Ways Google+ Can Help Nature and Wildlife Lovers. From Wildlife Promise This is a guest post by Adam Jack, who is passionate about wildlife watching and wildlife citizen science. He’s developed tools (such as WildObs) for naturalists and nature-lovers and helps connect wildlife enthusiasts with National Wildlife Federation’s Wildlife Watch. On Twitter I’ve discovered and enjoyed many wonderful characters while exploring my passion for wildlife. There are park rangers and wildlife photographers, environmental entrepreneurs and advocates, wildlife gardeners and avid birders. Fascinating people … both connected to nature and connecting others to nature.
I might never have encountered these folks without Twitter, and I’ve learned much to value from them all. Google+ promises more of the same, plus some interesting new tools to make collaboration easier and richer. Playing with Google+ Circles: In the future, there will be a way to search Google+ profiles. For example: Google+ Photo Sharing Google+ Hangouts There is enormous potential, such as:
What does Google+ mean for your social media policy? - TNW Google. Two weeks on and the dust is still settling on Google+. Here on TNW we’ve dissected it every which way and continue to make observations as we use it more and more. Today I was preparing some work for a client on social media policy and it immediately struck me how G+ challenges a significant implicit assumption I’ve often used in development of social media policy.
A necessary evil Let’s face it, very few people love policies. It’s hard to write them in a positive tone, it’s hard to write them succinctly, it’s hard to cover all bases and it’s hard to win hearts and minds. Social media policy remains in its infancy. Life was much simpler back in June In developing policy, it’s tended to be helpful to draw a clear distinction between one’s personal online profile (often typified by Facebook as a place for friends and family) and one’s professional online profile (typified by LinkedIn as a place for colleagues, clients, etc). 140 ways to challenge the distinction Then Twitter became popular. 101 Google+ Tips. Although Google+ has just born for a few days in a limited trial field, it already has over 10 million users who share 1 billion items every day.
The following are 101 tips for you to hack Google+, whether you are already a user or not. Bonus: You can get an invite by leaving a comment in this post. Circles You can add anyone into a circle, even though they are not Google+ users.You can add up to 5000 people into a circle.You can create as many circles as you like, and you can also add a same user into multiple circles.One people in multiple circles counts one, and you can’t have more than 5000 people in all your circles.You can remove or block anyone in your circles.People in your circle do not have to add you in their circles.You can add all your Gmail contacts into your circles.You can export your Facebook friends to Yahoo Mail, and then import them to your Gmail. To bookmark a post, you can create an empty circle, and share the post to it.
Extensions Scripts Posts Hot Keys Text Websites: Google+: The Complete Guide. 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. Guide updated January 18, 2012 Google+: It's the hot social network on the block. Google+, however, isn't the easiest thing to understand. A recent change new and old Google+ users should take note of is Search Across Your World launched on Jan. 10, 2012. Now Google can pull search results from your Google+ friends and material from other Google+ users whom you don't follow who have related content labeled public. We will continuously update this guide as new initiatives such as the Search Across Your World are started, further integrating Google+ into the Google ecosystem. We decided to dig into every aspect of Google+, from Hangouts to Circles, from Google+ Pages to what's next for Google's social network.
So, without further ado, here is Mashable's complete guide to Google+: What Is Google+? Profile Photos. How to edit your Google Plus Profile and configure privacy (video)