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So, what is so special about this new social network?  The possibilities are endless.

Google is already the defacto place to turn for millions of people on the web.  People will sign up for Google+ simply because Google says to do so.  The invite only scheme that they have been pulling thus far is very similar to how they treated Gmail a few years back too.  Make something rare to have and you will have even more people fighting to be a part of it.

The part of Google+ I am looking forward to the most is the integration with Google’s other services.  From search, to documents and even video – sharing content with a specific group of people has never been easier.  Google+ does a great job at giving you ways to organize your friends into groups (oh sorry, I mean "circles"), so that you can send one message to Group A and another message to Group B.  Group A can not see what Group B saw, and vice versa.

It might be too early to say Google+ is better than Facebook. Hopefully Google+ will gain enough momentum to give Facebook a run for its money.  Competition is good in any business, and Facebook has been standing alone in the social networking field for way too long.

The first thing you will want to do is head over to their Google +1 create a button page.  From there, you first select the size of the button you wish to use:

• Small (15px)
• Medium (20px)
• Standard (24px)
• Tall (60px)

Once that is done, you can click on the link that reads, "Advanced options" to tweak a few more things, such as if you want to include the count, parse, JS callback function and the URL to +1.  The final step is to copy and paste the code they provide to you and place it into your own website.

Google has been grasping at straws for a while to find a way for people to share content, in the same way that Facebook does it.  You have to believe they would love to have that data in their own hands, and this is one way they hope to make that happen. 

When people ask me for my favorite way to add all those sharing buttons on a website, my answer is almost always AddThis.  They provide the most tools in the best looking way – and isn’t that what most webmasters are looking for these days?  If you need a way to add and track your social sharing buttons – AddThis is definitely the best route to take.

Just a few short years ago, I would tell you just to copy and paste the code for the button to your website.  Plain and simple, right?  Well, thanks to the fact that AddThis adds a lot of customization to how you can add these sharing buttons to your website – the best thing I can do for you is point you towards their button generator. 

From there, you select where you want to put your buttons (your website, Blogger, Tumblr, WordPress and more). Next, you select the style of buttons you wish to use.  Last, you decide if you want to enable clickback analytics, so that you can get statistics on how people are sharing your content.  Once you are happy with how things look, hit the "Get the Code" button.  The rest of the process is pretty straight forward.

I have tried just about every social sharing button website out there, and nobody beats AddThis when it comes to making the process nice and simple.  They are the best place to grab your "Share on Twitter" or "Like on Facebook" style buttons – hands down.

Tired of trying to find a place to put your Facebook, Twitter and other social sharing icons on your website? VirtualWeb has put out a new toolbar for you to try.  The InsiteBar adds a utility bar to any type of website.  All you need to do is copy and paste their code into your own HTML.  Once you have done so, your website visitors will be able to see a toolbar across the top of your website layout that gives them a lot of handy tools and resources.

These types of utility toolbars or "sharebars" as some people call them are not really new.  The most popular one is put out by the people at Wibiya.  The Insitebar helps website owners enrich their website with over 1,000 different social applications that they can choose from the Insitebar marketplace.  From games, to Twitter and even Facebook too – they have a lot of things covered.

Here are a few of the Insitebar features:

• Engage your website’s users with rich and interactive Apps
• Add your own applications or use any of the 1,000+ Apps available
• No coding required – Extremely Fast & Reliable
• Runs on any Mobile Devices including iPad, iPhone and Android
• Takes minutes to put, takes seconds to appreciate

The only problem I can find with Insitebar and a lot of these services is I don’t want their logo on my website.  They all do this, and as a website owner I would rather not have it.  I do understand the need to advertise, but there has to be a more hidden way to do so if you really want people to use your tools.

Check it out at Insitebar.com.

Did you share something on your Twitter page about a month ago and now can not seem to remember the URL? Facebook, Twitter and the like do not make it very easy to go through the archives to dig up old content.  Thankfully, Trunk.ly is here to archive things for you.  This awesome website will automatically collect links you share on Facebook, Twitter and Delicious and make them searchable for you.

This is really helpful for Delicious users out there who have just recently found out that Yahoo is looking to shut down that service.  Trunk.ly makes it really easy to import those links, back them up and make them searchable. I am really excited to see how much of a fan base grows around this new service and what other import features they might bring in the future. 

It never hurts to have a backup of your socially shared links and Trunk.ly makes doing so really easy.  You can also follow or share your collected links with other too.  You can check out my Trunk.ly profile and see how easy it is to get started with the service.

Check your website’s social ranking status with Siteholic.  This neat tool will give you a lot of details concerning your domain’s age, Google PageRank and other search engine and social network ranking statistics you need to keep track of.  The best thing about it is, it keeps all these details, all in one location, on one very simple page.

Now, I love to keep tabs on all the statistics of my websites – this way I know what I might need to improve, where I am doing good, and site building techniques I might not have thought about before.  Some of the details Siteholic provides to you about any domain include:

• Domain’s Age
• Google Backlinks
• Google Indexed Pages
• Bing Indexed Pages
• Site Value
• Digg Links
• Google Bot Last Visit
• and much more!

Here are a few more details about the tool from the developer:

Having a website with good content does not get you results. The next step is getting your website indexed in various major search engines like Google, Yahoo, Bing etc. If your website is not listed and indexed in these search engines, people would never come to know about the existence of your site. Also it is important to know about the social bookmarking and how people are sharing your site.

Get a holistic view of your website ranking and social media presence.  Go check out siteholic.com!

Why duct tape marketing? Well, duct tape is often associated with doing things yourself – and I want to help you learn all there is to know about marketing your website, your business or anything else you are putting out there for the masses to enjoy, with the smallest budget possible. 

So be sure to check out Mitchelaneous.com every single day this month, as I guide you though the best ways to make yourself more successful, without putting too much of a strain on your wallet.

Google Buzz, thus far, has been another example of them not exactly having Midas’s golden touch when it comes to new ideas (the other modern one being Google Wave). However, to make sure you have your bases covered – it might not be a bad idea to start syndicating your content through this wacky service to make sure those who want to follow you using Google Buzz can.

Have I gone too far forward? First let me touch base on what Google Buzz actually is.  Google Buzz is Google’s way for you to share updates, photos, videos and more.  Think of it as their version of Twitter, with a little more functionality – and built right into your Gmail account.

Is Google Buzz Worth the Trouble?

To get started with it – you simply visit the Google Buzz website, and click the, “Try Google Buzz in Gmail” button. That should bring up the new Google Buzz feature in your Gmail sidebar menu. I simply have it setup to syndicate whatever it can find from my Twitter account, by “connecting” it to Twitter.  You can also post to it directly, or link other websites or services to it.

The idea is cool, it is just not really reinventing the wheel so much that everybody wants to use it.  There is one redeeming fact about Google Buzz thus far though.  Once setup – it will bring a little more usefulness to your Google Profile.

What About the Google Buzz Sharing Widget?

Oh yes, nearly forgot about this one.  Google Buzz also brings us all one more button to use on our websites so that Google Buzz users can share your content with others on their own Google Buzz accounts.  You can find out how to set up these buttons from Google’s website.

So – should you go through the trouble of setting up a Google Buzz account? If you are already using Gmail, you might give it a shot – but for me, the only really good thing about it I have seen is it gives you one more place to get your links out about yourself and add some social fluff to your Google Profile, which I do recommend setting up.

Need a simple way to like this, that or the other via Facebook?  FBLiky is that tool.  This online tool will let you share your “likes” on Facebook.  All you have to do is type in something that you like, and let the website do the work.

So as you have seen in the picture above, I decided to share the fact I like vienna sausages.  Once you hit the button labeled, “Publish” you are taken to a page designed specifically for that thing you like.

Now, you can click the “Like” button, to be the first of your friends to like this or leave a comment on the page using the Facebook connect social plugin.  I clicked the like button, because I don’t want to seem like a liar or anything.  I do love some vienna sausages.  So now, back on your Facebook profile you will see this.

There you have it.

If you want to play around with FBLiky and share your own odd tastes in processed meat in a can, point your browser towards fbliky.com.