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# Google+ Pages: the other +shoe drops
- URL: https://onemanandhisblog.com/2011/11/google_pages_the_other_shoe_drops/
- Published: 2011-11-08T08:25:32.000Z
- Updated: 2019-04-02T10:03:40.000Z
- Description: Google+ launches its Pages product for marketing on the service.
- Author: Adam Tinworth
- Tags: Google, social networks, google+, brands, social media marketing

Social media brand ninja guru wom marketers everywhere are rejoicing in a slightly lacklustre way today, as [Google+ introduces Pages for businesses and brands](http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/11/google-pages-connect-with-all-things.html?ref=onemanandhisblog.com), allowing the corporate world to join in on the Google+ fun. Of course, it remains to be seen if Google+ gets enough mainstream traction to be worth the time and effort you would need to build a brand presence there. Google remains heavily invested in the product, integrating it into both its [main search product](http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/2011/09/google%5Fcircle%5Fcounts%5Farrive%5Fin%5Fsearch%5Fre.html?ref=onemanandhisblog.com) and [Google News](http://googlenewsblog.blogspot.com/2011/11/highlighting-journalists-on-google-news.html?ref=onemanandhisblog.com). And as part of the launch, we now [discover why Google removed the + operator from its search](http://www.google.com/support/plus/bin/answer.py?hl=en-GB&p=direct%5Fconnect&answer=1711199&ref=onemanandhisblog.com):

> Google+ Direct Connect lets you quickly navigate to a Google+ page (and even add that page to your circles) when using Google Search. For example, if you searched for the query ‘+youtube’ or ‘+pepsi,’ you could be immediately taken to the YouTube Google+ page, or the Pepsi Google+ page, and given the option to add the page to your circles.

I’ve set up a page for this humble old blog, and you can Circle it, if you like, by clicking on the very, very red button below:

[![](https://i0.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2011/11/gplus-64.png?resize=64%2C64)](https://plus.google.com/103259447947169327028/?prsrc=3&ref=onemanandhisblog.com)