Everyone wants to see their site or blog post on top of Google’s search results.
So it’s no surprise when I was immediately drawn to Katie Freiling’s recent post, “A 2 Minute Strategy To Get Your Content To The Top of Google… Fast!”.
If you haven’t heard about Google’s Social Search yet, Katie’s short post and brief training tutorial will make you go, “wow, I want that too!”.
Katie Freiling — social media, blogging, and personal development coach in the online home business industry, takes on a no nonsense approach to online marketing and posts great, short and snappy quality content. This is why we like her. You always want to take her advice!
So what is Google Social Search anyway?
Google Social Search, as defined by Google, is a “feature designed to help you discover relevant content from your social circle, a set of online friends and contacts.”
It’s a brilliant idea.
Because it’s a personalized search experience, you will most likely find it easy to relate to the results you get from the targeted search.
So who are the people in your so-called social circle?
Your social circle simply refers to the people in your contacts list found in:
- Your Gmail (or Google Talk) chat list
- Your Google Contacts – Friends, Family, and Coworkers
- Your Twitter and Friend Feed friends that appear on your Google profile or in
your public Google Buzz stream - Your Google Reader and Google Buzz list
Your Google social circle will also include connections of those in your immediate, public social circle.
How does it work?
Simply go to http://www.google.com/profiles and set up your social profile. Katie tells us to fill out all or most of the fields, and that you need to be signed in to your Google account to use social search. Once you’re done, try doing a simple query on any topic you like. You just might find the content you’ve been looking for at the bottom of the search results! Pretty neat, huh?
Benefit from highly targeted, relevant searches and get great exposure with the use of Google Social Search today.
If you love learning about the ways Google is making searches, connections, marketing and lead generation easier and faster, stay tuned for more posts like this. I hope you enjoyed reading this post, and if you know others who still have not discovered this amazing tool, don’t forget to share this with them! Thank you!
To Your Success,
Elmar Sandyck
September 21st, 2010 at 4:51 am
Hi Elmar, I’m a fan of Katie too — love her blog! I think it’s great that you’re also sharing about Google Social Search here. I was really impressed by it. It’s a great way to get targeted traffic on your site!
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October 5th, 2010 at 3:58 pm
Have you ever realized just how many Google blogs are out there? Ten, twenty maybe? Well no there are actually over 100 Google blogs by my last count. When we refer to Google blogs, these include actual blogs started by Google to communicate news and updates about their various products and services. In addition there are a number of blogs, 50 or so to be exact, by Google people (Googlers as they have become known as). We have reviewed over 120 Google-related blogs and came up with the Top 50 Google Blogs. We took the time to visit these 120+ blogs and have compiled a list of the Top 50 Google Blogs.
Note: While there are a number of unofficial Google related blogs, this list contains only blogs that have been released by Google itself or from current Google employees.
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April 19th, 2011 at 12:17 pm
I love these types of writings when you make something that’s supposed to be technical into something really understandable. Thanks this helped me a lot to learn more about google social search.
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April 20th, 2011 at 12:38 pm
Hi Allison,
Thanks for the kind words, I’m glad this post gave you additional information on Google social search.
Take care,
Elmar
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