Last week brought a number of stories that Google+ may not be performing as planned. The Wall Street Journal’s Amir Efrati (@Amir_Efrati) reported: It turns out Google+ is a virtual ghost town compared with the site of rival Facebook Inc., which is preparing for a massive initial public offering. New data from research firm comScore Inc…. Continue Reading
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Why Google+ Matters for Lawyers — webinar recording available, plus encore session
Thanks to all who attended yesterday’s webinar on Google+, led by LexBlog CEO Kevin O’Keefe. We had some great questions from the audience. Due to an error with the webinar platform, some potential attendees were turned away, so we will be hosting an encore presentation on Thursday, March 1, at noon ET / 9 a.m…. Continue Reading
Why Google+ Matters for Lawyers — client webinar on Thursday, 2/23
Google+ launched in June 2011 and opened to general use in September 2011. Since then, Google+ has received a fair amount of buzz, though many lawyers still don’t understand what it does or why they might use it. On Thursday, February 23 at noon ET / 9 a.m. PT, LexBlog CEO Kevin O’Keefe will host a free,… Continue Reading
Google+ may be an inevitable part of law firm’s content marketing strategy
Love it or hate, don’t have enough time for it, or think Google’s new Search, plus Your World is evil, it simply doesn’t matter. Google+ is an inevitable part of your content marketing strategy writes lawyer and Founder and CEO of Copyblogger Media, Brian Clark, this morning. It’s in your best interests for your business… Continue Reading
Six reasons attorneys ought to bother with Google+
Former securities lawyer, now publisher, Bruce Carton, asked yesterday on ALM’s Legal Blog Watch, ‘…to Those of You Still Using Google+: Why?’ …I pretty much gave up on using Google+ a short time after I wrote that post [on initial foray into Google+] in June 2011 (my last Google+ post is dated Aug. 17, 2011),… Continue Reading
Google+ adding 625,000 users a day : What’s it mean for you as an attorney?
Google’s social networking service, Google+, is adding 625,000 new users a day and may total 400 million members by the end of next year, according to independent analysis of its growth. This per Bloomberg’s Nick Turner (@SFNick) in his report this morning that Google was building a rival to Facebook, which currently has more than… Continue Reading
Google+ Reaches 50 Million User Mark in About 88 Days
There’s been wide spread skepticism for years about Google’s ability to nail a social solution that could compete with Facebook, Twitter, or LinkedIn. Such skepticism ought to be put to rest with how fast Google+ has grown to 50 million users. In less than 90 days. Compare that to 1325 days for Facebook and 2354… Continue Reading
Should lawyers ignore Google+ for now?
Law firm social media consultant, Adrian Dayton, penned an interesting piece at the National Law Journal last week advising lawyers to ignore Google+ for now. Dayton’s position, also drawing the support of others in the field, is that it’s too early for the vast majority of lawyers. …[T]he innovators and early adopters will always be… Continue Reading
Is Google Plus turning mainstream?
Technology journalist, Marshall Kirkpatrick, made the case last week that six weeks post launch Google Plus may be going mainstream. Per traffic monitoring company Experian Hitwise, which posted the results of a 10 million person tracking last week, Kirkpatrick finds Google Plus to be less centered on early adopters than it was at launch. At… Continue Reading
Google Plus makes it easier to cross post to Facebook and Twitter
Google has made it a little easier to cross post across your social networks from one interface. Posting to Google Plus tonight I noticed next to the ‘Share’ button for posting to Google Plus an option to cross post to Facebook, Twitter, and Plunk. See below for what I mean. I am not a big… Continue Reading
Google Plus for lawyers : First impressions
Google Plus, a new social networking service operated by Google, has been out for less than a month. What do we know? It’s seen explosive growth with almost 20 Million users. To put that in perspective, it took television 13 years and the Internet four years to reach 50 million users. Facebook had 100 million… Continue Reading
No lawyer or law firm pseudonyms on Google Plus
Lawyers and law firms are notorious for the use of pseudonyms on social media. Why use your real name by which you are known and use to build your reputation when you can use GeorgiaEmploymentLawyer on Twitter? Yes, it’s inane, but ill-advised lawyers do it everyday. Lawyers and law firms won’t get the chance to… Continue Reading
Google shuts down music blogs on Blogger and Blogspot without warning. Could it happen to your law blog?
Google’s free blog service, Blogger, made the headlines this week when it shut down and deleted the blog content on six popular music blogs without warning. The Guardian’s Sean Michaels had a nice summary of what transpired in his story this past Thursday. In what critics are calling “musicblogocide 2010″, Google has deleted at least… Continue Reading
Will Google offer better search of lawyer directories than lawyer directory websites themselves?
If you watch Google closely, one of the recent changes you’ve see is that when Google displays organizations and directories on the search results pages, it’s allowing a search of the subject website without having to click to the website. Look at the below example for the Super Lawyers lawyer directory. Internet users would not… Continue Reading
Google’s transformation from just search to destination impacts law firms
Google’s transforming from just search to a destination website in the classic media sense posts Om Malik this morning. Citing first comScore’s report at the Search Engine Strategies conference in New York. Of some 1.2 billion search queries on Google during a one-week period in January 2008, universal results were presented about 17 percent of… Continue Reading