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Setting up just one main Google+ profile

Many people have both a personal and a professional presence on Google+. They have a regular Google account and profile and a Google Apps account and associated profile. The challenge is one of discovery. You have two profiles but would like your main one to be more easily discovered than the other one. In this case your Google Apps profile over your regular Google profile.  While it isn't possible to hide your regular profile completely it is possible to de-emphasize it. This is the approach explained below. It makes sense that a profile with very little detail and no activity is less likely to be indexed higher than an active account with lots of detail of the same name. Naturally, in addition to de-emphasizing your regular Google profile you need to also promote your Google Apps profile. Start by going to the Google+ profile of  your regular Google account. This is located near the top of the pop out menu on the left side of the desktop browser version of Google+. Just...