LOL Google + isn’t a failure .

I can only laugh when people say Google + is a failure, and the people who say are either those who don’t have a Google + account and the ones who have it the last account activity dates back to the month July 2011 i.e when Google + was launched.

Why do people find or think that Google plus is a failure?

The most common answers are “my friends and families are on Facebook”.

 

 

Comparing with a Facebook user base of 750 million with Google+’s 62 million.

According to Paul Allen Google + is Adding 625,000 new users per day and Predicting 400 million users by end of 2012. that’s a staggering number as Google + will be integrated with almost every Google product and to add to it Android phones which are eating away the market share of smartphones will have direct Google plus sign-ups from Android phones.

My friends and families are on Facebook.

This is logical you want your group of friends to be on the same social network, but you can take a step forward by using the hangouts(multiple user video chat) features in Google + and truly a killer feature that’s not available on Facebook. Simply as I use it, Facebook is where I connect with old friends. Google+ is where I find new ones.

Who actually uses Google +?

A) Simple answer ” power users” which includes the techies, bloggers, photographers, artists. While the majority of bloggers had a positive review about the Google + platform and were quick to add the Google plus plugins like “+1 button”, Google+ “add to circles”, “Author=rel” tag and the upcoming + direct connect feature which allows users to a Google + brand page directly to their circles from a Google search results page. Since Google search is the first stop destination for most internet searches the above mentioned.

Google plus plugin tools give a huge boost in Search engine rankings for a particular web page so webmasters will be looking for more of +1’s than on Facebook likes as only +1’s will be the only social parameter that’s gonna influence Google SERPs.

One login account and numerous services.

A) The hallmark of Google Account is you can use many Google services with one Google account and ultimately Google + integration or the +1 button will be available on all Google products. Imagine using +1’s on Google TV, Google Earth, and maybe in Androids, chrome books.

Facebook brand pages or Google+ business pages which will take off eventually?

Apart from the SEO benefits for small business, there are a  community of cloud-based Google apps users (both free and paid)Google Apps for business offers powerful messaging and collaboration apps that meet business-critical needs for small and large-scale businesses and

Google+ could easily become a powerful communication and collaboration tool for enterprise users.

Gmail and YouTube integration

It’s already happening your Gmail(users 260 million) has Google+ circles integrated and the new re-designed YouTube (3rd largest search engine) just shows more possibilities of users landing on Google+.

Android with Google+ integration is another huge market share.

Well as of now your Google+ can be accessed via Android browser or Google+ app. Android’s market share rose from 43.8 percent at the end of August to 46.9 percent at the end of last month in U.S comScore REPORT and Androids are even eating up Apple’s share.so there is another huge user market

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Well even though the article mentions the ever-growing Google products and services which will eventually have a share of the Google+ platform the features like hangouts, Google voice are unmatched while most users still talk of 750 million users on Facebook I still feel Google + has already beaten Facebook on the features it has. Sometimes numbers doesn’t matter in deciding a quality product.