Will Google+ be successful?

[cvrle77]

Well, it doesn't control Facebook...
However, they do build one superhuge network for all needs on internet.
Like a state on the internet.
For now, it's democracy, but I guess soon it will be monarchy.

[.HelFi0]

Google+, now available to a limited number of people, won't likely ever overtake Facebook as the Web's premier social networking service. That's a shame, because after putting it through it's paces, I've found that it's superior to Facebook. Here are four reasons Google+ beats Facebook.

It abandons Facebook's "one-message-fits-all" approach to social networking

Facebook treats all of your "friends" alike. With it, you essentially have the same online relationship with someone you've absent-mindedly accepted as a friend, but never met, as you do with your spouse or friend of 15 years.

Not so with Google+. With Google+, you create separate "circles" for your online acquaintances, and then post separate messages to each circle. Want to make plans the July 4 weekend with your five best friends? Then post a message just for them. Phony Facebook "friends" won't see them.

It sparks conversations

One of Google+'s niftier features is Sparks, which combines the power of Google search with social networking. Powered by Google search, Sparks delivers a stream of blog posts, news, and videos about any topic in which you're interested. When you want to share any of that with others, click the Share link, and you can share it with your circles.

It integrates with other Google services

If you use multiple Google services, you'll especially welcome Google+. Conversations in it show up in Gmail. You can share photos from Picasa using it. It has direct links to Google Talk. Expect more links as well.

It's better for mobile

Unlike Facebook, Google+ was built from the ground up with mobile in mind. So it works far better with your smartphone. (There's an Android app for it now, soon to be followed by one for iOS, according to Google.) You can do group texting via the "Huddle" feature, for example. Uploading photos and geotagging is a snap. You can get text messages whenever there's new activity on Google+. While it's true that Facebook can do some of these things, it simply doesn't do them as well as does Google+.

[SJshah]

Hard to say if it will be a flop, so i voted unsure. But after looking at it in the demos and videos they have of it it looks pretty cool,much better then Wave and Buzz imo. The problem they are going to have though in competing with Facebook,is Facebook kind of has a stranglehold on that particular niche atm,and a large percentage of the regular users of Facebook are so addicted to it,and honestly scared of trying anything new,take for example of that anytime Facebook has made new changes a large majority of the people on there bitch and whine about it. Google is going to have a helluva time getting avid Facebook users to move to this

Google already know that they can't compete with facebook, they say are not being too ambitious about google plus. Look at facebook, the apps and the development that surrounds it - google will need even longer to get to the same stage facebook is at right now.


The only reason they have made it invite only for now is to tease user's and to get people talking about it.

"We’re still ironing out a few kinks in Google+, so it’s not quite ready for everyone to climb aboard" -what bullshit.

When they do decide to make it go live, everyone's gonna jump on the googleplus boat and start exploring it at the same time - thus making it feel popular, cause everyones gonna wanna try that shit out. If it feels popular, people will stay around and start socialising, and google has made sure there are features that allow that.

Google are smart, they know exactly how people think and exactly how to market their products.

[bxflow]

the link is already fail

https://plus.google.com


get something short which users would find easy to access if not then its basically going to be for webmasters and not for "facebook" users

[NightMare]

if google will sell donates , they will be more than successful .

[Cory]

I usually say it's pointless to make a 'Social Network' as MySpace and Facebook mainly dominate that market and nobody is going to join your site and leave Facebook with very few people on it, but again it also depends on your niche idea and what you're targeting, Weather it be music, band, role playing or anything it would be hard to target the users of Facebook and MySpace without some kind funding and therefore we all know 'Google' has it and therefore I believe it would be a success.

When they do decide to make it go live, everyone's gonna jump on the googleplus boat and start exploring it at the same time - thus making it feel popular, cause everyones gonna wanna try that shit out. If it feels popular, people will stay around and start socialising, and google has made sure there are features that allow that.

I don't see it becoming a failure and if it does your inaligee would become "hit an iceberg and sunk"

[Sp32]

I'd say flop at this current time considering I haven't heard of it until now. Will have to wait and see though.

[Mr Happy]

Google+, now available to a limited number of people, won't likely ever overtake Facebook as the Web's premier social networking service. That's a shame, because after putting it through it's paces, I've found that it's superior to Facebook. Here ............... bla bla bla..............geotagging is a snap. You can get text messages whenever there's new activity on Google+. While it's true that Facebook can do some of these things, it simply doesn't do them as well as does Google+.

Don't just copy and paste pretending you wrote something http://blogs.computerworld.com/18548...beats_facebook

the link is already fail

https://plus.google.com


get something short which users would find easy to access if not then its basically going to be for webmasters and not for "facebook" users

Google plus is not found at a url. It's everywhere. Google own thousands of really cool domains and more than enough money to buy even better ones. Apple recently paid millions for iCloud.com as they wanted a home and way to market their new cloud service but that's a completely different product. The point of Google+ is it's not static found at one domain. It's in search, android, iPhone, maps, plugins, documents, code, wigits, youtube, chrome, extensions, addons, Chromium, etc. basically everything you interact with several times a day.

Facebook and twitter are trying as much as they can to get into our lives with the "like" button, wigits, mobile apps, etc. They don't want to be tied down to just one domain. Do you realize that over 80% of Twitter interaction doesn't even happen through twitter.com and that was back in AUGUST 2009? Imagine with the mobile growth what it is now.


I couldn't disagree more with you. Why would Google limit itself to a domain?

[Jumbo]

ahh not sure.

[SalmanAbbas007]

Fix the poll lol

Yes: Google+ will be successful.