Is Google+ the Next Big Thing in Social Communities? Will you login to Google+?
Several days ago, Google launched Google+, a new social networking website and its latest effort to compete with Facebook. This is not their first foray into that space - Orkut, Google Buzz, and Jaiku have all at least touched on this arena.
Just as it did with GMail, Orkut, and a number of its other offerings, Google is using the "invitation-only" method for the initial phase of the site. Despite this model, interest in the service drastically exceeded Google's expectations forcing the company to shut down invitations and signups shortly after the launch.
Some of the features of Google+ include: (scroll down for selected screenshots):
- The home screen is called the "stream", which displays recent content from friends, similar to Facebook.
- In something of a mixed metaphor, the "stream" can be filtered by circles, or, categories of contacts, including the "following" circle, which is similar to the Twitter concept where "following" is not necessarily mutual.
- In a "hangout", multiple users can share a video chat session.
- Google+ offers a mobile app for the Android (an iPhone app is listed as "coming soon") that looks and behaves very similarly to the mobile app for Facebook.
- One slightly scary feature of the mobile app is the "instant upload" feature. If this feature is turned on (which is the default), then all photos taken with the phone's camera are instantly uploaded to a private album in your Google Plus account. This seems to just be asking for trouble, especially for members of the United States Congress.
- The home screen introduces a new Google feature called "Sparks", which are essentially a "stored search" to Google news and blog entries for popular and user-customizable topics.
- Google+ users see a +1 button in their Google search results, allowing them to publicly "like" search results.
- Instant and seamless integration with Google's numerous other offerings. Do not underestimate the importance of this. For example, a small but growing number of colleges and universities now use Google Apps for their student email accounts. So just by being a student and one of these schools, you will instantly have a Google+ account just waiting for you to click the "ok" button.
- The time to start over factor. Google+ offers the young 20-something who has littered their Facebook account with photos of various kinds of debauchery the chance to start a new online life.
Selected Screenshots
The Google+ home page, or, "stream"
Representation of Google+ Circles
Google+ Sparks
Google+ and Facebook Mobile menus
Google+ and Facebook Mobile news feeds
+1 Button in Google Search Results
Let us know in your comments what you think about Google+ and whether you think you will use Google+, Facebook, or Twitter the most!
image credit: tinpalace
Friday, July 01, 2011 written by David Torbert
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