The Rapportive add-on for gmail helps connect you with your contacts on other social networks.

Once installed for either Chrome, Firefox, Mailplane and/or Safari (sorry IE users), Rapportive will sniff out your contacts on other networks; giving you the option to connect with them on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and more.

Additionally, once connected you can view their status updates within the Gmail interface.

I’ve been using Rapportive a few months now, and have been able to quickly connect with people on other networks without leaving Gmail. Hence, increasing connectability with clients, associates, friends and family.

Rapportive’s functionality can be expanded by use of Raplets; which deliver added functionality from sources like MailChimp and CrunchBase.

Install Rapportive for Chrome, Firefox, MailPlane and Safari

Author Information: Jtree is a SEO Company Based in Boise, Idaho

Google +1 Buttons for Web Publishers (and SEOs)

Google has released a variety of Google +1 buttons, similar to those currently in use by Facebook and Twitter. The +1 buttons provide a way for visitors to endorse and share web pages, blog posts and articles. Use of +1 buttons currently does not effect search engine rankings.

Get the Google +1 Button Code!

The kind folks at Jtree.net have served up a holiday platter of 3 delicious SEO posts for you to feast on in preparation of 2010.

Does Your Site Go … Too Slow?

Mighty Google is going to be taking a closer look at how fast your site loads in 2010. If it’s too slow, expect rankings to slip… more

Google is Getting Personal With Your Search Results

Starting Dec. 4, Google has been returning personalized search results regardless if you are signed-in to your Google Account. What that means is instead of returning results that are relevant to the average person, Google will instead return results based on their relevancy to – YOU… more

Find Out Who Links to Your Site with the SEO Backlink Checker Tool

Backlinks represent links from other websites that point to your site, and are very important in regard to how well your website or blog ranks in the search engines… more

Twitter is big, and has a prolonged buzz effect, but is still relatively small in comparison to social networks like Facebook and MySpace both in Idaho and the United States.

PPC Tool : Google AdWords Bid Simulator

Have you ever wondered about the potential benefits a bid increase would bring to your Google AdWords PPC campaign? End the wonderment…

Google’s AdWords PPC Bid Simulator can help answer important campaign-related questions like:

• How many more ad impressions and clicks could potentially be received if I up my Max Cost Per Click (CPC) bid?
• What is the potential CPC of the new clicks received from upping my Max CPC?

PPC Tool : SEMRush

SEMRush allows you to quickly generate 6 reports that are split between organic SEO and PPC. Punch-in a competitor URL, domain or keywords to find out which organic and paid keyphrases are being targeted, and how much it is costing them. SEMRush is a great tool for gauging the value of both organic and paid traffic.

Click here to utilize this valuable PPC resource >

Remember that the most efficient use of your hard earned advertising dollars is to make use of a PPC consultant or company. They have the training, experience and skills necessary to maximize your ad budget and refine your targeting like no other. As PPC costs rise it becomes increasingly important to have someone in charge of your PPC campaigns that understands how to convert visitors and acquire ‘quality’ traffic.