Why Googles +1 will fail

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Google's +1 will be a big fail because it requires you to create an account and sign in to Google.

The vast majority of surfers that use Google are not going to create an account.

That's my opinion.

NOTE: I am NOT talking about Google+ I am talking about the +1 button Google ads to each entry in the search engine results if you are logged into Google.

This thread seems to have morphed into a Google+ thread. It's Not!

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Rob Whisonant
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  • I disagree and will prove it by shamelessly asking if anyone has a Google + invite they can send me. I will then create a Google account.

    Anyone?
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    • OK! How many real "regular" surfers are going to join? My bet is 1 or 2 percent. Just saying .

      Will IM marketers join? Most likely many will. Will they be a major player with Google +1. No.

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    • I think Google is pretty smart, so as far as failing is concern i dont think so. Any need Invitation PM.
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  • Since the majority of people already use a Gmail account for various and sundry trolling and spam control, they already have a Google account.

    If they use Blogger or Picasa? A Google Account.

    Google Docs? A Google account.

    Google reader or analytics? A Google account.

    Webmaster tools or Adwords? A Google account.

    In fact, I'd go out on a limb and say that the majority of regular web users outside of China and other locked down territories have some form of Google account.
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    • Sorry but you are delusional. This is NOT reality. Sorry.

      IM marketers maybe, Real surfers not even close.

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    • Don't forget YouTube.
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    • I would agree. Virtually everyone has at least one Gmail account so this would satisfy the requirements for Google.
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    • Why single out China?

      i live in China, I use google. Many of my friends use google.

      Google is business.

      Would google disregard 1.3 billion potential customers?

      It may develop inhto the first real competition for QQ. Google that sometime if you want to learn about mass communication.

      More infromed content and less xenophobic content.

      Xie xie
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  • The problem i foresee with Google + is that they dont offer a way of migrating your fb frinds to Google. Of course there are a bunch of indirrect ways you can do it, but there isn't any direct way...So that kind of sucks. Google + need the numbers to be uber sucessful ....and the thing is unless ur friends are on it you won't be either. Also just in is that Google + profiles are all going to be public and not private ( after 31 July). So i guess get ready to kiss ur privacy good bye
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    • Yep. Because privacy is outdated. More and more people have more and more problems with the idea that "on the internet, nobody knows you're a dog." So yes, get ready for the end of privacy, because it's coming whether you like it or not.
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    • There is a way to do it through Yahoo. Export to Yahoo and import into G+. There was a great Chrome extension that did the trick, but Facebook blocked it like a bunch of dicks.

      Even though profiles are going public, as in searchable, you can lock up every individual thing on your profile and control exactly who sees it. You can give different permissions to different individual circles, as well as the public.

      Google is taking privacy very seriously, and have made it very clear. And they also make it very simple for you to take (download) all of your data off of Google if you so choose (if you were going to close your account), via Google Takeout.

      Google+ will get the numbers, it's a great product that hundreds of millions of Google users (registered users, this doesn't count non-registered users) have been waiting a long time for, not to mention the scores of people that have been waiting for a viable Facebook alternative.

      It seems to me that a lot of people are highly underestimating Google here. Yes, they've failed with past social efforts, but this one is different, just watch.

      Over 2/3 of Google+ users are ready to say goodbye to Facebook - TNW Google
  • Facebook "likes" also require an account and i guess that it didn't fail

    Cheers,

    ~Gary
  • It is depends on the market.. I believe Google have followed facebook strategic and they want people to be social and that is the reason they have introduced.. but what I believe plenty of people will spam it and than again Google with change their system and it will again effect lot of website...

    I believe Google wants everyone to be socialize and so on.. but don't know what is coming next..
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    • Alamest
      you r right.it depends upon market. no, one can analyze what will happen next.
      The result will appear just in months.
      your comment was better than other.

      bye..
      Rakesh
  • Seems like it is already failed as the opinion here show. But does any one think Google could improve over it and then succeed? Or there is simply no chance.
  • They will now that Google Plus is integrating with every other Google product under the sun. Btw, last stat I saw said Gmail was approaching 400 million registered users.
  • Why bother it will fail or will success in the first place? To take risk is what life meant to be.
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    • Google's success or failure with Google+ is dependent on a lot of things. However, it's key to remember that Facebook was late to the social network game.

      There are a few things to remember here as well. First, while having Friends on Facebook is important, those connections are easily recreated. Your average person still stores their photos on their computer, and they don't really care about keeping their entire Facebook history. What Facebook has is connections with other people.

      What Google has is presence. People use Google to get to Facebook. People see Google every time they use the web. When they aren't on Facebook, Google is serving up ads. When they open their Android phones, they are using Google services. When they post to their Blogger account, they are doing it with Google. And finally, when they go to watch videos, they do it on YouTube. Firefox makes it their default search engine. Google has pushed the Chrome browser to about 20% usage in the few years it's it's been around. And they are looking to push ChromeOS to the public.

      Let's face it. Google is everywhere these days. And, chances are, you probably have a Google account somewhere.

      So, when you combine all the avenues Google has at it's disposal to tie users into Google+, it will be hard to fail. After all, they don't need you to import your Facebook account into Google+, they can probably generate it for you based on who you email, who you call, who you interact with.

      Let's also look at the alpha geeks. I mean, back in the day, Facebook didn't have mom and pop on it. But Google has had them for a long time. Before Facebook.

      I have a Google+ account. It's smooth, it's awesome. The hangouts idea is really cool. Just the idea of being able to talk to people via that mechanism blows away anything else currently out there. Uploading pictures and video are so much easier then Facebook. The entire experience just feels nice.

      Don't get me wrong, Facebook isn't going to fall down overnight. But Google+ is going to be a success. People like to point out all of Google's failures. But they forget about all the successes. Why? Because we just use them naturally.

      Keep in mind too there is a strong push against Facebook controlling your entire life at the moment. People are looking for options. With Diaspora not panning out, people want choice. Twitter is slowing moving toward a more social network style (especially with the tie in with iOS 5).

      Google+ has already succeeded. The question now is how to effectively use it to market with.

      Now, a bit off topic, I think in the coming years, niche social networks will become more and more popular. Internet forums, like this one, are in a sense social networks. Sites like StackOverflow and Reddit also share this in common. I think as time goes on, these sites will start to adopt a more "social" theme to them. We'll also have a standard, open social networking scheme, so you can take your social graph with you. Most likely built on top of the work by the StatusNet poeple (Identi.ca, Status.net). From this, Google+ will support this fully (and will probably become the largest implementor of whatever standard evolves). In a way, it' achieves, somewhat, what OpenID promised. A single identity online (though, without the headaches). At some point, WordPress will evolve with this as well, and you'll have the WP Social Network plugin. Then things will get really interesting. =)
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  • Now to be fair... having an account doesn't equal adoption.

    But Rob hypothesis was based on the hurdle of account creation itself... and I don't think that is really the issue here.
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  • I think it's easy to say that Google+ will fail just because it's had other failures and Facebook is so powerful.

    But that said, Google is a VERY smart cookie, has created an awesome product with Google+, and is gonna take down Facebook unless FB comes up with something to counter it.

    For you video gamers (like myself), its kind of like saying the Xbox Kinect was gonna fail because the Wii was dominating the "sensor" kind of market.

    Well the Kinect is crushing the Wii, so Nintendo better come up with something fast if it wants to stay in the game!

    Same with Facebook- innovate or get crushed by the Google giant.
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    • For the record there are 2 different products from google:

      a) Google+ & b) +1

      This thread seems to be using the terms as if they are the same but they are not.

      I suspect that Google isn't looking to knock off facebook but is targeting a Bing level of success in social media. They realize that social indicators are way of the future in search not links.
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  • And what makes YOU an expert on this?

    You seem to be disregarding other people's opinions but your OP is nothing more than your opinion with nothing to back it up.
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  • I love the "circles" concept of placing different friends in different
    categories. Except I really missed it I don't think that you can
    compartmentalize your FB friends, which I hate. I don't want
    to share everything with everyone.

    I first started FB for business purposes then family and friends
    took over so I had to change strategy--rather than getting a
    different account.

    Google+ will be interesting.

    -Ray Edwards
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    • I really hate the circles concept, myself. It's like "label your friends."

      And I might be missing something, but it seems like I can only put someone in one circle, which makes it really hard to do anything reasonable with them.
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    • You can actually do this with Facebook. Check out this post:
      10 Privacy Settings Every Facebook User Should Know
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    • You can put friends on lists on Facebook, and share with different lists, as opposed to everyone. You can also exclude or share with individual people as well.

      When you go to share a post, click on that little lock icon next to the share button, and you can specify who to share the post with.
  • I think it will only fail in China.
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    • Whether this version fails or not there WILL be a google based social network. The future of their core business - search - is heading in this direction and its by far more beneficial to have access to their own network than rely on twitter and facebook.

      Don't know why you would pronounce success or defeat yet based on a product that may very well add and change features when it is fully open to roll out.
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    • Is 1% of 1.3 billion pass or fail?

      Google is alive and well in China.

      Is xenophobia compulsory in this forum?
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  • I think it has a very strong trend to be very successful, why not?

    Most people already have a gmail account so becoming a user to login is not an obstacle to +1 something. This is similar as "liking" something on Facebook. People simply click +1 and show that they like it. It will show in the search results how many people +1 it so that will get a sort of "authority" if a lot of people +1 it so more people will also look at it.

    Google is just trying to get a piece of the social media pie .

    My question is from a SEO standpoint, will a ton of +1 increase your SERPS?
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  • I'm gonna wait for Google +2
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    • well, I'm thinking how can I do Google ++ (since I'm a C++ guy).
  • I have seen the Google + Interface and it's awesome and lovely. As time goes by Google + is going to emerge as a new social media network. It still has a long way to go and compete with facebook likes.
  • Basically Google wants as many people as possible to have a Google Account then they will have even more data on more people.

    Facebook already has too much information on nearly 700 million people and google are doing anything they can do to catch up
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  • I don't see how that's any different than registering and creating an account at Facebook and then having to "sign in" to use Facebook. It's a marginal difference at best. I'm not following the logic.

    If you cited features that made it inferior to Facebook or functionality that would not enable to go as viral as Facebook, I might be more open to your premise.

    RoD
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    • I predict that Google's +1 will be about as popular as Google Buzz and Google Wave.
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  • It will fail because people don't bother to click it.
  • I do not agree that Google +1 is going to fail in fact it has been launched with answers to several deficiencies of other social nnetworking sites regarding privacy and sharing. I liked it vey much when I used it for the first time.
  • Google is becoming this evil corporation that's gonna take over everything and eventually the world *snaps out of nightmare*
  • A very ignorant one at that. You realize that you have to create an account and LOG IN to use Facebook right?

    I don't see Facebook faltering in any major way at the moment, so to say that Google + will fail because a visitor will have to create an account and log in is ridiculous.
  • Me too. I just don't see what the big deal is. Maybe someone can enlighten me.
  • I fail to see how having to create an account is going to make Google+ fail. People have to make an account for Facebook, Myspace, etc. There's nothing wrong with that. It's a social network. How are you supposed to socialize without an account?
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  • Youtube is the internet's #2 most popular search engine (right behind google) has approximately 500,000,0000 (five hundred million) unique users a month and requires an google account now. So do Adwords, Adsense, Gmail, Google Voice, Google Analytics, Google Apps and the list of google services that require google accounts goes on and on and on and on:

    http://www.google.com/options/

    Don't forget android phones that are the most popular operating system for smart phones on earth. They outsell iOS by approximately 50% and Blackberry 2:1 and their market share is growing. Android users often integrate their google accounts for things like google voice etc.

    I think I only have about 10 google accounts.

    It's a loosing battle ;-)
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  • I have to say that I completely agree with everything that MichaelHiles and a few others have said so far, but I would add this:

    A little birdie told me that many of the Folks at the Googleplex have their bonuses riding on whether or not the Google+ projects are successful.

    Now, I'm not a betting man, but if I were, I would consider this in my formula:

    1. Google has hired more Ph.D's than most companies in North America
    2. Google has hired some of the best engineers on the planet
    3. Google has hired some of the most brilliant creative minds that can be found anywhere
    4. Google gave them all an environment which encourages them to have fun while being productive, which means they probably spend less time on Facebook and Angry Birds than most other workers in the country

    And, according to the little birdie that I spoke with, many of these empoyees have a financial incentive to make it "successful"


    I would also consider:

    1. Google continuously learns from its "failures" and improves everything it does
    2. Google has at least a few pennies to put into any projects that it cares about


    So really, when someone says that it will "fail" I would probably advise that they don't put any of their own money on such a bet.


    Of course, whether or not they "succeed" will, I suppose that depends on what their intended objective is, and do any of us really know what that is? Because I have not yet gotten that email from Larry or Eric yet that says, "Hey Mike, this is our objective with Google+, why don't you see if it succeeds or fails for me?"





    Edit: FYI, by "little birdie" I assumed it would be understood that I was talking about the tweet from twitter with the link to an article about the announcement.
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  • Someone above mentioned the loads of PHD's an dother talent that Google has hired. really that doesn't guarantee success.

    In 1983 The United Airlines Strike saw some of the best negotiators and financial strategists money could buy trying to "win" the thing....yet it was a simple and powerful idea from a 17 year old kid- a son of one of the pilots, that finally brought it to an amicable end within days.

    It seems to me that the inherent weakness of Google +1 is its unlimited use. If we could only use one +1 per day, then those votes would have tremendous value.

    Otherwise its no different than the Federal Reserve creating fiat currency out of thin air in unlimited qunatities whenever it feels like it....and we can all see how that worked out.

    It will take no time at all for people to amass tens of thousands of +1 votes...and eventually anyone and everyone who even cares about the +1 will have all they could ever count.

    +1 will be too easy to get, too easy to give...thus losing its value and relevancy.

    and really....wouldnt you deem that a failure in the end?

    With any kind of product creation...when you remove the quality element...you lose.

    It remains to be seen if all those PhD's will have figured it all out.
  • I think wheter google+1 fails or not. You have to be prepared. Long gone are the days of 2 page

    sniper sites, with little content. Your going to have to provide real value to your readers, and

    entice them to add you to the plus one factor. AUTHORITY SITES WILL BE A MUST FOR THE

    FUTURE.

    Wheter it will work or not is really not an important question. What really matter's is if you will

    be prepared when it comes. You see, wheter you think it will work or not, GOOGLE COULD CARE

    LESS WHETHER WE THINK IT WILL WORK OR NOT. They make billions, and spend billions in

    advertising. IF THEY THINK IT WILL WORK, IT PROBABLY WILL. I'm pretty sure they didn't flip a

    coin, and say hey why not try this. It's very well researched and it will be implemented.
  • It seems maybe I confused some of you. Sorry about that. The product I am talking about is the site vote +1. The button you only see by each site in the search results when you are logged in to google. This is what I feel will fail.

    I did a little un scientific study today. I randomly asked the question, "Did you +1 any sites in a google search today?" To many people.

    Results:

    The majority of Internet Marketers that where asked said yes or not yet. Or had some comment that let me know they knew what it was.

    All of the NON Internet Marketers I asked basically said the same thing. "Huh?" None knew a thing about it. I explained that you need to login to Google to see it. Basic answer was "login?" "You don't have to be a member to use Google."

    Then I took my study a little further. I checked the email ratios of all of my mailing lists.

    All IM lists where very heavy with gmail accounts. 75% +

    All NON IM niches contained less than 12% gmail accounts and on average 75% + yahoo accounts.

    I thought the results where very interesting. Two completely different worlds.

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    • It's not just +1'ing a site in the serps though. Any site that has a +1 button on it if affected when they hit the +1 button on the site, in the same manner it would be if they hit the +1 button in the serps.

      It's far too early to declare that it will fail, imo. Google is just starting to really push the whole Google+ and +1 feature.

      It doesn't really matter what any of us think. Google is doing this and everyone will be forced to adapt to it. Search is social now, and getting more social all the time. Take note SEO'ers.
  • I believe you are talking about Google+. Sorry if I confused you a bit. This thread was suppose to be about the +1 buttons.

    Seems this thread is morphing from +1 to Google+.

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  • I don't think it will fail, people are kind of used to having to sign up for things these days, and if your brand is extremely popular like "Google" people are more likely to sign up, knowing your reputation is solid, just as they do with Facebook likes
  • This Google +1 button thing placed on sites is ripe for total abuse. I can see all the services popping up now.

    Get 1 gazillion likes for $5! I still don't think they thought this out at all.

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    • Same thing happens with Facebook likes. I'm willing to bet they thought it out long and hard, and have implemented things in order to prevent abuse. It's not like they just woke up last Saturday and said, "hey, let's make a +1 button for websites" and that was that. Know what I mean?
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  • Hehe, just a BIG note to all of you, I know of some people selling services where they will +1 your site. 50 Google +1s for as lo as $15.
  • Most of my facebook friends have signed up in google's new social network and they say they love it more than facebook! Which really puzzles me as I have not tried it myself. Anyway a percentage of internet surfers doesn't give a clear explanation of anything.

    Andrea
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    • Good one bro.

      Its already succeeded.

      Good luck with your next 'theory'.

      Thousands of blogs have already implemented the +1 feature, programs, ebooks and software is already being built in to assist with auto +1 for seo purpose, seo maniacs are already going nuts on the forums and if you think only people in IM will implement and use the feature, you have to pull your head out and consider all the seo companies which will implement for their customers, and the rest.

      Once again... LOL. Nice one.
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  • I see people debating here. =)
  • Lots of people already have a Google account, amigo. I would rething that statement.
  • I would say why we even need Google+1 if there is Facebook, enough for me...
  • I just think it might be another great opportunity for social marketing. I'm gonna start investigation how money can be made with this new social network.
  • The real reason it will fail has nothing to do with the above...

    They are adding social features to a search company? Ummm, yeah not gonna happen!
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  • Yeah. Google is like a button to share your interesting content with your friends. But first you need to creart a gmail account. Right? I add the button in my own websites, it is very great.
  • What? Seems like everyone has a gmail account these days. I've had yahoo and gmail for years. It takes two minutes to get a free account. They'll possibly wise up and make you post to it through other social media outlets anyway.
  • I think people are forgetting three important things with this Google +1 thing. And you will be surprised at my thinking here, but it is important and has to do with FACEBOOK!

    1) Do you really think google was sitting back in their chair and thought, hey...i got this damn +1 idea thingie i think we should try? No

    2) Google would have spent years being jelous over the traffic facebook is getting. What do websites in thet world with big website traffic want. More traffic right? LOL. sounds funny but it is true.

    3) Google would have spent much time and effert (and $ no doubt) researching facebook, and soon realised that hey they are not so good. Their customers do like the site, but there are little annoyances. SO google would have merely investigated this further and found out, what really gets up the goat of the facebook user. I use facebook alot and there are so many annoyances...and I think Google has gone into fix all these.

    So I guess what I am saying is before you write them off, I would wait...google would not put out something if they think they had a 50% chance of it working. They would have to be 99.9% sure that it would succeed. And I bet it will.

    Infact, dont be surprised if this new google plus 1 becomes the new facebook. It happens time and time again on the internet. One company outdoing the other....and the never ending race to be the best!
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    • You are talking about Google+... Not +1... Google+ may do well once it is released to the mass public.

      This thread was suppose to only be about +1... Something completely different.

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  • In social networking industry, I believe that Google Plus can't beat Facebook...
  • Hmm..i dont know Google usually succeeds with introducing or being started by the internet savvy, techy people first and then soon spreads down..with socialization, FB started out with the young generation...the youth...as they are the ones more enthusiastic and pro-active with online socialization...

  • Good points, but to the contrary, there's a TON of people who have gmail accounts already (especially here on the WF, where so many people use or have used Adwords), and I seem to also automatically be logged into my Gmail acct anytime I use google, so the +1 feature has been available to me since it came out.
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    • You are 100% correct. I even mentioned it early in this thread that Internet Marketers use gmail and other Google services big time. Just outside the IM niche the numbers are not the same.

      Look at your email lists. You will find that in the IM niche, gmail accounts for 75%+ on average. So +1 will be big time for Internet Marketers. Especially the ones that plan on releasing WSO's and selling Like services.

      BUT... Outside the IM niche, yahoo accounts for 75% or so on average. Gmail accounts are way less than 15%.

      If gmail was as popular as yahoo email, OUTSIDE the IM niche I would change my thoughts.

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  • maybe we need wait for some times to verify that.google really have many members,and 80% of people use google to search internet,their member will be more and more.however,most people use google just for search,so we can't know how much people has interst on +1
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    • well this depends on the response to the people and if Google can capture there attention and needs then they are close to being successful on this field.
  • You have to create a fb account to use the 'like' button....
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  • Google's previous track record of doing "social" speaks for itself. +1 could catch on but I'm not entirely convinced yet. I think it was Ed Dale that said it best on a webinar. You need to look at the types of people that founded Google and Facebook and who they hire. Not the same by a long-shot.

    No offense to the engineers at Google but they usually aren't the most social personality types. So, how could they possibly create a viral social platform. Just something to think about...
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    • Actually, Google engineers and staff are WAY more social on G+ than Facebook employees have ever been on Facebook. They're interacting with people all of the time, posting, making videos, joining and hosting hangouts, etc. It looks to me like they definitely have social personalities.

      Google+ is already in the top 10 referrers of traffic to Tech Crunch, right behind Digg, despite only being 10 days old and having a user base of less than 2 million people. How's that for viral power?

      Chris Brogan, NYT best-selling author and social media expert/consultant to Fortune 500 companies, wrote a post and it was his most trafficked post EVER.

      Kevin Rose, the founder of Digg, just ditched his blog and now forwards his personal domain name to his Google+ profile. The guy founded Digg, one of the biggest viral platforms out there, and he's a believer in G+'s viral power, after only 10 days.

      To me, anyone that's saying Google is going fail with this, either isn't on the inside of G+ yet, or just wants to see Google fail.
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  • Andrei Rotariu,

    Makes for an interesting conversation doesn't it? As long as "trolling" is kept out of the discussion. Seems some think it is a success while others think it is not and will not be a success.

    Only time will tell the truth and set you free.

    Now if Google had released Google+ to the masses FIRST and then gradually worked in +1, my initial thinking that +1 will fail may have been different.

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  • I can't see google +1 becoming popular. Only my nerd friends are into it.
  • Hi everyone,

    I honestly don't think Google +1 will work for Google to get the market share they need. They don't give the impression that the +1 button is going to be better than a like button where they can give their assurance on the product/site/service to their friends. If it was going to work they might need to work on their social network influence.

    But this is precisely why it offers an opportunity to us the IM people to use it. In their desperation this is something they give for ranking our site up. And also to somehow or rather get our visitors to click on it since it helps to rank up our site and get traffic.

    It doesnt really matter to us whether this can work for google or not as long as it helps us to drive traffic. I will use the button!
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    • Have some of you even read the articles and stats that people have posted in this thread?

      Here's another one for you. This one is from Search Engine Land

      With 'Millions' Of Users & Growing, Google+ Set To Power All Google Products

      I'm just going to quote the entire article since some of you obviously haven't clicked through to the other ones.

      Google+ is being incorporated into EVERY Google product, including YouTube, Gmail, Blogger, etc. and the +1 button is a HUGE part of Google+.

      EVERY single Google employee's bonuses are tied into the success or failure of Google+.

      The Google+ button is already being used by more of the top 10,000 websites in the world than Twitter's tweet button. That is huge.

      The +1 button will not fail, because it's ALREADY a success, whether you want to believe it or not. The numbers do not lie.
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    • 1 out of every 5 internet users uses Google Chrome to surf the net.

      Android is the top selling smartphone platform.

      Google is the largest search engine in the world.

      YouTube is the second largest search engine in the world.

      Google is the most visited website in the world.

      YouTube is the 3rd most visited website in the world.

      Blogger is the 5th most visited website in the world.

      Google already has the market share of the internet that they need, and Google+ and +1 are being incorporated into every single Google product.

      I've beaten this horse enough, to the point where I probably look like Google's top fan boy, but the stats in my other posts show that the +1 button is already succeeding. Hunches, gut feelings and opinions don't stack up against numbers.

      P.S. Google stock is up almost $40/share since Google+ launched 10 or so days ago.
  • Jeffrey Reidy,

    Just because a race car is going 200 miles an hour does not mean it's not going to crash and burn.

    Some people feel it's a success while others are feeling the crash coming.

    I do thank you for posting the information you know about, since there is always two sides to just about anything.

    I would love for it to be a success. That would give me another avenue to make more money. Just not feeling it.

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    Rob Whisonant
    • [ 1 ] Thanks
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    • Fair enough. We can agree to disagree, as long as you'll just take a sip of this G+ koolaid that I have here for you....
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  • Hi,

    Google is a search engine and facebook is a social marketing.
    Some peoples says Google is behind of facebook.
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  • I love facebook like rather than google+ 1
  • I STRONGLY DISAGREE GOOGLE+, WONT FAIL!!!
    Google+ in indeed the best, none can beat it. With the launch of Google+, facebook has become like a moon in day light. Google+ is more improvised and updated. It's A Combination of facebook and Twitter. Google+ has PLUS features than any other Social Brand.
    Facebook says: what's this ++ ? Google+ ?
    Twitter: ++ means?
    Now when Dad answers;
    GOOGLE+: Dear Runner Ups, PLus means removing all the followers of twitter and facebook & PLUSSING them to GOOGLE.
    hahahhahah
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    • You do no we are not talking about Google+... Or are you just adding to your post count?

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      Rob Whisonant

  • That is what they said about FaceBook
  • Is there anyone left in the world without a gmail account?
  • Most people I know have Google accounts. Picasa, gmail etc. are regularly used. I don't think that can be the reason why the + button will fail.
  • Even for a YouTube account you have to sign in using your Google account, so no it wont fail.
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