(Entry was posted by Micah Fisher-Kirshner on this post in the Dumb SEO Questions community on Facebook, 01/17/2014).

What things should you be aware of if you want to run a giveaway contest on Google+?

One that I don`t see around, but thought might be interesting to the community:

What things should you be aware of/avoid if you want to run a giveaway contest on Google+ without harming your SEO (say with your author profile picture showing up in the SERPs, G+ numbers highlighted in the knowledge graph, etc) or violating Google+`s SM guidelines??

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Micah Fisher-Kirshner: One that I don't see around, but thought might be interesting to the community:

What things should you be aware of/avoid if you want to run a giveaway contest on Google+ without harming your SEO (say with your author profile picture showing up in the SERPs, G+ numbers highlighted in the knowledge graph, etc) or violating Google+'s SM guidelines?
Brent Wildman: Unless they changed their ToS recently, you can't host a giveaway directly on Google+. You can promote it and get people to participate but you cant use plusses, shares or follows as entries or a contest factor.