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Using Google Plus
Introducing Google Plus. Google is Internet leader and Google's latest and in my estimation greatest attempt at creating a Social Network in a way that completes successfully with Facebook and Twitter.
There is no one handy guide for Using Google Plus. Until Now. This lens aims to show you the uses of google plus and how to use services like google circles and google sparks tyou your advantage.
I was lucky to be one of the first people invited to try GooglePlus and after using it for two days, I am ready to invite you to try it to. In fact, in this lens, there will be a place where you can post your gmail address and others will invite you to be an early Google adapter
Google in made up a several unique new Google services including Google Circles and Google Sparks. Google Circles allows you to create clearly separated social circles before adding any of your friends or other contacts. Circles out of the box include Friends Acquaintances and Following but you can create your own.
Google Sparks allows you to share your interests as sparks to help you find others with similar interests. There is a lot more and I will share the details with you on this lens.
There is no one handy guide for Using Google Plus. Until Now. This lens aims to show you the uses of google plus and how to use services like google circles and google sparks tyou your advantage.
I was lucky to be one of the first people invited to try GooglePlus and after using it for two days, I am ready to invite you to try it to. In fact, in this lens, there will be a place where you can post your gmail address and others will invite you to be an early Google adapter
Google in made up a several unique new Google services including Google Circles and Google Sparks. Google Circles allows you to create clearly separated social circles before adding any of your friends or other contacts. Circles out of the box include Friends Acquaintances and Following but you can create your own.
Google Sparks allows you to share your interests as sparks to help you find others with similar interests. There is a lot more and I will share the details with you on this lens.
Google+ Circles
Google Circles gives you three default social circles and allows you to create your own unique circles. You use these circles to cateorize all your friends and other contacts so that you only share what you want to share.Google Circles is aimed at helping people who have had bad experiences on Facebook, where they shared things with people who they did not intent to get them. In life, we have clearly defined social circles and are different people in each of them. Google Circles gives you the same ability online.
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Google Plus is Now Open for Business
Today, Google put up the welcome banner for Google Plus. It came in the form of a big blue arrow pointing to your name (if you are already a member of google+ or the word You if not a Google Plus member yet. You can join instantly.Google has also added some new features to Google Plus including a Games area and also its signature search box now at the top.
Google+ has also beefed up Google Plus Hangouts and added a bunch of little features that make the place more fun. Keep coming back here for the latest updates.
Google+ Stream
How to Only See the Content You Want
Below is a screen capture of my Google+ Stream. You see items from people who are in your circle which consists of friends, aquantances, family, people you just follow and others of your own creation.
In the picture, you see the default stream which is made up of three of your Google+ Circles. These circles which will be introduced in a section the section about are the "circles" that you run in, to use an old adage.
By default, Google+ has you organize people in your life who you have an email address for into four main circles which include Family, Friends, Acquittances and people you Follow (want to get content from)
When I first joined Google+ I did not have much in the stream. However, there was one person who was just an business contact, not even an Acquaintance by my organization who posted ever ten minutes. My stream was all the stuff by just one person.
The way to et around that is to create new circles and remove people from the default circles you are getting content from.
You can also tune in on specific stream channels from just one of your circles by just clicking the name of the Circle found in your list found of circles right below welcome under your profile picture on the left side of the screen.
Below has a stream from just friends. Look at the circles list, only the Friends circle is red. I highlighted it as well as this is important to your future happiness on Google+
In the picture, you see the default stream which is made up of three of your Google+ Circles. These circles which will be introduced in a section the section about are the "circles" that you run in, to use an old adage.
By default, Google+ has you organize people in your life who you have an email address for into four main circles which include Family, Friends, Acquittances and people you Follow (want to get content from)
When I first joined Google+ I did not have much in the stream. However, there was one person who was just an business contact, not even an Acquaintance by my organization who posted ever ten minutes. My stream was all the stuff by just one person.
The way to et around that is to create new circles and remove people from the default circles you are getting content from.
You can also tune in on specific stream channels from just one of your circles by just clicking the name of the Circle found in your list found of circles right below welcome under your profile picture on the left side of the screen.
Below has a stream from just friends. Look at the circles list, only the Friends circle is red. I highlighted it as well as this is important to your future happiness on Google+
Best Google+ Guides
How to Use Google Plus Information
- Google+: The Complete Guide
- The mashable blog provides a guide to using google+
- Mashable Blog How to Use Google Plus
- Mashable blog writes:
Waiting for a Google Plus invite? Google is rolling out the service in waves and you can expect it to become a ubiquitous social option in the coming months. - Google+ Tips: How to Use Your New Favorite Social Network - Messaging and Collaboration - News & Reviews - eWeek.com
- Google CEO Larry Page said on Google's second-quarter earnings call July 14 that more than 10 million people have signed up for Google+ social network accounts. Google+ comprises four major components: Circles, Sparks, Hangouts and Mobile, which includes instant photo and video uploads and group mes
- Will a User See My Post on Google Plus [Google+ Flowchart] | AnsonAlex.com
- Technology, Tutorials, Infographics, Google Plus
- How to Stat with Google +
- Waiting for a Google Plus invite? Google is rolling out the service in waves and you can expect it to become a ubiquitous social option in the coming months. We have been playing with the service since getting invites yesterday and there are a lot of things to like about Google's new social initiati
Google Plus 1 Button
If you do a Google Search you might have noticed the +1 buttons on websites found it your search If you have a google account, you can join the Google Plus One program and add your favorite sites as links which appear on your Google Profile.For example, if you like this lens, you can click the Plus button at the top and it will give you the option of joining the program. If you are already a member, a single click will add the link for future reference and to share with others.
If you are a webmaster, you can add the Plus One button to your website. The amount of people who add you to Plus One may positvily affect your web site rank. I say this because the score is already tabulated in my Webmaster control panel
For more information on the Google+ One program, visit this site.
Google+ Facebook Sync
PrivateScocial is a new website that offers you the ability to sync your friends and friend updates between Google+ and the popular social networking site Facebook.It allows you to post to both sights your private Google+ posts as a private post on Facebook visible only to the same people you shared your Google+ post with.
It does this by pulling it by pulling all your Google+ and Facebook friends and gets you to match them up. It allows you to tweak the match ups to create just the right ones.
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Google+ Sparks
Use Google+ Sparks to ignite a raging discussion on topics that interest you. Find friends who share you special interests and share videos and othe media with them to add to your collection.Google Sparks is another way of arranging your social connections, this time around ideas and subjects that are your burning passion. Use Google Sparks to find what you have been looking for.
Google+ Convesation
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earthybirthymama
Jan 25, 2012 @ 12:42 am | delete
- I haven't tired it, I don't have facebook either. it looks interesting though
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vivekbhan
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- Yeah i agree with anaam. We can't import the contacts from facebook. And who will want to start it allover again.
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anaamhussain Jul 31, 2011 @ 9:50 pm | delete
- I don't think i will shift unless all my friends do. what's the point of starting over again. There is a lot of history in facebook.
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Jul 12, 2011 @ 8:05 am | delete
- Havn't used it so far, can't comment.
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Google+ News
- Attorneys general have 'strong concerns' about Google privacy rules
- By Doug Gross, CNN Google says its new privacy policy is meant to be clearer to users and doesn't change privacy controls. (CNN) -- The top government lawyers from three dozen states sent a letter to Google on Wednesday, expressing "strong concerns" ...
- Google Sees a Bright Future in Smart Shades
- By Richard Adhikari Google is reportedly going ahead with manufacturing eyeglasses that display information to the wearer via an embedded screen. The devices were first talked about a few weeks ago; now a new report puts their prices anywhere from $200 ...
- Google's new privacy rules: Get over it already
- By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols | February 22, 2012, 4:02pm PST Summary: Do you really think that Google, along with everyone else on the Web, hasn't been collecting your data for years now? Deal with it already. Google actually makes controlling your ...
- Browser bypasses put Google in privacy cross hairs
- Privacy advocates, lawyers and powerful rival Microsoft were piling on Google for sidestepping Web browsing software to tailor ads for people signed into its online services. Snippets of code called "cookies" from Google and three online ad specialty ...
Google+ Profiles
You can establish a unique identity on the web with Google Profiles on Google+. Google Plus gives you the opportunity to share a biography of yourself with whatever comfort level of people on the web you wish. You can also put links to other sites with information about yourself such as Facebook or your own blog. Google+ Photos
Google has taken their popular photo-sharing and editing online application Picasa and re-branded it as Google+ Phtos. This has given Google the ability to have you use their powerful photo sharing appp in conjunction with all the other great Google+ features. Google+ Hangouts
Google+ Hangouts gives you the ability ability to use live video chat that puts you in the same room together with anyone up to ten people with webcams attached to their computer.In the next section of this lens, I have posted an instructional video on this and other features of Goolge+ Hangouts.
Google Plus News
- Google+ Forum / Google Plus Forum
- Forums dedicated to discussing Google+/Google Plus. We provide resources for Google+ Help, Google+ Invites, Google+ Usage Tips and more!
- Google Plus News | VentureBeat
- Venture Beat News About Tech, Money and Innovation on google plus
- Google+ News
- Today's top ten Google Plus news stories.
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- Been wanting to learn more about Google+, thanks for this informative lens.
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Best Places to Go For a Google Plus Invite
- Lifehacker Google+ Invites Thread
- Lifehacker, tips and downloads for getting things done
- Google+ Invite Thread - Neowin Forums
- So as a community we've typically done a thread like this when an invite based beta launches. So let me get this ball rolling: I am requesting a...
- Request Invite - Google Plus Forums
- Request Invite: Post in here to request a Google Plus invitation.
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