Googles Plus One Social Networking
By mailxpress
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Finally A Google Social Network
Have you heard of google +1? I've heard about it and kept an eye out for it and finally was invited to join. Today's date is 8/18/11 and I've been using it the past few weeks. Of course there is a learning curve when using something new but I'm here to share with you that I am impressed. I feel the google +1 social network will continue to expand and probably give Facebook a run for their money.
I decided to start a hub speaking about the google +1 and will use this hub to update you and others when new features are added to the google +1. I can tell you that google +1 has many new features coming out and I've signed up to receive an invitation to all of them the moment they are ready to accept more members. I had to wait for an invitation in order to create a google +1 account.
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Perks I Enjoy Using Google +1
I've been signing in daily to get use to the google +1 platform. I'm still adjusting but almost everyday I sign into my account there are new features available. Let me list what I feel are perks to using the google +1.
One of the main reasons why I like to use google +1 is because it offers a feature titled "Circles". Circles allow you to keep people into specific groups and you can view each groups activity separately. Of course you can create your own unique Circle to keep people in groups but the default setup goes like this. Friends, Family, Acquaintances, Following and Internet Connections. These Circles come in handy when I want to post a message to my "Stream". A Stream is similar to a Wall at Facebook. I write a message in the stream and I can send that message to only my Internet Connections all at the same time. If I want to send a message to my family, I write a message in the stream and choose the Circle Family and my message only goes to my family. How cool is that? I love it. I don't always want to share every message with my entire network of Circles but rather a specific group. Again, I like this feature very much. If you use Facebook I'm sure you have noticed that anything you post on your Wall is shared with everyone you are friends with or you have to send private messages. With google +1 you have many options to how you share your information posted to your Stream. You can also add a video, photo and a link when you send out a message through your stream.
If you are familiar with Facebook, a Stream is simply a Wall post.
Additional Features
The google +1 offers it's members the ability to upload photos, videos and links.
Create A Profile
Creating a profile gives you the opportunity to inform visitors what you're all about AND within your profile you can post links. Within my profile I list all my referral links to the revenue sharing websites I use, my YouTube Channel links, my blog URLs and my website URLs. Posting links within your google +1 profile is a free way to advertise. Think about it for a moment. The google +1 will go public and hundreds of thousands of people will join. Those hundreds of thousands of people will eventually turn into millions of google +1 users. Imagine the free exposure you will receive.
Better Search Engine Optimization
Having a completed profile within your google +1 account will help with search engine optimization too so having your referral links, YouTube Channel, blog and websites listed can only benefit you.
Google +1 Sparks
There is a feature called "Sparks". You click on Sparks and type into a field what you are interested searching for and Sparks shows search results for you so you don't have to go and search for the information yourself. Sparks brings the information to you.
When you click on Sparks you will be brought to a field to type in what you are searching for. For example, I typed into the field "Adsense Revenue" and Sparks showed a list of links. When I see a link's title that interest me I click the +1 button and that link is saved under the "Adsense Revenue". I then can save the information I found by clicking the "Add Interests" button and the information is saved on the left side of my Stream. When I want to view the saved information again I just click the "Adsense Revenue" under the Sparks section and I am brought to all the links I +1 so I don't have to search again.
Google +1 Hangouts Through YouTube
I signed up and waiting for my invitation to create a google +1 Hangout through my YouTube Channels. If you would like to learn more about creating a google +1 Hangout through your YouTube Channel, you can do so by CLICKING HERE. This is not my blog but you can learn more about it and keep up-to-date with new features offered by google +1.
I will be updating this Hub regularly. I look forward to any comments about google +1.
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I was initially very excited when I heard first of Social Networking site. I have found it to be really wonderful and useful for me. Especially Google Circles is a great idea for securing one's privacy. I think that Facebook should also add such features to make it more user-friendly and useful and also to compete Google Plus.
I like it, I just haven't figured it all out yet. I like that my stream is less busy there, so that I can see things like THIS LINK in my stream!
Thanks for sharing your opinions and how you feel about google +1. I still have a lot to learn but I will sign in regularly to become more familiar with it. I really like the feature to send a Stream message to particular people instead of all my connections. I like this feature very much.
If any of you are into playing Games online, the google +1 has a game section too.
I like Google+ better than Facebook but we'll see how it goes. I've been on since July. I don't see Sparks on my page, where do you find it?
What name do you use and I'll look for you there?
FYI, your Google+ link on your profile page here just took me to my Google+ page. You probably have to put in your number link otherwise it takes people to the main page unless they have a profile on Google+
i just set up my profile page which most of them were imported from my existing google account,thanks for introducing this,i hope it would be an advantage too for traffic increased and social exposure too.At Alexa ranking of 344 it is some thing for future benefit.thank you!
Pamela, Click on the Home icon and on the left side of your Streams you will see Sparks. When you click on the Sparks you will be brought to a new page that has this content in the field: Find Stuff Your Interested In. Type what you want to search for and then you have the option to save it for future reference.
Sord87, you are welcome and thanks for the info about Alexa.
My nickname is mailxpress and my regular name is Michelle Cesare. What is your username?
voted up and useful! Thanks mailxpress for this insightful hub on Google +1. I like it, just not use to every opportunity there; I will look you up, you've helped me before...
Thanks for sharing your comments everyone. I created a video to help people understand more about google +1. Hope you enjoy.
I personally love google+ and especially the idea of circles. Google+ will +1 over facebook one day but ONLY if google gives it users a reason to use google+ over Facebook.
However, google+ isn't prefect yet even with basic features. The lack of a specific person's wall will make posts get very unorganized in the future and currently the chat only displays people from Gmail chat which won't work in a social network.
Overall though Google+ has exciting potential and I will also be following it everyday!
I cant wait to join Google Plus, it all sounds so much better than Facebook. Great article
It is funny because I never thought much about facebook till google+. I would say that all of google's advertising actually led me to facebook
softhard 9 months ago
I thinks it under shadow right now. It was amazing what it gained in first month. But for now its moving like a snail as compared for first few weeks.