The Economist Admits Using Google+ To Impact Their Search Efforts

By Ayub Yusuf


There's been somewhat of a furor over the news that some large companies are using Google+ not as the "social hangout" that the large search engine purports wanting it to be, but as a tool for actually affecting search engine rankings and getting more of an SEO push on their own online presence. Starbucks was one company admitting to using Google+ for SEO purposes while "The Economist" was another.



Ironically this story first broke online on a Google+ account of "The New York Times." In this report it came to light that "The Economist" saw Google+ as a great tool not for socializing and social media, but for giving their overall SEO profile a boost. They noticed every post was indexed, putting more and more out there for people to find.

On top of that, comments were even made that work was done with experts at Google to help get the maximum out of their SEO efforts. This shows clearly that "The Economist" was using Google+ to impact search efforts, and isn't embarrassed to be so open about it.

Aside from getting benefits of ideal advertising space near the top of search engine results, the fact that every single Google+ post gets indexed means there are more ways for "The Economist" and the posts related to the publication to end up in Google and Yahoo search engine rankings.

Google+ might not be the success that Facebook is at the moment, but Google is taking advantage of its search engine domination to try to knock Facebook of its perch at that top of social network domination. If the Economist is any indication, tying their services together seems to be working to gain new users.




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