JDM Plus Google+
Google has finally unveiled brand pages for Google+ and JDM’s got one! So far, pretty cool, but will it cast a wide enough shadow over Facebook’s 750 million active users and get them to convert?
[quotes]“So far Google+ has focused on connecting people with other people,” Google SVP of Social Vic Gundotra said on their company blog. “But we want to make sure you can build relationships with all the things you care about—from local businesses to global brands—so today we’re rolling out Google+ Pages worldwide.”[/quotes]
The setup process is about as simply as you can believe, however it is a little disappointing looking once you’re all done and it’s every bit as confining as a Facebook page. It’s also just as ego-sucking looking at your Facebook page of hundreds of fans and your Google+ page with zero. Gotta start somewhere, I guess.
Besides the handful of brands already hopping on the Google+ page bandwagon, the lingering question is:are Google+ Pages able to beat Facebook’s? Mashable’s Zeny Huang seems to think so. In an op-ed piece, she lists her top 4 reasons Google+ pages will beat our Facebook.
Google Plus > Facebook?
- Better Search Opportunities – Facebook’s domain name generates a very low CTR
- More Customization – This hasn’t actually happened yet, but it could
- Better Analytics – Google+ teams up with Google Analytics and it blows Facebook’s stats out of the water
- Google Can Learn from Facebook – By this she means the mistakes Facebook has made blaze a clearer trail for Google+
From the point of view of the casual Google+ user, the move may feel a little too much like shameless promotions are ‘a coming and perhaps their right. To businesses and digital agencies, it feels like ABOUT TIME!
Check out JDM’s new Google+ page and be sure to add us. Our page is a bit lonely. Also, stay tuned as we test Google’s Direct Connect as an SEO initiative.
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First thing I noticed on Google+ business pages: I don’t have the option to add administrators or other users with access to post to an account. This can make things too difficult for a company to manage its G+ page.
I can’t believe that Google haven’t thought of that, and I’m waiting to see what they’re going to do.
From what I understand, they are working on it. It’s unclear why this wasn’t included in this first release. That’s, perhaps, a beta thing…
I am looking at it now, trying to see how to assign administrators to the page’s like you do in Facebook. I like how Google+ looks, but not sure if they can really compete with Facebook, just my opinion though.
Right now, that doesn’t seem to be an option with Google+ pages. They very well might change that as they have already asked brands not to also create Google+ profiles.
There’s always some sort of disappointment when something comes out in BETA.
Welcome to the world of the early-adopter…