Will Google+ be successful?
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Google+, now available to a limited number of people, won't likely ever overtake Facebook as the Web's premier social networking service. That's a shame, because after putting it through it's paces, I've found that it's superior to Facebook. Here are four reasons Google+ beats Facebook.
It abandons Facebook's "one-message-fits-all" approach to social networking
Facebook treats all of your "friends" alike. With it, you essentially have the same online relationship with someone you've absent-mindedly accepted as a friend, but never met, as you do with your spouse or friend of 15 years.
Not so with Google+. With Google+, you create separate "circles" for your online acquaintances, and then post separate messages to each circle. Want to make plans the July 4 weekend with your five best friends? Then post a message just for them. Phony Facebook "friends" won't see them.
It sparks conversations
One of Google+'s niftier features is Sparks, which combines the power of Google search with social networking. Powered by Google search, Sparks delivers a stream of blog posts, news, and videos about any topic in which you're interested. When you want to share any of that with others, click the Share link, and you can share it with your circles.
It integrates with other Google services
If you use multiple Google services, you'll especially welcome Google+. Conversations in it show up in Gmail. You can share photos from Picasa using it. It has direct links to Google Talk. Expect more links as well.
It's better for mobile
Unlike Facebook, Google+ was built from the ground up with mobile in mind. So it works far better with your smartphone. (There's an Android app for it now, soon to be followed by one for iOS, according to Google.) You can do group texting via the "Huddle" feature, for example. Uploading photos and geotagging is a snap. You can get text messages whenever there's new activity on Google+. While it's true that Facebook can do some of these things, it simply doesn't do them as well as does Google+.
It abandons Facebook's "one-message-fits-all" approach to social networking
Facebook treats all of your "friends" alike. With it, you essentially have the same online relationship with someone you've absent-mindedly accepted as a friend, but never met, as you do with your spouse or friend of 15 years.
Not so with Google+. With Google+, you create separate "circles" for your online acquaintances, and then post separate messages to each circle. Want to make plans the July 4 weekend with your five best friends? Then post a message just for them. Phony Facebook "friends" won't see them.
It sparks conversations
One of Google+'s niftier features is Sparks, which combines the power of Google search with social networking. Powered by Google search, Sparks delivers a stream of blog posts, news, and videos about any topic in which you're interested. When you want to share any of that with others, click the Share link, and you can share it with your circles.
It integrates with other Google services
If you use multiple Google services, you'll especially welcome Google+. Conversations in it show up in Gmail. You can share photos from Picasa using it. It has direct links to Google Talk. Expect more links as well.
It's better for mobile
Unlike Facebook, Google+ was built from the ground up with mobile in mind. So it works far better with your smartphone. (There's an Android app for it now, soon to be followed by one for iOS, according to Google.) You can do group texting via the "Huddle" feature, for example. Uploading photos and geotagging is a snap. You can get text messages whenever there's new activity on Google+. While it's true that Facebook can do some of these things, it simply doesn't do them as well as does Google+.
Google already know that they can't compete with facebook, they say are not being too ambitious about google plus. Look at facebook, the apps and the development that surrounds it - google will need even longer to get to the same stage facebook is at right now.
The only reason they have made it invite only for now is to tease user's and to get people talking about it.
"We’re still ironing out a few kinks in Google+, so it’s not quite ready for everyone to climb aboard" -what bullshit.
When they do decide to make it go live, everyone's gonna jump on the googleplus boat and start exploring it at the same time - thus making it feel popular, cause everyones gonna wanna try that shit out. If it feels popular, people will stay around and start socialising, and google has made sure there are features that allow that.
Google are smart, they know exactly how people think and exactly how to market their products.
I usually say it's pointless to make a 'Social Network' as MySpace and Facebook mainly dominate that market and nobody is going to join your site and leave Facebook with very few people on it, but again it also depends on your niche idea and what you're targeting, Weather it be music, band, role playing or anything it would be hard to target the users of Facebook and MySpace without some kind funding and therefore we all know 'Google' has it and therefore I believe it would be a success.
I don't see it becoming a failure and if it does your inaligee would become "hit an iceberg and sunk"
I don't see it becoming a failure and if it does your inaligee would become "hit an iceberg and sunk"
Don't just copy and paste pretending you wrote something http://blogs.computerworld.com/18548/four_reasons_google_beats_facebook
Google plus is not found at a url. It's everywhere. Google own thousands of really cool domains and more than enough money to buy even better ones. Apple recently paid millions for iCloud.com as they wanted a home and way to market their new cloud service but that's a completely different product. The point of Google+ is it's not static found at one domain. It's in search, android, iPhone, maps, plugins, documents, code, wigits, youtube, chrome, extensions, addons, Chromium, etc. basically everything you interact with several times a day.
Facebook and twitter are trying as much as they can to get into our lives with the "like" button, wigits, mobile apps, etc. They don't want to be tied down to just one domain. Do you realize that over 80% of Twitter interaction doesn't even happen through twitter.com and that was back in AUGUST 2009? Imagine with the mobile growth what it is now.
I couldn't disagree more with you. Why would Google limit itself to a domain?
SalmanAbbas007
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Fix the poll lol XD
Yes: Google+ will be successful.
Yes: Google+ will be successful.
Well I haven't read much about Google+ so based on what you guys were writing I assumed it was a social networking site such as myspace,facebook,etc where you upload a pic,request friends,etc
That's why I was thinking if its one of those "create your profile" etc sites then that URL wouldnt be such a good idea, but yea like you said Google does own a lot of domains. But since you compared it to twitter and how most twitter stuff is done through 3rd parties then now I get your point and can relate on how this project could be almost same as twitter features,etc
I never said it will become a failure, I just stated google's method of getting it popular from day one. It is not going to be a failure, but it is no facebook and will not offer what facebook does.
singlelinks
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im using it, believe me its much better than facebook
Well google seem to be taking over everything, its not impossible for them maybe they will get it right this time?
But as already said people that are already on facebook are satisfied enough not to completely switch over, maybe they will share some users I dunno.
when twitter came along it didnt destroy facebook.
It seems that near me the latest socialising tool is a blackberry handset with bbm, these same people post their pins on facebook to be added but also communicate through the site to people that dont have bbm.
It seems to me that having a facebook account is the 2011 equivalent of owning a colour TV.. For some reason people just expect everyone to have a blackberry aswell now lol it pisses me off.
If google has a plan where it sucks people in and people have no choice but to follow suit they will do very well..lets see how the trend goes.
Myspace was slow and there wasnt much user interaction.. I think simplicity/ease of use is the key really, we used to use msn messenger etc, now we use facebook we've gone from installing a program to just opening a web page.
But as already said people that are already on facebook are satisfied enough not to completely switch over, maybe they will share some users I dunno.
when twitter came along it didnt destroy facebook.
It seems that near me the latest socialising tool is a blackberry handset with bbm, these same people post their pins on facebook to be added but also communicate through the site to people that dont have bbm.
It seems to me that having a facebook account is the 2011 equivalent of owning a colour TV.. For some reason people just expect everyone to have a blackberry aswell now lol it pisses me off.
If google has a plan where it sucks people in and people have no choice but to follow suit they will do very well..lets see how the trend goes.
Myspace was slow and there wasnt much user interaction.. I think simplicity/ease of use is the key really, we used to use msn messenger etc, now we use facebook we've gone from installing a program to just opening a web page.
My employer has given 3 of us invitations and we are messing around with it.
It doesn't feel shallow like most of Google's other attempts at Social, and the problem of "Who the hell are exactly your contacts?" looks to have been taken care of thanks to Circles.
The problem with everything social Google has attempted in the past is they assume the people you exchange emails with are people you care about or want to hear from, when in fact you know about 10% of them only.
Google+ will be big, I am literally being begged to report bugs and I can't find anything negative to say, all of them have been already reported.
It doesn't feel shallow like most of Google's other attempts at Social, and the problem of "Who the hell are exactly your contacts?" looks to have been taken care of thanks to Circles.
The problem with everything social Google has attempted in the past is they assume the people you exchange emails with are people you care about or want to hear from, when in fact you know about 10% of them only.
Google+ will be big, I am literally being begged to report bugs and I can't find anything negative to say, all of them have been already reported.
gopinath112
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i always like Google,i vote Yes
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