Google+ Hangout is going to be huge for IM.

It's just coming out that Facebook will be announcing Skype-powered video chat next week. I still expect Google's version to be more powerful and because of the integration with all of Google's business products like docs, analytics and everything else, it will still be huge.

Vastidious: I sent you a PM. I'd love the invite.

Nick, there you go, this lazy enough for you:

It's a long awaited step in the direction of greater communicability among our peers. We should expect all the major platforms to follow Google and Facebook.

great, another free platform for the spammers to ruin while pretending to be women to trick men into signing up to dating websites and other bluefart crap. Wonder how long before the anti-internet marketing policies come into effect.

Chris

Vastidious I PM'd u my email. Can you send me the invite please? It looks sooo cool!

Thanks
Nick

Really? Honestly?

Well here is my take on it. Like many other company's google is not different, if you spread yourself to thin you set yourself up for failure.

Google has launched many things over the years and lets face it, some comes off half baked, and flops within no time at all. Your a search engine. Email provider, this that and the other. Where will it end? Strive to better your existing business models before jumping into another market.

Tried and Failed
Google Accelerator
Google X
Google Catalog
Google Video Player
Google Answers
Google Coupons
Google Voice
Google Viewer
Google +1 (Really?) lmao... who knows where this will go. so many jumpping on to the google +1 viral locking. but lets be honest. more people ahve a facebook than they have a google account. Keep to viral like locking instead.

Anyways if it is a great success I will personally retract my previously stated comments and praise the almighty Big G.


TJ

I sent out invites to all who asked, but I don't know if they went through or worked. There isn't anyway to tell on my end so far.

So I'd be curious to know if anyone got an email with info in it? If not, I can try again.

Here is a snapshot of what the email will look like.

this is GREAT for IMers...

I think it's cool, but I don't want to have to get dressed out of my pj's, do my hair and makeup every time someone wants to chat with me on there lol

That's probably why no one buys web cams either.

It is certainly true that a lot of the time on the internet the last thing someone wants is to be seen. Here are some reasons I don't want to be seen often when interacting with clients:

-I might rather be sitting shirtless at my computer on a hot day, the last thing I want to have to do is dress up and comb my hair to impress a client. There exist some reasons I don't get an office job.
-I can cook dinner while talking to a client
-I am probably a bit younger than someone would expect.
-I can easily Google things I don't know
-I can be a tad shy when I am talking face to face to people. I am more extroverted online in general.

Despite all that I do see a ton of value in easy video chat. Certain interactions would just be made much more easily. Communication is key and it can sometimes be very hard with text only.

You're the man Vastidious.

This is Google right now

I agree. And I'll be on Google+ to try it out as soon as it's available to the public. Facebook has a lot of problems, and if Google+ can build on half the problems of Facebook, it's going to be great.

I honestly just do not see Google+ taking off.

... people are just too attached to Facebook to move on to another social networking site. It is going to take a monumental effort on the part of Google to even begin to enjoy a piece of the figurative social networking pie.

I got my invite but the link in Google's email gave me a 404. It said in the email that if it doesn't work I should check back soon.

I use Google Voice. I have even integrated my Google Voice with my Sprint phone now. So, my Google Voice number is my Sprint phone number, and my Sprint phone gets all the Google Voice features (even the Google Voicemail instead of my Sprint's voicemail).

The same could have been said about MySpace vs. Facebook a few years back. And as Jeffery noted, Google is making their entire brand a social experience... This is something that was not done with Google's last two social attempts.

So, yeah... Google has a great shot to rival FB this time around because of the model set into motion. However, one of Google's top Social Research analysts, Paul Adams, that worked with Google on it's whole "social circle" research is now working at FB as a research analyst. Take a look at the research he did for Google:

No Clue why this is trying to embed the slide... Just click on the slide's view, and it will take you to the slide on Slideshare.

Then compare the results with Google+'s model. It's a GREAT read! And, yeah, he's one of the minds behind all of this and now he is working for Facebook. So, perhaps this is why FB is launching some new features that are similar to some of the BIG features of Google+? Like Google+ Hangouts and FB using Skype/Vid...? Who knows, but what we do know is that a leading researcher for Google+ is now working for Facebook ;-)

So we will see how it goes.

Just another reminder. If you want an invite, I HAVE TO HAVE YOUR GMAIL EMAIL ADDRESS!

I keep getting messages from people asking for invites, and they don't send me their Gmail address. So, if you don't send me the gmail address you will not get an invite. Pretty simple. Sorry for the caps, but it's a tad frustrating. Especially since I've already said this a few times in this thread.

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Thanks Vastidious for the invite. I got in today.

the talk of the professionals will be left for the professionals, Google + will save u the agony off too much message that are of no help to us.