Google+ Personal Page pass link juice?
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I noticed recently that a clients google plus business page (Set up as a personal page) has a followed link pointing to their site. They have many links on the web pointing to the google+ page, however that page is an https page.
So the question is, would a google+ page that is https still pass authority and link juice to the site linked in the about us tab?
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awesome thanks, now lets take this down lest everyone else figure it out and Google change it... lol jk
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Thanks for that info Rob.
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searchpl
It does pass juice to the linked sites. Here is a good post by Cyrus Shepard around maximizing G+.
See #2.
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