Google’s has already began adding Google+ brand pages in results, to leverage Google profiles for ‘rel=author’ tags. Google+ circles and +1s have been made visible in SERPs. This pattern, it’s felt, would become a concerted attempt on part of the search engine giant to link up promotional efforts in organic (search) results with the former’s login/verification system. In other words, it will become tougher to ensure SEO success sans using Google+ Read the rest of this entry »