Crediting multiple sources on Google+

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Whichever social media sites you decide to use for your business, brand or organization, be sure you understand enough of its functioning to serve your purpose.  You don't want to get bog down in details, but you need to know enough to optimize your social impact.

Natalie Van Veen shared a post by Alicia Feliz, titled Multiple links: Preserving the social signal on Google+.  I simply bookmarked it, after looking it over and deciding it was an important read for later on.  In brief, it has to do with how Google+ picks up links (i.e., social signals) from posts.  Remember, Google is an enormous ecosystem on the internet, and those who promote their business, brand or organization want their signals picked up.  

I've learned over time that each site has its value or usefulness, and it has cool features and some annoying bugs.  Among the things I like best on Google+, for example, are the easy edit, link to the post, communities and Hangouts.  But as Feliz writes, we have to deploy workarounds for quirks, flaws or limits in functionality.  In her case, it's making sure all links migrate with the post, when it's shared, and all links are credited on Google.  

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