Do you create content on the web?  Do you want to make that content eligible for inclusion in Google's new social search?  Of course you do! 

Read on for the first part in my series of tips and tricks on how to make social search work better for your content.

1: Connect All the Accounts.

Social search uses your Google identity plus your extended social graph to help you find personalized content.  The extended social graph is found via links everyone adds to their Google+ profile.  More links means more personalized data.

Connect and Verify the accounts you use across the web on the Connected Accounts settings page.  Then add these and other profile links on your Google+ profile.  Remember to add links to accounts across the web, places where you actually create content: your postings, comments, photos, videos and so on.

The best results come from two-way links so consider adding links back to your Google+ profile.  For best results paste in your Google+ profile and remove the /u/# and suffixes.  Your profile link should look like this:

https://plus.google.com/117259934788907243749

I recently added links to my Google+ profile on these sites. I've included the direct link so you can too.  I'd love to know about more, just leave the site name and link in the comments!

• Twitter
  https://twitter.com/settings/profile
  
  
• Facebook (add to Website setting)
  http://www.facebook.com/editprofile.php?sk=contact
  
  
• Wordpress / Gravatar
  https://en.gravatar.com/profiles/edit/?noclose#verified-services
  
  
• Typepad (use Other for your Google+ profile)
  https://www.typepad.com/secure/account/profile/accounts
  
  
• Windows Live
  https://profile.live.com/Services/?productid=connectedtoprofile
  
  
• Livejournal (edit Website)
  http://www.livejournal.com/manage/profile/ 
  
  
• Flickr
  http://www.flickr.com/profile_edit.gne
  
• Soundcloud
  http://soundcloud.com/settings/advanced
  
  
• 8tracks - (select profile settings, add as Website)
• Last.fm (edit Homepage)
  http://www.last.fm/settings (homepage)
• identi.ca
  http://identi.ca/settings/profile
  
  
• Klout http://klout.com/#/edit-settings/networks

And for those of you self-hosting your own blog or site you can manually put a link back to your Google+ profile by editing your HTML markup to include a link to your Google+ profile.  Here's a simple example:

   <a rel="me" href="https://plus.google.com/117259934788907243749">

    My Google+ Profile

 </a>

The important part is the rel="me"  That tells Google that the linked page is your profile.

That wraps it up for Part 1 -- stay tuned for Part 2 where I go over how to mark up authorship for your content!  Thanks for plussing!

Hi Remi, I work on site integration for the Google+ team here at Google.

If you're interested I have a number of recommendations that will help 8tracks perform better on Google+ and Google social search. Let me know if you're interested -- I can be plus'd here or you can email me at plindner@google.com

Thanks!

#paullindner #paullindner

A world where anyone can be a major broadcaster with the people that matter. (And face-tracking antlers)

#livinginthefuture

Originally shared by Vic Gundotra

#seasonforshipping

Google+ Hangouts: Going beyond the status update

One of the most intimate forms of human connection is eye contact. Our digital tools have given us new forms - text messages, email, status updates - but nothing compares to the richness and intensity of looking into someones eyes as they talk.

Our emphasis on face-to-face-face group video communication has lead to some amazing experiences. By giving this away for free, we've enabled people around the world to see into each others eyes and share discussion and laughter in new ways.

Today, we improve the service significantly.

1) We are enabling you to hangout on any post.

2) We've reached an important milestone for "Hangouts on Air". Hundreds of people (who we have whitelisted as part of our trial) can now broadcast their hangouts to the entire world for free completely self-service. Our goal is to enable this for everyone on the planet.

3) We are making it possible for you to start hangouts from messenger on Android or iPhone devices.

4) You can call any phone number in the world and conference in anyone.

5) We threw in a reindeer :-)

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/12/google-hangouts-going-beyond-status.html

#paullindner #paullindner

Have some Orkut photos that you'd like to have on Google+? Now you can import them in one easy step.

#paullindner #paullindner

I just realized how much working on Google+ has exposed me to popular culture. Youtube integration exposed me to todays pop music. Celebrity endorsements exposed me to the whole Kardashian thing (which I was blissfully unaware of!).

And now I get to understand how they do things in Japan.

Originally shared by Bradley Horowitz

Here's the big news... We're delighted to welcome the entirety of AKB48 onto Google+...

If you don't know AKB48, you don't live in Japan (or in fact, many other parts of Asia.) They are phenomenon that might be equivalent to the Beatles + American Idol + the Spice Girls + Justin Timberlake... They are a roster of more than 200 hand-selected performers who are the subject of huge media attention, and support from millions of devoted fans.

One of the philosophies around their stardom was to preserve meaningful interaction with, and access to their fans. They used to do "handshake events." As their stardom grew, this method of interaction wasn't scalable... Google+ is going to allow them to reconnect to their fans in an intimate, authentic way.

They'll be using Hangouts on Air to broadcast their concerts... they'll be regularly scheduling Hangouts to interact with their fans. Each of the stars will have their own profile, and AKB48 themselves will have a +Page...

I actually haven't yet heard them, and I'm apparently the only one presently in Japan now who hasn't. I can't yet say if AKB48 is personally for me... But I am thrilled at their adoption of our service, and they're committed to pushing the envelope of what is possible in terms of artist-fan relationship. And that's a plus.

#paullindner #paullindner

I only recently found that Google Chat supports /me. If you type:

/me claps

It's rendered as

Paul claps

I wonder if there any other IRC features hidden in there?

#paullindner #paullindner