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.
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. Google’s Concentric Circles Here, technology does not imitate life. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. [Google+: Something's Gotta Give] Google+ has crashed the social media party.
Naturally, there’s a good deal of speculation about what it will push off the cliff–with predictions about the end of everything from Facebook to blogging to email. But I’m wondering what’s going to give way in my own online world. Is Google+ really a big deal? 8+ things everyone should know about Google+ If, like me, you are watching Google+ fever spread across the twitternets with a mixture of bemused fascination and eye-rolling annoyance, read on.
If, however, you have jumped heart and soul onto the Google+ bandwagon, gorged yourself on its koolaid with such gusto that your sweat now tastes Googlicious, and think Google+ would make a fine spouse were you able to marry a digital platform… read on. Based on some of the questions I have been asked repeatedly these last few weeks, here are 8+ things you probably should know about Google+: 1. Will Google+ change the world or the internet? Google Plus is a VERY Different Sharing Environment. I’ve been writing a lot about Google+ , but that’s partly because it’s a very interesting social network environment, and it gives me a lot of opportunity to study a social network at its birth.
Once you’ve been on Twitter or Facebook or wherever for a while, you take for granted what it was like in the beginning. This time, I’m capturing interesting things that might be of value. This one is a little different to capture, but I think it merits a little consideration. Google+ is a VERY Different Sharing Environment I think that sharing is the coin of the realm in Google+. This environment isn’t geek-only stuff, even in its early days of the bleeding edge and early adopter types. My last handful of conversations: Beer.
I asked the simple question of where people were and got over 500 responses (and counting). So How Do You Use This? Christopher S. Penn : Awaken Your Superhero. Google+ Privacy: 5 Settings You Need to Know CIO. CIO — While Google's (GOOG) new social network, Google+, is barely a week old, it's already received a lot of attention from tech pundits and the social media community. And as with any new online service, understanding how to control your information is essential. 20 Million Google+ Users May Exist by the Weekend. Most critics believe Google+ is gaining popularity online, but at least one study figures Google's latest social experiment is growing at rates that rival Facebook's.
The search giant's two-week-old social network, currently in a limited field test, reportedly grew by 350 percent between July 4 and July 10 from 1.7 million users to 7.3 million. Google+ is also set to hit 10 million by Tuesday and 20 million by the weekend, according to one study. Those growth numbers assume that Google won't restrict users from inviting their friends this week, as Google did the week prior. The Google+ population estimate comes from Paul Allen, founder of Ancestry.com, who posted his findings on (where else?) Google+ Users Share 1 Billion Items Per Day, Says Larry Page.
Using Google+? 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. already has 10 million users who share 1 billion items every day, and Google's +1 button is being hit 2.3 billion times per day, Google CEO Larry Page said Thursday. Why Google + social networking = electric wok. New social networking service Google+ is taking on Facebook – but is this the search giant’s electric wok moment?
Photograph: Alicia Canter for the Observer A spectre is haunting the technology industry. It is called "electric wok syndrome" and it mainly afflicts engineers and those who invest in their fantasies. The condition takes its name from the fact that nobody in his or her right mind would want an electric wok. But because it is possible to make such things, they are manufactured, regardless of whether or not there is a need for them.
The past two weeks have seen a virulent outbreak of the syndrome. In its "limited field test" form, Google+ has five components: Circles, Hangouts, Instant Upload, Huddle and Sparks. To read some of the excited commentary on these innovations you'd think that teleportation had actually arrived. Why Google+ Circles Might Suck. Yes, you read that correctly.
One of the main draws to Google+ is their intuitive “circle” system of listing your friends together into groups. It’s a feature that I see people repeatedly saying is one of the best things about this new social media platform. And while I agree that at first glance, the Google+ circle system had me ooo’ing and ahhhh’ing just like everyone else, as I’ve started to use the system more and more, I’m not sold. Yes, I think the circles might even suck. Google+ Estimated To Surge Past 10 Million Users (Chart) It’s only been two weeks since the launch of Google+ , but already there are “millions” of users, according to chairman Eric Schmidt.
Beyond that ballpark figure, Google has not disclosed any user or usage numbers. Marshall Kirkpatrick, Technology Journalist » Google Plus’s Real Goal is Not to Kill Facebook, but to Force it to Open. I’ve been so focused on the user experience of Google’s new social network Plus that I haven’t thought very much about the big picture, I must admit.
Listening tonight to an interview with Plus designer Joseph Smarr on the IEEE Podcast it became clear to me that for at least some of Plus’s leadership the goal is not to win social networking outright, or to kill any competitors, but to disrupt the social networking economy with a big enough, good enough and popular enough service that the walled gardens (Facebook in particular) are forced to open up interoperability enough that their users can communicate with the significant enough number of people in their lives that use a different social network. Back in the bad old days, customers of one phone network couldn’t call customers of other phone networks, then people couldn’t email out-of-network.
Today people can’t be social across networks, but few people mind because everyone they care about is on Facebook. What is Google Plus? Using Google Plus to Source Ideas. For a long time, I’ve used Twitter to help pull together ideas.
Since jumping on Google+ however, I’ve found that so many more people respond, and that there’s a great range of potential answers given to questions. Because comments exist under the post, I don’t lose them in my stream the way I do in Twitter. Here’s my question and some of the answers I got on Google Plus: If I were to interview you on Skype video for 5-7 minutes, what would you want to talk about? What topics are interesting to you? And here are a sampling of the 149 answers I received: Twitter's Biggest Rival Thinks Google Plus Could Become Fastest Growing Network in History.
Bill Gross is the founder of prolific business incubator Idealab and its Twitter app builder and buyer Ubermedia; he's wrangled with Twitter headquarters over access to the Twitter API and reportedly tried (unsuccessfully) to outbid Twitter to acquire leading desktop Twitter client Tweetdeck. But can you guess what Gross is hot on now? Why Google Plus is a Social Do Over for the Cool Kids. Did Google+ Beat Facebook To The First Social Media Water Closet? You can't get any more social then taking care of bodily functions in public places.
Whether it's men lined up at urinals or ladies collectively freshening up their make-up - water closets or restrooms are about as social as you get. Ironically, hanging out together privately in designated places might be the bull-eye that gives Google+ the competitive edge - heretofore dominated by Facebook.
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This boxing match is over before it gets started: Facebook wins. What Google+ Means For Your Business. Google+ for Businesses coming. Google says it is planning to introduce Google+ for businesses before the year is out, allowing brands to create profiles on the site without using workarounds. The company has asked businesses to hold off on creating consumer profiles for now, and will start doing tests with “non-user entities” soon, which will be available for any entity that is not an individual.
“It can be a team, an organization, a business, a brand, an NGO, a university, etc,” said Christian Oestlien, who made the announcement in the video below. You can put your name down for these tests here, but Google has indicated the number of businesses involved will be very limited. In the meantime, Google’s policy team will be shutting down the profiles of these non-user entities until the official feature becomes available. Unfortunately, this means The Next Web’s profile will soon disappear after amassing nearly 5,000 readers.
“Some of the existing profiles might be included in our testing,” said Oestlien.
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