Aug 112011
 

For all the Google Plus fans who were either craving to be a part of it or wanted to get all their friends in their circle, Google is finally taking steps to make your dream come true. In a welcome move by Google, Google made Google Plus ‘almost open’ to all.

Now each Google plus user is given 150 invites each, to invite each and every friend of his or her. With 150 invites at your disposal, you can almost get your whole facebook list transported. The kind of chain Google has planned to initiate, there will be a bulk of users on Google Plus now.

Google plus will see a much increased traffic from this point onwards. The website is no longer a beta version test site but instead has grown into a fully fledged social networking site. We can see a number of users migrating from facebook to Google plus. Also, the traffic will increase from now on, as new features are being made available.

There are two ways of inviting people to Google plus. The first one is by sending invites by mail, this was available before as well though the invites were limited. The second one is through a new invite page created by Google for its users which can be shared on any social networking platform such as Twitter, Facebook etc.

By maintaining the 150 limit, Google has given it a feel of still being limited. Though you have 150 invites and to consume up all of them will be one good task but generating more ways to send invites will be a cake walk from now.

With the present move, Google has made its latest social networking portal to be virtually open. With this move, Google plus does appear to be moving in the right direction.

Jul 092011
 

Just few weeks ago Google released their own social network called Google+ (Google Plus). For weeks only invited users could test and explore Google+ but as of today according to GooglePlusTweet G+ is now open to public.

“Google+ is now open to anyone with a Google account. Go to plus.google.com and sign up! ”

What do I think about Google +?

Well its a nice social network that does remind me a lot of Facebook in old days, I like the fact that I have now more ability to sort people by “circles” overall Google+ will be popular social network but will take some time for people to realize what they can use it for. So far from what I can see, a lot of a-listers and companies are taking advantage of getting on as many followers as possible.

Perfect example would be Kevin Rose (Founder of Digg) he redirects his traffic from kevinrose.com to his google plus account. According to his tweet:

“Decided to forward kevinrose.com to Google+. G+ gives me more (real-time) feedback and engagement than my blog ever did”

I doubt his real reason, its more likely that he wants to have reach as many circles as possible, which reminds me actions that twitter promoters do.

If you wish to find me on Google+ my profile is located here

Update: I personally tried 2 accounts and loging-in worked only with one.
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