Your own email can be used as your username.

By: John Wilson    My Google Profile

I recommend that you use your smartphone to get a Google Plus Account.

Scan this QR Code with a barcode scanner app from your smartphone.

scan to go to: https://accounts.google.com/signup

You should see a form to fill out.
Notice username field has a link to click so that you can use your own email as your username. So you need a STRONG password.

Here is a screen shot from my Android phone.

You will get an email to your email address that you enter to confirm that you own it. 

Continue to fill the form, click Next Step at the bottom.

Continue to follow directions and you will get your account.

Remember that it will not be fully usable until you confirm your email address by clicking a link in the email that Google sends you.

Once you get your account, you will be able to Write Reviews for places you visit, Restaurants where you dine, Doctors and Dentists and other companies and organizations  that you do business with.

Google actually WANTS you to be active with your account.

Use Google Maps app on Android or Google Plus Local on iPhone to search for the business that you want to review. Look for the Write a review button on Maps or Rate and Review this place on iPhone.

You will be glad that you got this setup.

Go ahead, grab your phone and do it now.

The process is quick and it is easier that it has been.

John

By: John Wilson    My Google Profile

Getting a Google Plus Account Just Got Easier!

Starting Today…

You can use your Own Email Address to get a Google Plus Account.

This will make your login much easier to remember.

You can do this on Desktop or Mobile device.

Just click the “I prefer to use my current email address“ link under the “Choose Your Username” field at the top of the form.

I recommend that you signup on your Mobile Phone since you have it more often than any other computer and you are more likely to use your Google Plus Account to review a business while away from your Desktop computer.

Go to http://accounts.google.com/signup

Scan this QR Code with your mobile phone to get there.

You maybe able to “fudge” a little with your First or Last name. I have seen some accounts that use only an initial or maybe a nickname??

Whatever you use there will show on any Google Plus Review you write.

If you have trouble reading the “Robot Code” just click the Circular Arrow there to get another code. They have even made this easier. Most of them are easy enough to figure out.

Click Continue at the bottom an follow the instructions. You can skip some of the things that they ask for.

To make your Review “COUNT”, you should regularly Review someone. So when you get your account setup try it out on McDonalds, Wal-Mart, Ace Hardware, Chick-Fil-A, etc.

Find the Business you want to review

Use Google Maps App on Android and Google Plus Local app on iPhone to find the business you want to review. Just search for the business name, city, state and click their name when it appears on the Map or in a list. Look for the Write a review button.

John

By: John Wilson    My Google Profile

Search local with your smartphone and get the ability to sort the results by Zagat Score rating.

You will get the Best Rated businesses to show at the top of the results.

Read the reviews and select the business you want to spend your money with.

Search for the product or service plus the city, state.

Currently if you search using Google from a Desktop computer you get results where Rated and UnRated businesses are all mixed together.

But who are you going to choose? Only someone who has 8 or 10 good reviews, right?

Search from your mobile phone using Google Maps App:

Just open Maps and type in what you are searching for. If you are on the Maps page, click the bottom of the page to go to the Results page.

There you can use the Rating button to select what minimum Score you want to see.

Read Reviews and make your Pick.

The Maps page lets you see who is nearest to you.

Try this! I bet you will really like the way it helps you do a local search.

By: John Wilson    My Google Profile

Get the Write a Review button on a Mobile Browser.

I found a link the other day that would work for desktop AND mobile devices.

It actually would deliver the Google Plus Local page to my desktop computer but would also work on my mobile phone.

It delivers the desktop version of the page to your mobile phone.

That means you will probably have to turn the phone to get landscape mode. That worked for me so that I could actually read and use the page.

It is Simple

Add this to the end of your normal link to your page: ?fd=1

This is the link to The Varsity, Atlanta, GA

https://plus.google.com/115836597765652556908/about?fd=1

Here is the QR Code to the Google Plus Local Page:

Scan it with a barcode scanner app from your smartphone.

One write a review button is on the line just below the header image; the other one shows near the bottom of the page just above the “Similar Places” section.

By: John Wilson    My Google Profile

Try this search from your Mobile phone.

Use Google Maps app for Android phones and Google Plus Local app for iPhones.

So let’s say that you are out looking for a new car. Where do you go?

Here is a video showing a search I did for Auto Dealership: