Setting up a google+ page for a decorating ideas business website

[Pday]

I am looking to set up a google + page for a decorating ideas website, should I create a business page or a community and where do circles fit in to this. Many thanks for your help I have seen how to set up but not sure where communities and circles fit in for business sites.

thanks

[Bryan_Loconto]

Hi Penny,

Create a brand and verify the account. You can link your G+ to your site and whenever someone +1s your google business page or site you gain authority. You can follow, interact, and circle others as a business, which is great at getting more +1s.

Once you have your business page set up you can post as the actual business and gain more +1 to your page. We've managed to get 1.3k +1's to one of our sites in 3 weeks. We post as the brand in communities that are interested in similar things.

https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/113582609509419286582/113582609509419286582/posts

Let me know if you have any more questions.

[alankoen123]

Definitely the business page first. This establishes a presence and complete listing about your business in the Google eco-system. Content you place can be shared in such a way that Google Search results will display snippets such as the number of reviews received and number of positive ones. Your decorating ideas website is ideal for the concept inherent in Communities -- sharing with others who share your passion for decorating. Perhaps others can chime in about the importance of Google Communities for SEO purposes. Like social media in general, the more time you spend the more links you are likely to gain to you site, thereby improving DA/PA.

[Pday]

Thanks for answering - can I do the communities element from the business page?

[Bryan_Loconto]

yes you can. Log in as the business and add communities to participate in. If you look at my example above you can see that we post in the star wars community allot. For us it's fun getting to be creative with others who have the same interests.