Will it be just another social networking site . . . ? Or with the backing of the Google brand and some added features and benefits, could this be the dawn of a new age of Enterprise capable social networking?Having already exceeded its maximum allocation of users within 2 days of its test launch, there is obviously a demand to see what’s new and where Google is going to go with this. After the failure of its first two attempts at social networking – Wave and Buzz – I’m sure Google is giddy with delight at this kind of initial response from users.But what’s new . . .Google have introduced five main features to Google+Circles – Unlike facebook,...

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Analysis: Google + - Putting Brands or Consumers first?

Google+ has so far resisted allowing brands to feature their own pages on the social networking platform. Murray Calder, Scottish IPA president and director MediaCom Scotland highlights the good that brands could do for Google+.Google’s most successful foray into social media so far, Google +, recruited over 20 million users in just over two weeks.Time will tell whether it is a worthy long-term competitor to the two behemoths of social media, Facebook and Twitter but the rate and scale of growth Google+ is achieving should keep them on their toes.Brands have clearly shown early enthusiasm for Google+ with many jumping straight on and creating...

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How to Edit Your Google+ Account Settings « Google+ Insider's Guide

If you've gained entry into Google+, one of the first things you should do is adjust your Google account settings. Your settings will now look quite different, and you can adjust your notifications, password retrieval methods, and more. There are many settings that you may not have been aware of before.Step 1 Go to Your Google+ Account SettingsYou can access your settings at https://plus.google.com/settings/. Here, you can change your password, recovery options, and make your account even more secure.Step 2 Improve Your Security SettingsLet's go through each section. You can click on the Edit profile link to edit your Google+ profile. Note that...

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Facebook is opening its vistas wider for corporate marketers, leveraging its 700-million user base as the social networking giant is locked in a game of one-upmanship with Google following the launch of Google+.Facebook's latest move comes after rival Google earned the wrath of corporates by deleting accounts created by companies on Google+, its newest social networking service. The overnight deletion of company accounts as well as individual accounts held in pseudonyms apparently affected the rate at which the user base grew for Google+ service. According to Web analytics firm Experian Hitwise's data, 1.79 million total visits were logged...

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Google+ Identity Crisis: What’s at Stake With Real Names and Privacy

After a steady stream of angry blog posts and heated debate among its own users over the value of pseudonymity on the web, Google announced Monday that it was revising its “real name” policy, at least for display, on Google+.In a post on Google+, Google VP Bradley Horowitz promised greater transparency, particularly in suspension of user profiles. The new algorithm — human as well as computational — offers users a chance to correct their profiles before suspension. In the past week, most banned profiles simply disappeared without warning.The great Google+ profile purge began last week with business and media company profiles: ABC News Radio,...

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Google+ Chrome Extensions: 5 More Handy Tools

1. Replies and More for Google+: Improve Reply and Share Options, Add a Mute Shortcut "Replies and More" offers a mixed bag of functionality, but it comes recommended with a five-star rating. As well as adding a notification number to the G+ favicon and keeping the header bar at the top of the page, it brings extra functionality to posts. Instead of the the "Reply" option, you get "Reply to Author" which automatically adds the +name to your response. This also works if you reply to comments on posts. It also creates a drop down box for the share option, giving you the ability to email, tweet or post to your Facebook wall. Finally,...

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Tips Tricks Google+ Plus

Inevitably we have to accept the name of change, yesterday we provided facilities for social media such as Friendster that evolved into a social media communications media that could chat all at once, so that Facebook may already be very familiar to our ears. And with it we also get more other social media that allow us to follow / follow people who we think are our idols, where we can obtain information from people that we follow. But time is run, the change becomes the only constant in the face of the earth. Now a giant company in the field of Search Engine create the GOOGLE PLUS, which simply, I say to the media is the mathematical sum...

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Google+ vs. Facebook

Technobombs.com has created an infographic showing, in a glance, all the fundamental differences between the two social networks: SourceIf you're looking for a deeper dive on how the two social networks compare, be sure to read the hands-on with Facebook's video chat and hands-on with Google+. Also check out PCMag's take on Google+ privacy terms.&nbs...

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Google+ reached 10m users in 16 days. Want to know how long it took Facebook and Twitter ?

Google+ took a mere 16 days to hit 10 million users. By comparison, both Twitter and Facebook took over 2 years to hit that milestone, requiring 780 days and 852 days respectively. Leon Håland has kindly put together this graph, which which helps put Google+’s hockey-stick growth into perspective, compared to its social networking counterparts: Whilst there’s little doubt that Google+’s growth is impressive, it’s probably also worth noting that it did have a considerable head-start on both Twitter and Facebook, which were both starting from scratch – as a social network, as a brand…as everything. Google, on the other hand, has...

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Google+ Desktop Client

It’s been three weeks since Google launched their social networking solution and they have already raked in about 18 million users. If you are among these users and search for an application that takes Google+ out of the web browser and straight on the desktop, GClient could be what you’re looking for.GClient is free to use for non-commercial purposes and actually offers you the mobile version of the Google service. The consequence of this is that some features, like Hangouts, are trimmed off.Installing the application should not take too long to complete, if your system is already equipped with .NET Framework 4.0. Actually, most of the...

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The Beginning Of The End Of Facebook ?

Since the launch of Google Plus, the blogosphere has been making negative comments about the future of Facebook. Some say the giant’s social media product means a game over for Facebook. Google Plus’ visit is increasing tremendously. Although Facebook still have ten times of its 1.8 million visits in last week, the growth of Google Plus became a real threat for them. Here are some data about the growth of Google Plus from Experian Hitwise: Google Plus (plus.google.com) ranked as the number 42 most visited social networking site in the U.S. for the week ending July 16, 2011. Google Plus ranked as the 638th most visited site...

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Google+ growth stalls to 18 million members? The viral growth of Google's upcoming social network Google+ appeared to slow down in the past few days even as its user base was expected to reach 18 million by Wednesday (Manila time).But statistician and genealogy site Ancestry.com founder Paul Allen said growth for Google+ will likely zoom up again once Google starts promoting it."The viral growth of Google+ has slowed somewhat over the past few days, but my new-and-improved 1,000 surname model shows that more than 750,000 people joined the site on Monday, bringing the total user base to just under 18 million," he said in a Google+...

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Google+ for iPhone app released

The Google+ for iOS app has been released [iTunes link], offering iPhone (but not iPod touch) users a native way to access the new Google social network. As with the Google+ Android app, which Google released at the service’s launch, the iOS version supports Huddle group chats along with access to the full Stream of updates and individual Circle updates. Prior to this app, iPhone and iPad owners have been forced to use an HTML5 version that Google offers online. Although it allows for basic Google+ access, it lacked the Huddle IM system and other components. We’re yet to see a native Honeycomb app for Android tablets,...

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Google+: The Complete Guide

Google+: The Complete Guide Google+: It’s the hot social network on the block. In just three weeks, Google’s competitor to Facebook and Twitter has amassed more than10 million users, and its users are sharing more than 1 billion pieces of content daily. It’s become a hotbed for early adopters, tech luminaries, marketers and businesses around the world. Google+ isn’t the easiest thing to understand, though. It has a lot of features that can confuse beginners. Even advanced users can miss a lot of the little gems and nuances that define Google+. That’s why we decided to dig into every aspect of Google+, from Hangouts to Circles,...

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