Friday, July 1, 2011

Get All Your Data Shared Online With Google Takeout

With the internet creating an all new experience for the customers who interact with a business and for businesses which are constantly looking to engage their target audience. Especially for the Small and Medium Enterprises, internet is serving as a boon. Social networking in the recent times has taken engagement to an all new level, while businesses are embracing the new media to reach out to the target audience in a more cost effective manner.

But while businesses are doing this, they are sharing information and data all over the internet, on various social networks. Can you keep track of all the information ever shared? For businesses its necessary, data is critical for every business as we move to a new way of working online. While businesses move towards the new ways of conducting themselves using the new online tools, there are ways to keep track of your information online since the time you start.

Google Takeout helps you get all this together
Google Takeout is an offering from Google which is meant to help individuals and businesses to keep a track of all their data shared online. Obviously it's currently limited to the Google tools eg: you can download all your Google Buzz updates, till date all in one go.

How does it work?

Login with your Google profile online at Google Takeout. Once you are done, you will be re-directed to the following screen:

You can either choose all of them OR choose only the relevant services which you would want to create an archive for on your local machine and Google Takeout will get you all the data on your local machine and all of this in a single click.

What advantages does it have for businesses?
For businesses, especially for the small and emerging businesses, which are largely dependent on various online services, like those of Google, its critical to have a strong control over what information has been shared online about them. Also it helps in keeping a strong record (As a proof) of all your online activity.

There are many such online tools available, which are benefiting the Small and Medium Enterprise segment. To know more, get in touch with the experts at IndiaMART Knowledge Services. Do drop in a comment to this post to let us know what else would you want us to share about.


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