Social media is where people "live" online and they are increasingly adding accounts and visiting Google+. According to Hitwise, Google+ traffic increased 55% in December and the number of users has grown to an estimated 62-65 million accounts.

While Facebook is still 10 times larger in terms of number of users, Google+ is growing at an astonishing rate and should be considered an invaluable place to establish a business presence to connect with your customers, clients and constituents.

Read more on Google's growth here on CNet. 

Analytics watchers know that the more current the data is, the quicker you can react to trends on your website, the better and it doesn't get much more current than real-time. Google has added the ability to watch your site's visitors as it happens, live. You can watch location, page views, time on site and more. The real time view can be accessed only on the new layout version on your new "Home" page.

Log into your Google Analytics account and check it out. If you need help setting up Google Analytics, give us a call and we'll set it up for you.

With all of the excitement going on around the office of Blue Sky Web Worx regarding our name change, we wanted to take a second and explain why changed our name.

Get Closer To Your Customers With Google+ Pages

Google+ has just launched pages that can be used for a local business or place, product or brand, company, institution or organization. The advantage for businesses is that by creating a Google+ page you increase your online visibility, increase your customer interaction potential and Google is also including Google+ business pages into their results.

"People search on Google billions of times a day, and very often, they're looking for businesses and brands," Google Senior Vice President of Engineering Vic Gundotra wrote. "Today's launch of Google+ Pages can help people transform their queries into meaningful connections, so we're rolling out two ways to add pages to circles from Google search."

Check out our official Google+ Page here:

You can learn more at these links:

Google's Official Announcement
Getting Started with Google+