How To Get Google To Index Your Google+ Plus Posts In Organic Search Results.

Google+ , otherwise known as Google Plus is a new social network by Google heading the big road to where Facebook, the world N0.1 socialnetwork site is. When it comes to search engine optimization, SEO, blogs and websites are not the only resource that are optimized; social networking sites too can be optimized for SEO . The story ofcontents on Facebook fan pages being picked up by Google a times has been told, this time is Google+. I did a little study on Google+ to ascertain how far Google treats the contents on it and which of the contents posted on Google+ gets easily indexedby Google in the organic search results, and I came up with this post. I also noted those posts that are not likelyto get indexed. That said, the question will be how can one make his/her Google+ Plus post to show up in the organic search results inGoogle? Like I said earlier, I didsome studies and have gotten some tips and heads up to help you learn that. Before that, I will quickly show you a method which you can use to check which posts that are already showing on the Google organic search results : This is how you check it - Launch your Google search page and enter the search query link below in the search bar: site:plus.google.com On hitting the Google Search button, you will see a list of allGoogle+ pages that have already been indexed by Google. Now, look on the left side and click on the “ more search tools ” then “ past hour ”, to show all of the posts that are being added in the past hour. The screen-shot should look like this: Okay, that is how to know which Google+ pages and profiles that have been indexed. But how about bringing Google to index not just your profile or page, but your Google+ posts in organic search results? That is the next thing we will be figuring out! Again enter the search query link below on your Google search bar and hit “search” site:plus.google.com“post by” Hope you can see a handful of them? From what I learned, I think Google shows them based on when they found them, or when they found them to be “good enough” to get indexed. Alright that is it! Now let's see what is required to make yourGoogle+ posts indexed in Google’s organic search results. What you Need to do: *. Mark Your Posts as Public : This is very important. I used to leaveall my posts on "Limited" and that actually made my posts hidden from many people and Google bot as well. Some folks may not know this, when you post on Google+ with your sharing option set at "Limited", it will becomeyour default sharing option, hence all your subsequent posts will be hidden and cannot be indexed by Google. The best practice would be tomark your posts as " Public" and then leave itas your default. *. Content is still power! : If you are not aware then know it now. The content you share or post on your Google+ profile or stream mattersa lot. If you are optimizingyour contents for SEO andhoping for a possible indexing by Google, then you should start adding some unique contents. When I say unique content, I mean contents good enough to get pass Google' duplicate content filter. After all , Google Panda and Google's normalindexing process has always been structured to unique contents. *. Enough Content will just be Fine! : Note that unique content is not like having enough content. One can have enough content that is not unique. Ordinarily, the brain behind sharing on social media is to pass across anything you consider worthy of seeingby friends or groups irrespective of the word count or volume. That will be if you are okay with just normal sharing, but you have to take a step further if you want your posts to appear in Googleorganic search results. Try sharing enough content say a paragraph or two or even more to at least tell Google bot your are sharing a readable content. The ideal practice would be for you to write the postyourself, which simply means you don't have to copy or pull up materials from other sources. Google will find you if the post is good enough to pass across the information it claims to bear. *. Share reasonable posts : Sharing contents worth reading is another good practice to getting your Google+ posts indexed by Google. Make sure you post reasonable contents and when you do try targeting or sharing them with enoughpeople. The idea is that the more appealing peoplefind your posts the more they re-share it, hence making your posts popular for Google to fall in love with. *. Finally, Always add comments : Just like commenting on blogs , same is applicable in socialnetworks. When you comment on posts that people like, you will stand a chance getting your posts on Google+ being commented on. Yea, whenpeople like a post it attracts comments, and for being part of that comment, you get yourself announced such that the big boys(Google) gets to notice it when they come across it! My Opinion Since Google treats its Google+posts just the same way they do to other web pages, my opinion is if they can give us the access to change or specify a title tag for post(s)made on Google+. It will be great if they do! What do you think?