What is all the Fuss About Google+?
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Google+ is Google's hot new social network, which is available now to people who have a Google account, and it is becoming one of the fastest-growing social networks. It is estimated that it has grown to 10 million users already. Google+ is Google's latest attempt at launching a social networking platform Buzz and Wave just didn't catch on as they had hoped. So far it seems like people have stopped asking if this is going to be a Facebook killer. But it's just getting off the ground and people are discovering what this new social networking platform has to offer. The UI is simple, intuitive and familiar, if you are used to the other social networking platforms, but there are a few unique features that will set Google plus apart from Facebook and Twitter.
+Circles
Circles makes it simple to quickly assign people to groups. You might have circles of family members work colleagues, college friends, business associates, sports fans, hobbies and other interests, etc. When you add a person to your Google+ you will assign them to one or several of your existing circles or create a new one to add them to. When you share content on Google+ you are asked to choose which circles you want to share that content with. You even have the option to share it with your e-mail contacts on Gmail, who have not yet joined Google+.
+Hangouts
Google+ launched hangouts, which is live video chat that can include up to 10 people at once, a full week before Facebook was set to launch its similar product in partnership with Skype. Hangouts have great potential for bringing online users together in real time.
+Sparks
Sparks is a massive feed of content from across the web that includes video and is available in over 40 languages. It provides a way for users to find and share interesting content from a wide variety of categories with their circles within Google plus.
+Mobile
The Google+ Android app allows users to take all of the functions of Google plus with them on the road with the exception of hangouts. But that functionality may be coming to mobile sooner than later. Instant uploads is supposed to make sharing photos from your mobile phone to the web super simple. For now the iOS app for Apple's iPhone devices is not yet available to the public.
+1 Button
Now that Google plus has launched the +1 button takes on a whole new meaning as you collect book marks for pages that you like across the web. The +1 button collects all these links on a single page in your G+ stream. So if you want more traffic and more people sharing stuff from your site, be sure to add the +1 button to your website.
G+ hacks and tips
· To mention people in your posts on G+, add an @ or a + in front of their name
@Tom Jones or +Tom Jones
· Make a message private by only sharing it with one person and disabling re-sharing.
· Add photos, links or videos to your posts by dragging them directly to the share box.
*word* = word
_word = word
-word = word
· Clicking the +1 button on a post is the same as the 'Like" button on Facebook.
· Clicking +1 on the web will add that post to your +1 page
Taking a look at Google plus in these first opening days it doesn't seem like it will replace Facebook and twitter, but rather, they can all coexist happily as people adapt to using the different platforms for different reasons.
Source: plus.google.com
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+Circles
Circles makes it simple to quickly assign people to groups. You might have circles of family members work colleagues, college friends, business associates, sports fans, hobbies and other interests, etc. When you add a person to your Google+ you will assign them to one or several of your existing circles or create a new one to add them to. When you share content on Google+ you are asked to choose which circles you want to share that content with. You even have the option to share it with your e-mail contacts on Gmail, who have not yet joined Google+.
+Hangouts
Google+ launched hangouts, which is live video chat that can include up to 10 people at once, a full week before Facebook was set to launch its similar product in partnership with Skype. Hangouts have great potential for bringing online users together in real time.
+Sparks
Sparks is a massive feed of content from across the web that includes video and is available in over 40 languages. It provides a way for users to find and share interesting content from a wide variety of categories with their circles within Google plus.
+Mobile
The Google+ Android app allows users to take all of the functions of Google plus with them on the road with the exception of hangouts. But that functionality may be coming to mobile sooner than later. Instant uploads is supposed to make sharing photos from your mobile phone to the web super simple. For now the iOS app for Apple's iPhone devices is not yet available to the public.
+1 Button
Now that Google plus has launched the +1 button takes on a whole new meaning as you collect book marks for pages that you like across the web. The +1 button collects all these links on a single page in your G+ stream. So if you want more traffic and more people sharing stuff from your site, be sure to add the +1 button to your website.
G+ hacks and tips
· To mention people in your posts on G+, add an @ or a + in front of their name
@Tom Jones or +Tom Jones
· Make a message private by only sharing it with one person and disabling re-sharing.
· Add photos, links or videos to your posts by dragging them directly to the share box.
*word* = word
_word = word
-word = word
· Clicking the +1 button on a post is the same as the 'Like" button on Facebook.
· Clicking +1 on the web will add that post to your +1 page
Taking a look at Google plus in these first opening days it doesn't seem like it will replace Facebook and twitter, but rather, they can all coexist happily as people adapt to using the different platforms for different reasons.
Source: plus.google.com
If you're looking for more information about how you can use social media to get more exposure for your website, visit http://mcreasite.com/blog to find a ton of tips and strategies for marketing your business online.