After two previous attempts Google has failed to establish itself as a strong social media player. Google waved goodbye to Google Wave a while ago and the only buzz that Google Buzz generated was making headlines for breaching privacy laws. Why is Google still persisting and throwing everything at the Google+ project? Is this 3rd time lucky for Google?

For those of you interested in SEO, you’ll almost certainly be familiar with the wonderful wealth of insight offered free through Google’s Analytics console. But things have changed recently...

Google have talked quite openly about delivering a social media service tailored to the needs of businesses. Their Google+ offering is expected to expand in a few months time to deliver exactly this. There is clearly a need for a better integration of business into the social media environment...

I’m going to guess that you’ve used Google at least once since the end of June, in which case you’ll have noticed the strange black bar at the top of the screen. You may even be aware of what this signifies, but for those that don’t, I figured it would be worth a closer look at this.