Facebook: Skillpages, another way to get yourself advertised on the web

A relatively new app for Facebook users has been out for a little while now and appears to be a way of continuing your professional "web face", similar to LinkedIn.  You can link your Facebook, LinkedIn and email users to this app that displays your skills , experience and education (again, similar to LinkedIn) for potential employers to see.

It doesn't allow you the depth of information and connections that LinkedIn does, nor is it as professional.  If I had to choose one, it would be clearly LinkedIn from a business stand point and that is what I tell my clients as well.   It's pretty early to tell, I've only been on it a few hours and it's still pretty young but the fact that your professional "web face" is being promoted in another place is always a good thing!  Positive linking plus positive exposure all add up to more traffic so I'm all for it!  Check me out at Melinda Ames @ skillpages.com

To learn more about Skillpages, check out this video:

Google +1 Silent Launch of Chrome Extension

The Google +1 Button extension allows you to “+1" a web page, but you already knew that.  Recently, they opened up browser wide so virtually anywhere you go on the web, you can plus pages. That’s important. 


You no longer have to rely on a site to implement the +1 Button, you can invoke the functionality through your browser. Imagine if Facebook partnered with Google and made an extension to “Like” any page on the web through it, it's kinda the same idea.

For now the +1 Button just shares content you "plus" on the web. But I have no doubt they will use this data as a way to affect Google Search itself and likely even more important, effect Google ratings. That’s huge. The button also is starting to play a role in how Google serves up advertising to you. But this concept may make people wary of such a button.


Google describes +1 as:

In addition to the practices described in the Google +1 Button Privacy Policy, by installing this extension, all of the pages and URLs you visit will be sent to Google in order to retrieve +1 information.

You read that correctly, “all of the pages and URLs you visit will be sent to Google”  and it doesn't matter if you don’t click the button. Hmmm.  


So, like it or not, here comes Google +1, another factor in driving sites up the Google search engine or a de facto way to monitor what people are reading on the web.  You decide.

Just a Few Google+ Tips

Week 3 of Google+ is coming to an end an what have I learned so far.  I like it.  A lot.  Here are a few things I've gleaned thus far:

"Will you just shut up!"  Ever respond to a post on Facebook and receive hundreds of responses in your email from people don't know?  I have and it sucks.  Use the drop down icon on the post and choose "MUTE" to stop receiving annoying updates to posts that are out of control. 

"Know your circles!" Before you pick your circles for a post, remember who's in them.  Share wisely, grasshopper!

"You've been tagged!"  To tag someone in a post using Google+, simply use the + symbol and their name. The intelligent auto-fill will take over and offer you a bunch of suggestions from your circles.

"What a large audience you have, Grandma!"  Share your posts via email to your Gmail account using the check box next to the share icon.  Remember...know your audience too!

"Stop bugging me!" Disable email notifications is easy with Google+  To turn off select email notifications, go to the Google+ settings page. To get there, select the gear icon in the top right of your Google+ page, then choosing "Google+ settings."

"It's oh so easy!"  Drag and drop, YIPEE!  Wanna post a photo or video?  Simply drag and drop it from your desktop to Google+ Share box and viola, you have new content!

"None of your business, if you please!"  Tired of showing the world who is in your circles?  Simply turn this off by clicking "Edit Profile", then hover over your Circles information. To edit it, click the gray globe icon. Now choose whether or not you want others to see who you have in your Circles and who has put you in their Circle.

Will it replace Facebook?  I don't know but because of it ease of use I have no doubt it will give them a run for their money.