Google Plus FIT1000

1. Google+
By: Jack Boisclair
January 13th, 2015

2. Google+ a Destination or a Concept?
● Destination
● Google hangout allows for chats, group
video chats, and photo messaging.
Google

3. Google+ Vs. Other Social Media

4. Continued...
● Google Plus debuted on Sept. 20, 2011,less than a year
and a half later, the network has become the No. 2
social network in the world behind Facebook.
● Facebook has 1.15 billion users
● Google+ has 540 million users
● LinkedIn has 259 million users
● Twitter has 220 million users
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hC_M6PzXS9g

6. How is it Different?
● Can video chat, chat with friends, watch
videos with friends.
● Go to Google+ from Youtube.
● Google "Hangouts" only for Google+ users.

7. Mainstream Google Products
● Picnik – Online photo editing service. Picnik closed on April
19, 2012. They've packed up and moved some of their most
popular tools and effects to Google+.
● Orkut – Social networking service, where users can list their
personal and professional information, create relationships
amongst friends and join communities of mutual interest. In
November 2006, Google opened Orkut.
● iGoogle – Customizable homepage, which can contain Web
feeds and Google Gadgets, launched in May 2005. It was
renamed to iGoogle on April 30, 2007.iGoogle will be
discontinued on November 1, 2013.

8. Google Strategy for Google+
● Google launched the Google+ service as an invitation-
only "field test" on June 28, 2011.
● Google+ is Google's 4th try at a social media site.
● Each Google+ member had 150 invitations to give out
until September 20, 2011, when Google+ opened to
everyone 18 years of age or older without the need for
an invitation.
● Before Google+ was launched it was otherwise known
as "Google Circles".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TDMObxEtEY

9. Google+ Business Features
● Google+ connects with Google Apps for business purposes.
● Private Sharing: Now, Google Apps users can control how content is
posted to Google+. For example, a Google+ post can easily be restricted
to within an organization or be shared with specific partners outside of an
organization.
● Video Meetings: Google+ Hangouts, which is now integrated with Google
Apps, allows video conferencing for up to 10 people. This feature allows
face-to-face meetings using either webcams or smartphones.
● Administrative Controls: The admin settings allow administrators to set
company-wide defaults for posts and restrict Hangouts to specific users to
ensure private meetings.

10. Growth
http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech
/2013/10/29/google-plus/3296017/

11. Demographics

12. Google Plus Usage
● Most people that have a gmail account have
a Google Plus account.
● Some may never use them but they have
them without even knowing.
● People still often choose to use other social
media websites still instead of google plus.
http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2014/04/
30/has-facebook-beaten-google-plus

13. Work Cited
http://www.cnet.com/news/twitter-vs-facebook-
by-the-numbers/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Google_pro
ducts
http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/google-
plus-for-business/