Google Plus is a social network launched in 2011 that allows users to connect with others and organize contacts into circles like family and friends. It introduced features like video chat, profiles, and a "+1" button to indicate likes. While it had 250 million registered users by 2015, only 150 million were active. The document discusses how Google Plus differs from Facebook and how its features like circles and "+1" could benefit businesses for networking, advertising, and search engine optimization once the platform grows in popularity.

1. Google Plus
By: Greg DiBlasi

2.  New social network designed to connect you
with anyone, anywhere
 Start by finding friends
 Organize people into circles.
“Family, Friends, Work, etc.”
 Build a Profile
 Plus one- Shows people what matters most to
you
 Hangouts- Live video conferencing

3. Background
 Launched June 28th 2011
 Started as invite only, opened to everyone
that September
 Has 250 million registered users. 150 are
active

4.  Different from Facebook.
 Hangouts are great for business and personal
use.
 Plus 1- This can help business pages SEO.
 Once it takes off, this could be huge for
advertising.

5. Three Big Ones
•Comments
•+1’s
•Reshares

6.  Start by following a few well known people
 Ad your friends and families to your circles
 Plus One the things you like
 You can share things with the world or just
one person
 Influence others by posting what matters to
you

7. There are a bunch! To name a few:
 Dell
 Pepsi
 Spotify
 Wal-Mart
 Salesforce
Currently no advertising on Google Plus.

8.  Always have to be careful what you put
online.
 You control your content better with Google
Plus
 Be Smart, don’t put stuff out there that could
come back to bite you

9.  http://www.google.com/+/learnmore/events/
 https://plus.google.com/u/0/pages/create
 https://plus.google.com/+avinash/posts/RuKgeRQ
H4wz
 http://blog.reachlocal.com/189951/2011/07/27/
how-google-plus-could-impact-online-
advertising-and-seo.html
 http://www.stateofsearch.com/how-to-use-
google-a-quick-guide-and-thoughts-on-google-
plus/
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google%2B