading
The V1 SEO Google +1 Checker today revealed that The Mashable homepage http://mashable.com received its 50,00th Google +1 today. http://mashable.com = This puts Mashable in 3rd place behind Google and Facebook for Google +1′s (unless you know different?)
V1 SEO revealed yesterday that facebook was closing in on 100000 Google +1s well today 17th January 2012 Facebook received its 100000th Google +1 – http://www.facebook.com There has been a big jump in the past 2 or 3 days, on … Continue reading
The UK Small Business Directory has been allowing new business that register in the directory to include links to their facebook page, Twitter page and Google+ page. A quick test on the last 170 businesses to register reveals Google+ is … Continue reading
Will you support the SOPA Blackout Day on 18th January 2012 If your site is running on WordPress there are a number of Worpress SOPA Blackout plugins now available – http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/search.php?q=sopa More information about SOPA from WordPress – http://wordpress.org/news/2012/01/help-stop-sopa-pipa/ SOPA … Continue reading
WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg says he is seriously thinking about a WordPress Blackout in the SOPA campaign. Will you support the SOPA Blackout Day on 18th January 2012 If your site is running on WordPress there are a number of … Continue reading
The following are examples of how the links are when clicked on in a Google+ page or post. (using IE) http://plus.url.google.com/url?sa=z&n=1326280813384&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.v1seo.co.uk&usg=v_E9UopgN0MXUAKYwWI6UjHBLPM. http://plus.url.google.com/url?sa=z&n=1326277427917&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.v1seo.co.uk%2F11%2Fistraffic-rating-important-for-seo-post-panda-balancing%2F&usg=1GAIQKn74wovEB3P3UGxaw3gj5g. they should both work fine and redirect straight to the pages (when using IE) Change either the N … Continue reading
This is just one in a series of Google+ Tips provided by V1 SEO The importance of the order of recommended links in your Google+ Profile How you order your recommended links in your about us page in your Google … Continue reading
Google Hovercards V1 SEO SEO Services UK Small Business Directory Terry Simmonds Google+ Tips and Advice Change the number at the end of the URL to your Google+ number to see your Google Hovercard
I’ve been having some strange problems with what looks like Google referrer strings recently. Everything works fine until I sign in to my Google+ account, click on a link in a post. article or whatever and then try to use … Continue reading
You may have noticed a new search box in the sidebar of V1 SEO. This is a V1 SEO Site Search provided by DuckDuckGo DuckDuckGo desribes itself as; “a general purpose search engine that is intended to be your starting … Continue reading
A lot of people still don’t know just what you can do with Google+ yet. Here is an example page Wheelchair Ramps and here is an example post Portable Wheelchair Ramps What makes this Google+ Page special and different? Can you … Continue reading
Podline have launched a new Business Networking Forum specifically for all members of UK Small Business Directory. The main purpose of the forum is so that members of UKSBD can interact with each other make suggestions for what features they … Continue reading
V1 SEO is great – it should be part of The Great Campaign (That’s what my daughter said anyway)
Looks like Google+ and the Google+ buttons and badges are giving security certificate errors again “There is a problem with this website’s security certificate. The security certificate presented by this website has expired or is not yet valid. Security certificate … Continue reading
Following on from my post about what is going be big in 2012 and by prediction that Voice Recognition Software will be big in 2012 my latest, some may say wacky, prediction is Soundproof Microphones, Soundproof Microphone Boxes or Soundproof Microphone Chambers. With Google filing … Continue reading
If there is one thing I don’t like about the iPad it is the fact you still have to use either an iPad keyboard or the touchscreen keyboard with it. It is surely only a matter of time before Voice Recognition … Continue reading
As social networking and social marketing continues to grow it amazes me that what seems to be the number one use of social networking is marketers selling marketing ideas to other marketers and talking other people in to using their … Continue reading
Google seem to be really pushing the Hangouts feature of Google+ at the moment and even have a Google voice and video plugin. What happens if you haven’t got a webcam or only have a very poor quality webcam though? … Continue reading
This is a follow up post providing tips on Google+ Pages You may find it beneficial to read posts in this order if you have not read them already; Best ways of using Google+ for business or SEO Tips on … Continue reading
If you do a cached snapshot of a Google+ Page you get a blank screen, http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:https://plus.google.com/104044418361598053077 Delve a bit further and look at the sources and you see, “body { visibility: hidden;}” Strip the cache by using &strip=1 to see … Continue reading
This is a follow up post providing tips on Google+ Pages You may find it beneficial to read posts in this order if you have not read them already; Best ways of using Google+ for business or SEO Tips on … Continue reading
This is a follow on page from – Tips on Setting up a Google+ Page for Business and SEO If you haven’t already read that page may I suggest you do so 1st. Before carrying on I just need to mention … Continue reading
I’ve previously hinted at how to set up Google+ Pages in a post called How to set up a Google+ Business Page and optimise it for best results This post will expand on that further and provide my tips on Setting up … Continue reading
Now that Google+ Pages for business have been with us for a while it would be interesting to here the best ways of using Google+ for business purposes. If you are using Google+ for business we would be interested in … Continue reading
Whilst playing around with the V1 SEO Google+ Widget I suddenly had one of those eureka moments. Could I use the Google+ activity feed to display products on a little static website? I quickly set up a new Google+ Product Page, … Continue reading
V1 SEO have created a quick little Google+ Widget Checker so you can see how a Google+ Feed Widget would look on your website using the feed from your Google+ Page. All you have to do is add your Google+ … Continue reading
Must admit I am getting pretty sick of the tagged you in a post facebook spam that is doing the rounds at the moment on facebook. Very little of it actually appears on my wall or hidden wall, but even after I … Continue reading
As part of the Coca-Cola Artic Home campaign in partnership with the WWF to raise awareness and funds to create a safe haven for polar bears Coca-Cola are turning their red cans white for the first time ever. Arctic Home … Continue reading
I have been running some little traffic generating projects this week by targeting phrases related to the Christmas Adverts that most big brands have now released. Soon in to my little experiment something glaringly obvious hit me. First have a … Continue reading
I thought I would have a quick check in google to see how my Google +1 Checker was doing so did a search for Google +1 Checker and got the following message from Google “The + operator has been replaced. … Continue reading
As Google becomes more social in an attempt to tempt facebook users to Google+ is Gogle Dating the natural progression? Despite all the data Google now has it has always stayed out of dating and matchmaking even though it is … Continue reading
How to do your own facebook advertising First log in to your facebook page Scroll down to the very bottom of page and click where it says advertising Click top right hand side where it says “Create an Advert” Fill … Continue reading
I set the Disqus comment system up on one of my old sites a couple of years and added a post called List of websites using Disqus I only added about 10 sites so was interested too see how many … Continue reading
Hopefully anyone reading this post will see a google +1 button on the top left of this page just under the SEO navigation menu. I say hopefully as more often than not recently it hasn’t been appearing and is just … Continue reading
With all the changes Google are making at the moment and their full fledged assault on social networking with Google+ it has never been so important to have a good Googgle Profile. I have provided instructions previously about Enhancing Google Profiles next … Continue reading
If Google don’t care about the Fake Hotel Reviews on Google places, directory sites allow obviously blatant fake hotel reviews and social networking sites do the same, we thought we might as well go the whole hog and provide a … Continue reading
Following on from my last post about how to see how many Google +1s a website has received, I have now created a little Google +1 Count Checker which lets you simply enter a website in to a form to see … Continue reading
If you are nosey (like me) and want to see how many Google +1′s a website has received, but it isn’t displaying a Google +1 button, here’s a nifty little trick I have come up with for you. See how … Continue reading
V1 SEO provide a simple Twitter guide that includes our top 10 tips on using Twitter for marketing more effectively. Setting up a Twitter account Branding your Twitter page Building your Twitter community Engaging your Twitter Followers Getting your Tweets seen … Continue reading
As anyone who has been following my blog posts here on V1 SEO will know I set up a little competition to see who could find the web page with the most google +1′s by using my Google +1 Tracker … Continue reading
http://mashable.com was one of the first major sites to embrace the Google +1 button and according to our Google +1 Count Tracker was 2nd only to Google for the number of Google +1′s a page had received. Today http://www.facebook.com overtook … Continue reading
Update 22/02/2012 Rightmoveplaces fiasco Looks like rightmoveplaces have done it a again, more here – http://www.v1seo.co.uk/11/rightmoveplaces-do-it-again-another-fiasco/ Update: 12/11/2011 Big Improvement to RightmovePlaces It would be nice to think someone at RightmovePlaces read my little rant and acted on the comments … Continue reading
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I use Google Friend Connect on one of my Business Directory sites. I haven’t been using it long but already have 171 members. As anyone who visits the site will see, I use the members gadget and have it set up … Continue reading
A few weeks ago Google launched Google +1 and provide some nice new buttons that you can create here, http://www.google.com/webmasters/+1/button/ Today they created some nice new Google Profile Buttons which you can create here, http://www.google.com/webmasters/profilebutton/ Notice anything wrong? – No … Continue reading
Last week I wrote Why no Google Profile Buttons where I said I thought Google were missing a trick by not having some new official Google Profile Buttons. Surprise, Surprise in the last few hours they have created a new … Continue reading
Another small, but possible important change to the Google Profile layout is that they have cleared the left hand pane. Where as last week there was information about your location and other things in there, this has all been moved … Continue reading
The sharp eyed will already have spotted our Google Profiles has a new tab for Videos in Google Profiles. Clicking on upload new videos takes you to your Picasa account. Up until now Picasa has predominantly been used for photos, but … Continue reading
There was a lot of talk about Google Circles back in March, but Google denied Circles existed source: www.readwriteweb.com This again emphasises something I have been saying for some time now. The importance of a good Google Profile will be … Continue reading
Update: 30th June See this page about New Google Profile Button created last night. We have the new Google +1 buttons and some pretty dated looking Google Buzz buttons, but after a bit of searching I’m yet to find any … Continue reading
I’ve written a couple of blog posts about the righmoveplaces website over the past few months. The 1st one moaning about just how bad the new version they launched in July was – New version of RightmovePlaces The 2nd one talking … Continue reading