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Thanks for response, Miriam

Google's approach seems very invasive (just to setup a business acct) - too many liabilities from a company perspective (eg, employee leaves, goes to competitor, says or does something off brand).

I have my own voice that represents me as a human, and not as an entity of a company (flaws and all), and if I'm working on behalf of a company, I want a wholly separate history and identity, such as 'Marketing Dept" or perhaps "Jeanie at Dinerware" - I'm actually facing similar dilemmas with other accounts, such as Twitter.

To me, it's one thing to be a marketer and lead discussions, or be helpful to a company audience - and in fact, try to build that audience. But I don't want to be so deeply associated with this one job or even or several clients that there is no line at all between my personal brand and reputation, and that of the company I am managing accounts for.

Something bigger just seems wrong, wrong, wrong when individual opinions and activities expressed online are bound so tightly to companies -- and vice versa - I'm hoping there are simple ways around this - looking forward to any tips So far, the only answer seems to be to create a totally fictional "person" - which doesn't make sense either...

I do not want a personal Google account tied to me for the company I work for - this is the crux of my problem - any advice?

I setup a great Google Places page a year ago - it included lots of stuff, was a great page, but boy have things changed radically.

I guess now it's Google+ Local, but in order for me to do this, looks like I need to sign up for a personal google+ account (do not want to do this). I've searched on Google help everywhere to try to figure this out. I used to have a Google+ account for myself but dropped it pretty quickly, much as I have my personal FB for privacy reasons.

Once I get past this hurdle, it seems there are prompters to get my old content moved over to the new + Local.

Any advice on how to set this up for my company without forcing a tie to me personally would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!

I read through this 2008 Moz post and comments: http://www.seomoz.org/blog/choosing-the-right-cms-platform-for-your-website-from-an-seo-perspective but a few years have passed since the discussion.

I am looking to completely revamp my site which is primarily static and built on WordPress, and create a rich community environment that is highly interactive and serves the visitor well. The question continues to come up why I'm using WP vs DotNet vs Drupal vs Juumla. The honest answer is: 1) it's easy for a non-tech like me to update, 2) seems like a lot of plugins are available for use, 3) has a high adoption rate (stable)

But also, I kind of don't know what I don't know. I wanted to open up the conversation to see why others favor a specific platform as it relates to the following needs:

1. Must be non-tech EASY to use (no high learning curve

2. Lots of plugins and interoperability - can add and remove as needed/times change

3. Must support forum/community needs and conversations

4. Must be able to create granular authentication / permissions for different audiences to see "permissioned" content

BONUS if it can interoperate with MS Dynamics CRM (unfortunately, sigh)

I've been burned in the past by using teams that had a predilection for a platform simply because they were comfortable with it - not because it was right for my needs.

I have a hard time understanding pro/con conversations if the technologies are too focused on the tech and not enough of what the technology delivers, and I'm naturally resistant to technologies that require a techie, rather than a marketing expert to use them.Thoughts anyone? Would love to hear Mozer opinions - thanks in advance

Wow Alan - I'm surprised at how quickly you were able to find so many issues -- HUGE thank you!!!! Egad I had no idea about this stuff - especially the videos - I wrongly assumed that because the videos are stored on the backend in a single location, that having them placed in multiple areas was fine. I cannot thank you enough for pointing these errors out -- I really appreciate your expert advice!

HOLY SMOKES!!! Gareth - thank you so SO SO much! I'm not a back-end web person, but will get the right folks on it asap - wonder how that mistake could have been made -- I'm grateful to you!

http://www.dinerware.com - Thanks, Alan

I've completely disappeared off Google - what happened? Even my brand name keyword does not bring up my website - I feel lost, confused and baffled on what my next steps should be. ANY advice would be welcome, since there's no going back to the way the site was set up.

Hi Brent - Thanks very much for the resource!

Thank you Ryan - it looks like a great tool - I really appreciate you and Acorn both taking the time to reach out - and it's comforting you both are recommending the same tool - very helpful!

Thanks so much Acorn-Internet - I will check it out asap - thanks much!