(Entry was posted by Kelvin Stiles on this post in the Dumb SEO Questions community on Facebook, 10/13/2013).

Do you have a company page on Google+ or do you think your company should be on Google+ ?

o #Google+ - A growing #socialmedia platform or not worth paying attention to?
A study by GlobalWebIndex claimed that Google+ is the second most-used social network worldwide. Since its launch, #social #media experts have a great deal of debate about Google+ and its role between the popular social media platforms. Though many claim that it’s a successful, growing platform, others argue that it hasn’t taken off in the way that other big sites like #Facebook, #Twitter, #Tumblr and #Pinterest have. Do you have a company page on Google+ or do you think your company should be on Google+ ?

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YOUR ANSWERS

Selected answers from the Dumb SEO Questions Facebook & G+ community.

Ranu Jain: Yes, you must have a company page on Google+. ;

Googlers says that G+ ;has no direct ranking benefit but with my experience I can say it does help. ;

Here are some of the benefits of G+:

Google treats G+ content just like any other page on the web. ;

The featured link in a G+ post passes page rank to the page to which it links. ;

The use of hashtags in G+ connects every post to a search on the platform.

Google+ Authorship provides you with a higher visual profile in search results. ;
W.E. Jonk: From the expert panel in this weeks SEO Questions hangout on air on 00:59:04 into the YouTube video: https://dumbseoquestions.com/q/do_you_have_a_company_page_on_google_or_do_you_think_your_company_should_be_on_google