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Imad Naffa (imadnaffa) Twitter Trending Topics : Social media, Infographic, Twitter, Jo, Google and more. Google Plus: Site Could Be The Fastest Growing Ever At 25 Million Users. From God to Google+ I know that the parallel between God and Google is starting to be a cliche, but somehow since the beta launch of Google+ this came top of mind again for me.

From God to Google+

As Google just added yet another divine quality to its already quite potent set of services to us humble servants of Google. : ) But let me back track first for those of you who have never thought about the Godly attributes of the all-mighty Google, and lets start with the definition of “God” according to WikiPedia (btw I found the page by consulting Google) “God is most often conceived of as the supernatural creator and overseer of the universe. Theologians have ascribed a variety of attributes to the many different conceptions of God. The most common among these include omniscience (infinite knowledge), omnipotence (unlimited power), omnipresence (present everywhere), omnibenevolence (perfect goodness), divine simplicity, and eternal and necessary existence.” Good Google! Omniscience (infinite knowledge) Divine simplicity Eternal. Google+ and the loss of online anonymity.

Imad Naffa (imadnaffa) Twitter tweets related to: Google plus, Google and more. Missing Google+ Features. The Best Google+ Extensions. Missing Google+ Features. Google+ at One Month: A Traffic Minus. By MG Siegler Tomorrow, it will be exactly a month since Google+ was first unveiled.

Google+ at One Month: A Traffic Minus

In that short amount of time, they’ve managed to sign up well north of 10 million users, which is amazing. Of course, the easiest path to tens of million of users is to start with hundreds of millions of users. Just ask Buzz or Wave. Still, kudos to Google (GOOG) — phase one of G+ was clearly a success. Now comes the hard part: keeping those users around and engaged. Some numbers today released by Experian Hitwise suggest that Google+ has already started to experience the sophomore slump. While it’s totally circumstantial, my own observations and usage seem to support this data as well. As a “power user”, I know that I’m a bit of a weird use case when it comes to sharing. But now things are calming down. Google gave users a compelling reason to sign up, now they need to provide a compelling reason for coming back. Receive future articles by this author via email: Follow TechCrunch. Imad Naffa (imadnaffa) Twitter tweets related to: Google+, Connection, Google and more.

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The Social Media Guide

Add Mashable to your circles. You'll get the latest about new Google+ features and tips and tricks for using the platform as well as top social media and technology news. Do you still consider yourself a noob when it comes to Google's social platform? If so, we've got some handy hints to help you out. From quicker sharing options to better content curation via savvy privacy settings, we're bringing you 10 tips and tricks that will soon have you Google Plussing like a pro. Take a look through the image gallery below and please share in the comments any Google+ tips we haven't mentioned — your suggestion could be featured in a forthcoming Mashable article.

Google Plus Best Practices: Trey Ratcliff, Artist. Google Plus, the new social network from Google, has been rapidly expanding.

Google Plus Best Practices: Trey Ratcliff, Artist

But contrary to early perception, it isn't just being used by techies to talk about Google Plus. Trey Ratcliff is a well-known photographer and already Google Plus has become his main social platform - despite already having large fan bases on Facebook and Twitter. Trey, a leading exponent of the HDR photography technique (high dynamic range imaging), runs a very popular travel photography blog called StuckInCustoms.com.

I interviewed Trey about how he's using Google Plus and why he's not focusing so much now on Facebook and Twitter. Google+ begins massive cull of perceived 'real name policy' violators - National Technology. Follow me on Twitter and on Facebook Google has said that it wants Google+ accounts to use real names and personal profiles, at least until it rolls out "Business Profiles.

Google+ begins massive cull of perceived 'real name policy' violators - National Technology

" That said, over the weekend, it's been reported that Google+ has begun a massive campaign of culling those it feels have crossed over the line of its "real name policy," doing so without warning, and sometimes deleting all of their Google accounts, not just G+. Some of these people aren't even using pseudonyms, but instead are using nicknames that they have been known by publicly for years. Others are people that you would expect to have a right to use a pseudonym, such as rapper "Doctor Popular. " He Tweeted, "It appears my Google+ profile has been suspended because it lists my name as Doctor Popular instead of Brian Roberts.

We'd ask Cutts, "Is there anything you can do to help this person? "On July 15 2011 you turned off my entire Google account. Finally, what if he had an Android phone? Google Plus Business Profiles Are Coming Q3, Analytics and All. Companies clamoring to build a presence on Google's new social network have a few more months to wait.

Google Plus Business Profiles Are Coming Q3, Analytics and All

Business profiles are coming to Google Plus around the third quarter of this year, according to a story on VentureBeat. While Google hasn't revealed many details about what the brand profiles will include, a Google representative told VentureBeat that users should expect "a level of analytics and measurement that you'd typically find in Google products," hinting at the inclusion of analytics in business accounts. Google is urging brands to wait for these official business profiles rather than set up their own, which the company said would not be able to be automatically migrated once the brand profiles launch. Elgan: Why Twitter is obsolete.

The microblogging service Twitter debuted five years ago, and by all accounts it's one of the great success stories of the social media era.

Elgan: Why Twitter is obsolete

Twitter boasts 200 million users and 350 billion tweets per day, and it's a ubiquitous reference on mainstream TV. Visit Twitter today, and it's a hive of frenetic activity. Google will not run Circles around Facebook, but it gets a +1 Brian Solis. InShare524 While there are already countless articles about Google+ and many more sharing up-to-the-minute statistics to emerge from the burgeoning network, I reserved my thoughts until now.

Google will not run Circles around Facebook, but it gets a +1 Brian Solis

I needed time to think about it. Part FriendFeed, part Google Buzz, part Facebook, part Google.com and all of its properties, Google Plus represents a fresh approach to social engagement not seen at this level since the early days of Twitter. In the U.S., we have only a few top traditional TV networks, CBS, ABC, and NBC. In social networking, we now have a top three to compete for the online attention of not only Americans, but also the world–Facebook, Twitter, and Google+.

The new Google is already gaining momentum. The only way these 10 million people joined the network was because a select few were given the privilege to invite a small set of friends. Exclusivity only goes so far however. LinkedIn CEO: Does Anybody Have The Free Time For Google+? Google+ Female Users Increasing, Still Lagging Other Networks. Google+ seemed like a boys club at first, but recent estimates point to a growing number of women using the Internet search giant's social networking service.

Google+ Female Users Increasing, Still Lagging Other Networks

Just this week, Paul Allen of FamilyLink and Ancestry.com fame said a third of Google+ users are now female. That's a big jump from previous guesses that put the percentage at a quarter, a tenth or even less. Allen's estimates, which use census data and statistics on the frequency of certain last names occurring within the overall U.S. population, have proven to be surprisingly accurate. Previously, Allen correctly predicted that total Google+ users would soon exceed 10 million. "The poster of 18 men in a hot tub that has been passed around for the past week or two is not reflective of reality and is not what Google+ is going to end up being," Allen wrote on Google+. Google+: how to import your Facebook Friends.

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