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Google+ Registers 25 Million Visitors
hypnosec writes "Google Inc.'s new social networking platform Google+ is one of the first to boast of more than 25 million users in less than one month of the launch. Market research firm comScore in its latest report has revealed that Google+, which was launched to masses in late June, has managed more than 25 million visitors in a month and is recording around a million unique visits every day." I've been using G+ for awhile now, but since the grandparents will never leave Facebook, I'm still stuck with 2 systems.
Question is, when will it be available for those of us on Google Apps. I really don't want to have to sign into google with two different accounts all the time.
It is the only product to reach 25 million users while still be beta stage. Wait. Is gmail out of beta yet?
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I was never sent an invite... Forever Alone.
You can use "Start Google Plus" addon to chrome to allow you to view and interact with your Facebook and twitter stream in Google Plus, as well as post to those services when you post something to Google+.
Do as I did, only post baby photos on g+ and lure with hangouts with the baby :)
The Start Google+ plugin links your g+ and Facebook accounts. What you post to g+ gets cross-posted to FaceBook, and it can integrate your FaceBook feed into your g+ stream. It's worked well for me so far.
Still no profiles/google+ for us Apps folks.
Seems somewhat wrong that paying customers get left in the lurch as often as we do.
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I wish Google made these links more obvious, everyone on G+ so it's just security-through-obscurity to try to hide them, and they're oodles more readable than the 'huge pseudorandom number string' links most folks are using.
Rob Malda's: https://profiles.google.com/rmalda
Mine: https://profiles.google.com/wolfwings
Yes, I'm too lazy to log in, cope. :)
The network wouldn't be social if there was just one. It has to have someone to talk to so it doesn't get lonely.
This article seems to be confusing the number visitors with the number of registered users.
The source they're citing says visitors.
It's not much of a surprise that a new site by a popular brand would have a lot of people visiting their site in the first month.
If they boasted that many registered accounts in that time, it'd be even more impressive but, guess what, they didn't.
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still waiting for 'take a picture'.
Google+ seems to me to be more likely to compete with or duplicate posts from Twitter than Facebook. Facebook just has so much garbage on it I don't understand why anyone would be encouraged to use that site. Either way, I like the competition - it has the potential to cull advertisement whoring.
My 2c.
for the days when there was one unified "system." perish the thought of a competitive marketing plow to which one must yoke themselves in order to appear tech savvy and interactive.
Good people go to bed earlier.
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Don't get me wrong, I want an Android (Samsung G2 to be exact)
but with Google killing accounts if you are "Bad"(tm), can you work an Android Phone without being logged into google?
IOW: If I post something "Bad"(tm) on Google+ I don't want my phone to become less useful or useless. Can this be done?
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Nice astroturf, FB Shill.
That you, Mark?
Really digging it so far... Just now sure how you can compare membership rates. College kid starting a site and letting it grow through exclusivity vs the internet's biggest presence sliding over users from their other services. Don't get me wrong, they are interesting metrics... just not that comparable in my mind.
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nah, google wave actually looked like a great thing.
ok, if facebook had things like circles like google+ has, maybe i would have continued using that. but it doesn't and i am not missing facebook, not even a little.
Probably not in the short-term, the more (quantity) of popular competative networks there are the fewer TOTAL users to go between them- there may be. Part of facebook's draw was it's near-monopoly on "that type" of social network. Right now, "everyone" is on facebook- so the "pressure" to join facebook and be like the rest of the unwashed masses for some may be higher. The more people migrate and move to Google- the less pressure for those same people to join facebook. Since not "everyone" is on google- even if a lot of people are- the non uniformity of it means less pressure to join there. If half the people I know are on G and the other half are on FB- I'd be less inclined to join either- too much hassle for an anti-social nitwit with too little time to post on both- and the reward to post to just half my friends is... well half? The more major networking sites- the fewer the people they have which means the lesser the drive for non-inducted members to join. It may seem counter-intuitive but the best model Google and Facebook could have is to make their platforms open to each other- so posting in one posts to the other (if you have an account)- otherwise the total pool of available users will be less because there would be less incentive to join either one. As long as they block each other they are will be limiting their client base. If another major player enters the market it would fragment social networking completely. (and I'm not counting Twitter because it is a different niche). Full disclosure: I am not on any social network - I'm waiting for the invent of the anti-social network.
"That's the way to do it" - Punch
Could be, but I don't believe even Wave ever had this much hype/excitement in the community or even membership.
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Google+ (at least for the meantime) does not have "apps" posting to everyone's wall/stream, so I consider that a big benefit. Also the "circles" concept was simple enough for my 60 year old mother to understand, but facebook groups was not. Google+ is not totally inundated with spam (yet). Aside from things like sunk cost and the network affect (everyone you know is already on fb) there's not much good reason to use FB in my opinion. The ability to download all the data you'll post to G+ is an additional big plus for me, even though it doesn't necessarily mean anything to average joe.
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I have both a Facebook account and G+ account, and more often than not I still use Facebook for the majority of my online interactions with friends and family. Most of my G+ circles are technical people (no family members, old school friends, or tech-illiterate friends yet).
Facebook has Friends Lists, which are pretty much the same as Google Circles. All Facebook has to do is make it more streamlined and easy to share posts only with certain Lists. The functionality is already there, but you have to click a few menus deep and then type in the names of the Lists (yes, you actually have to type out the List names ... heh). If they made a dropdown box off of the share post control that allows you to click on which Lists to share a post with then bam ... G+ loses one of its biggest advantages).
How many ladies you got on your G+ social network? I'll get you an analogy, social networks are like discos , they get famous for the dirty ladies. They are the most important dynamo in social eco systems.
so far it's a friendfeed/twitter clone
privacy controls are still better on facebook. a lot easier to control access to my profile info on facebook. G+ needs to have a way to exclude circles from viewing some profile info
facebook is meant for friends. G+ seems to be the TV/celebrity model where you "follow" the internet oprah's and comment about everything they post.
Has Google fixed the policy to ban an account Google-wide if the G+ account is closed? I've had an invite but haven't joined as I don't want my other Google products (blog, photo depot) to be at risk if some jerk(s) or computer bug decides my real name isn't real enough.
This seemed to make a big buzz a week or so back, then just die off, so I'm not sure if they fixed it or if, like most other social networking stuff, everyone just decided to live with the nasty policies.
It doesn't hurt to be nice.
Google+ is and will be useless to Google Apps users like me until Google gets its stuff together.
Please quit with the Google+ hype and get back to the labs!!!
I don't plan on using it, but I registered a few accounts preemptively. I've got a few people in the world with the same name and when other search for it, I don't want them confusing the other person with me. I can use the Google+ accounts to link to my preferred on-line presence.
I don't have any apps on my FB either...
The price is always right if someone else is paying.
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So much for Facebook. It's dead. It's for "old people".
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Don't count me there, please. I deleted my profile as soon his policis about anonymity where public.
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I signed up for + just because it wasn't FB! I wanted to be 'off the wall' so to speak. Google Apps, apps in general to be added to + would just turn it into FB. I hate most of the 'App Crap' on FB, though it is fun to tinker with development of little apps that many users will mindlessly download and use :-) I love almost everything Google related. I love my Android devices! I don't want another FB! That is where most of my friends and family are already. So far the only ones who have joined me on + are the Geeks, Super-Geeks, and otherwise Tech Savvy folks. So far, just about everything posted in +, has been related to either computers, programming, aquaponics, green technologies, sustainable tech, etc. Nerd stuff! I'm actually enjoying the separation. I still use FB, but I don't mind the separate worlds. Google+ is a refreshing change from FB.
Is anyone other than the anonymous coward familiar with this? Real or scam?
No sig? Sigh...
Yea, I'm hawking Facebook even though my user number is lower than yours. Jeez, I should have just said "Microsoft sucks" and I'd get modded up like crazy.
The price is always right if someone else is paying.
Does this statistic count the signups of "fake" names that were banned?
"I disagree with you" does not equal "flamebait."
Real. I'm using it right now. The guy who wrote it is pretty good at keeping on top of bug-fixes and whatnot. There are extensions for chrome, ff, and I think Safari, but the chrome one is naturally the most up-to-date.
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The ease of circle management in G+ compared to facebook and not having to deal with the constantly moving target of facebook's UI is making me move away from facebook as quickly as my friends will join G+.
This shows that there is a huge market for a better social network.
The problem with Google building it is their sole interest lies in selling all the data. I really don't want my social network owned by the biggest marketing company in the world.
Could someone here please build a new social network that respects privacy? I would move in a heartbeat.
I Google Minused because they said they were pretty sure my boss wasn't smart enough to elude circle security, so I should probably associate everything I post and say with my legal and professional name and after all what could go wrong why not?
Also, because I was afeared that some of the stories about people outed for being nicknamed and ended up with lock-outs to their entire suite of Googlies were slightly true. If using my nick on Google+ meant jeopardising access to my control dealies for my Blog*spot public skirt-twisting or AdSense pimping, even temporarily while I argued with a Googlebot, I would be left helplessly rending my garments and shaking my fist at the cloud.
So I took my toys and went home.
These stories are free but worth money.
What the hell does user number have to do with it?
And it's extremely well thought out service.
Clue: Just because you don't like it, and don't wish to use it doesn't mean it's poorly thought out. get over yourself.
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Your grandparents won't live forever. You'll be able to switch to 1 system only.
Geeks are so full of shit that "beating the crap out of them" takes a whole new meaning.
I've been using Google a long time, back even when it was nothing but a web search engine. When Google Mail first came out in its not so public form years ago, I managed to wrangle an invite from a friend of a friend, and I have happily used and enjoyed almost all the Google apps that have come out since. I log in to Google several times a day, constantly use Books, Earth, Maps, Docs, Blogger, and will miss Health big time. Chrome is my default browser. Google knows, or must know, how much I love their apps, I use them every day.
So,.... where's my Google+ invite? Five, 10, 20 million people have already been invited and joined up, even a bunch of them now banned. Seems like a lot of celebs were given one. Even invites given to their competitors. A lot of you have been given invites, and many of you don't even use or like Google. Hate them, even. But you got one. I don't want one of yours, I want an invite from Google, where I should be getting one from. But what am I offered? This https://services.google.com/fb/forms/googleplus site for to sign up for only news about when Google+ may soon be ready, and maybe some day, just maybe someone within Google will condescend to pass along an invite to a poor unknown long time Google user, maybe after about half the fricking world have already been given an invite. No one I know has an invite, no one they know has an invite, either. Just where are all these invites coming from?
Thanks, Google, for the consideration after all the love and support I've given you all these years. >:-(
-> I dislike sigs...
How are they reaching these numbers? Every time I got to http://plus.google.com/ it says:
"Already invited? We've temporarily exceeded our capacity. Please try again soon."
Lot's of early adopters - sure... but where are any new numbers coming from!?!? seriously, cause I'd like to check it out. Is there a backdoor?
If you haven't done so already I would recommend the google 2 step authenticator. its the same mechanism as the blizzard authenticator. the problem is, just like with the browser issue(using the same machine trying to manage multiple gmail accounts), I cannot find a way to link up my google authenticator app(you download this as part of the 2-step process) for multiple gmail accounts. the google authenticator app needs a way to go back and forth between gmail accounts or somehow link up your various gmail accounts with the app so the 6 digit key is available no matter which gmail you are currently trying to log in to.
lol
Google+ users have higher IQs than Facebook users.
But the elderly aren't real people.
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So much for Facebook. It's dead. It's for "old people".
Just like email...
A field trial is not a launch.
I try to sign up and I get a page that says:
Google+ is in limited Field Trial Right now, we're testing with a small number of people, but it won't be long before the Google+ project is ready for everyone. Leave us your email address and we'll make sure you're the first to know when we're ready to invite more people.
So unless that's just Google's way of trying to tell me, "We here at Google don't really like you" etc....
They haven't actually launched yet, and when they do, they could have many more signups. It kind of screws up the "25 million users in one month of launch" concept though.
Which cliff will you and your privacy next be enticed to take a running jump of off?
Facebook is for "Old" and "Young". Google+ won't allow you to sign up if you're under 18.
That might be an artifact of "beta".
It always was.
For several years, everyone q00l was on MySpace.
Then Rupert bought it, and, well, there's less evil over on FB. At least, there was. Then the shift from MySpace gave it The Power, and with that came The Corruption.
Google+ will be next. How it turns out depends on when Larry and Sergey stop don't-be-eviling.
But, there are those who say that's already happened.
What the hell does user number have to do with it?
And it's extremely well thought out service. Clue: Just because you don't like it, and don't wish to use it doesn't mean it's poorly thought out. get over yourself.
So if someone doesn't like Google+ they're flamebait and a FB shill?
Microsoft sucks. Facebook sucks. Google+ has yet to prove itself
my karma will be here long after I'm gone
In Korea, only old people use Facebook.
There, fixed it for ya.
Facebook is now for grandparents who rarely say anything and (especially) for obnoxious teenagers who rarely have anything intelligent to say. Already the quality of conversation on G+ is better.
More importantly Twitter will become a venue for self-absorbed advertisers who will soon lack an audience.
I'm running FF5 and that doesn't work for me. If I launch private browsing mode it appears to close all current windows and opens a new one in private mode. The state of the other windows is still retained somewhat; switching back brings me back to the same pages I was on, but dynamic content like flash or embedded video gets reloaded to its default state. The private browsing window is completely destroyed in the process of switching back; the two modes, private and standard, don't display together. A quick search of the firefox online manual suggests that this behavior is by design.
That's actually a solid win for Chrome in my book; I may have to finally try it out.
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but has 20 mil with suspended profiles net total: 5 million.
PPN
I've yet to visit plus.google.com and see anything other than the Keep Me Posted button. Am I visiting the wrong address? Is searching for Google+ in Google the wrong way to go about it?
My God! It's full of eval()'s.
By me, about Paul Jones' interesting #noemail experiment, in the context of a 2008 IBM report on unified communications: http://ibiblio.org/pjones/blog/2008-ibm-predicts-five-future-trends-that-will-drive-unified-communications-read-more-ibm-predicts-5-future-trends-that-will-drive-unified-communications/comment-page-1/#comment-441613
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That IBM report leaves out the idea that a "Social Semantic Desktop" will integrate all our communications (including email-like messages). It kind of fits under "interoperability" but is something beyond that. Ideally, something like my (essentially) peer-to-peer Thunderbird email client (but much better, as a social semantic desktop application) would be able to track all the content on all those systems for me.
I accepted an invitation to Google+ to be in a web conference on "Discussions on the Future of the Economy", to talk about the effect technology is having on economics.
So, am I any happier with a Google+ account? Not so far.
It was fun to play around with the video chat for a few minutes with my wife and kid on another computer. Although now I see that event shows up in my "stream" but it is not clear who can see that; It just happened automatically. I don't think that is shared, but it just is not easily clear who can see it.
Google+ is now just another stream of stuff that I have no local copy of. Anything I put on those servers is lost to me if they go down or I leave the service (unless I go to extra trouble to make a copy). I can't integrate it in with my existing email archive. There is already a lot of stuff in the stream from the people I've added to circles, but I have no easy way to navigate it other that a rather cumbersome and relatively slow web interface. Google now knows anything I search for in that stream.
Google+ is now one more stream of pressure on me. It joins twitter, which I use mostly for microblogging (like links to slashdot posts). But for twitter, I can ignore it mostly as a site and let Thunderbird just keep up with for me using its RSS feed reader functionality for people I follow and I also get email from it otherwise I would never see what people sent me. I don't see how to get an RSS feed of Google+ stuff? Maybe it is there, but it is just one more adhoc learning curve. It looks like you can't do it, except with some third party application like "plusfeed" on appspot. Even with that, which I'm not going to bother to wrestle with right now, I am hostage to Google's good graces for access to the information others want to send me (reminds me of the current problem with high-priced science journals controlling the copyrights on tax-funded research):.
Now Google knows part of my social network. I felt socially pressured to put a current picture of me up on the web, invading my privacy in a way email does not pressure me.
Do I even know when the Logitech camera and microphone are working? Yes, they are supposed to have a red light go on, but to use Google+ chat I had to install opaque proprietary software that I have no idea what it did to my computer. Who audits that kind of stuff? Where do the streams even go when I know they are recording? When I was at IBM Research a decade ago, people were working on indexing video. Yesterday there was a Slashdot article about a DOD project to index videos looking for terrorists, how long is it before all that stuff is routinely screened if it is not already? Is Google going to tell us if it is?
On the plus side, I added you to a circle and you reciprocated. Although I might have felt that had we sent an email back and forth. Why should you have been essentially pressured to make a public social decision about that? Did Google track everything you did to make that decision?
Am I better off with Google+ over everyone usin
A 21st century issue: the irony of technologies of abundance in the hands of those still thinking in terms of scarcity.
There are lots of visitors. Lots of registered users. But most of them came in, played around, and didn't come back (or rarely log in).
So much for Facebook. It's dead. It's for "old people".
Just like email...
Or Slashdot?
sorry... apparently your just a dumb ass Luddite who was probably only happy when you had to type your BS into a terminal to boot up Linux.
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