Member Avatar for KentDy

Hi There, I am kind of new in the internet marketing subjects. which of these 2 sites can help better in terms of bringing more traffic? Thank you

  • 19 Contributors
  • 18 Replies
  • 387 Views
  • 7 Years Discussion Span
  • Latest Post Latest Post by Dani

Dani AI

Generated

Brief, current update and practical next steps that reflect what changed since this thread was started.

Google+ (consumer) is no longer a traffic channel — Google announced the consumer product would be shut down after the Project Strobe review and began sunsetting consumer accounts on April 2, 2019. That removes Google+ as an active source for site referrals or brand pages. Google’s Project Strobe announcement. (blog.google)

Facebook remains a major distribution platform (billions of monthly users) and can still move meaningful referral traffic, but organic Page reach has declined and the feed now rewards formats and behaviours that drive engagement (short video/Reels, native interaction, Groups). Relying only on unpaid Page posts is unlikely to scale; paid amplification or community-first tactics are commonly required. [Hootsuite — platform stats] (https://blog.hootsuite.com/social-media-statistics/) · [Hootsuite — organic reach notes] (https://blog.hootsuite.com/organic-reach-declining/). (blog.hootsuite.com)

Practical, modern approach (audience-first): claim and optimise a free Google Business Profile for local/search visibility, use platform-specific creative where your audience spends time, and measure everything with UTM-tagged links and GA4 so results are attributable. Use Google’s Business Profile for local discovery and the Campaign URL Builder to standardise UTMs and avoid fragmented analytics. Google Business Profile · Campaign URL Builder. (google.com)

Action checklist (short):

  • Audit where your target audience actually is (analytics, simple surveys).
  • Claim and optimise Google Business Profile for local/search intent.
  • Create platform-native content (short video + community posts) and A/B test formats.
  • Boost top performers with small paid tests; measure CPA and lifetime value.
  • Tag links consistently with UTMs and track in GA4; prioritise building an email list as an owned channel.

Echoing and : platform choice depends on audience and execution — not on a single “best” network. As observed, Google+ is gone, so contemporary plans should focus on Search/Maps, Facebook (where appropriate), and other active channels.

Recommended Answers

All 18 Replies

Member Avatar for Emma Carter

Unquestionably, both the Facebook and Google+ can help you to obtain direct traffic. But, the need of Facebook or Google+ optimization will vary from businesses, products or services.

Member Avatar for stultuske

KentDy: on themselves, those networks won't generate more traffic. It's how you use them.

Use them wisely, and they might (never a guarantee) generate so much traffic your server won't be able to keep up.
Use them without thinking it through, and they will (this is a guarantee) impact your traffic in a very negative way.

Member Avatar for WebOutGateway

Hi there!

I suggest you to use the two Social Networking Sites because both of them have a huge of active users that can help you to increase your traffic as well as increasing your brand popularity.

Hope it helps!

Member Avatar for xtremeux

Google+ is better than Facebook to bring more traffic. Google+ is more about sharing ideas and content. Facebook is where I see graduation pictures and wedding announcements. Facebook and Google are two completely different things.

Member Avatar for Adam Wright

Both are perfect site for getting good traffic. I suggest you to add twitter also for getting good results. These three site give you huge traffic.

Member Avatar for JillADDison

Try Facebook and Google plus. If you want to ask for 3rd, then my suggestion is to use Twitter.

Member Avatar for cwvps

I like Facebook better, but both are great. Use both equally.

Member Avatar for advent_geek

Facebook has a lots of user base, but google plus have a lots of tech user base compared to facebook. so you just want to understand your client. according to your client you want to use your social network

Member Avatar for Hasanur_1

you will get your terget traffic by google+, cause when you write a description about your service on google+, it will be stand on google search engine first result, if anyone search your service releted keyword.

Member Avatar for zinist

Hi,
You will get traffic by facebook and google+ but more benefitial is google+

Member Avatar for kennethcbrown15

Both the sites you have mentioned are popular and it would be better if you start using both of these platforms to promote your business. There are other social networking sites too which you should use.

Member Avatar for Julia_1

From my side, Google + is better initially. Because Facebook takes time to get popularity with the users.

Member Avatar for Vincentas

I'll say it depends on your target audience. Facebook is mostly for teenagers, people between 20-30 years (at this age they are the most active users). On the other hand, people on Google+ are more there to get serious news not viral funny videos and etc.

Member Avatar for angelinashantu

use facebook social media marketing to get direct customers & engage them around what you do its very effective in that

use google + to boost your link profile

Member Avatar for goodtaste

I have found that the best thing to do if you are a newbie, is to get to know your niche and then hang out, visibly but not as a pest, in all the places that are especially good for your niche. Join groups and communities that cater to your niche, that is great both for networking and for finding potential customers, if you have a business. It takes a bit of research, but it is worth it in the end. Google Plus Hangouts are a good way to get to know (and become known) by some people in those communities. Wish you well!

Member Avatar for Honeyclerkk

It's not about the site, it's about how you manage to post there or your ability to bring more traffic. It is actually about the posts you make there or whatever you do for bringing more traffic. All you have to do is to post the quality work and something that people do like.

Member Avatar for alex_161

Google + long time closed and facebook is still working in 2022

Member Avatar for Dani

Yes, but this question was asked 7 years ago. We can see that it aged well :)

Be a part of the DaniWeb community

We're a friendly, industry-focused community of developers, IT pros, digital marketers, and technology enthusiasts meeting, networking, learning, and sharing knowledge.