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Things You Should Know About Google Plus Specialties and Features

While Google has previously tried to create a social networking sect to rival Facebook, it has been unsuccessful…until now? We will definitely see! Google is about to publicly release the new Google plus, which has many different features and specialties that may make it a better social media site than Facebook. Certainly, many of the Google plus features are very attractive to future users.

One of the main Google plus specialties that sets Google plus apart from its rival, Facebook, is a feature called Google Circles. Google Circles allows you to sort through your online contacts into groups or actual “circles.” For example, you could have a group of work friends, a group of college friends, and a group for family members. You can also group people by how you know them. For example, if you’re in a real life group like a book club, a class, a church group, etc., you could possibly connect with all of those people and group them into one category using Google circles.

One of the reasons this is one of the most attractive Google plus features is because Facebook has gained a lot of criticism for not having easy ways to decide who sees what content among your friends. Also, setting up a new Circle, is a lot easier to do than setting up a List on Facebook. With Google Circles, it is much easier to control who sees what so that your boss doesn’t see those photos from the party Saturday night, and you don’t bore your non-work friends with inside jokes from the workplace.

A great thing about Google Circles, one of the new Google plus features, is that when you connect with a new person on Google plus, you will be able to easily drag him or her into whichever “circle” is appropriate. It’s also incredibly easy to manage the various circles on Google Plus.

Google sparks

Another one of the Google plus specialties that everyone is excited about is Google Sparks. Google Sparks assembles videos, articles, websites, and other content based on the interests that you have previously listed. Using your interests, you can click on Sparks and then browse content that you will more than likely find entertaining or intriguing. Google compares this to those articles that “Grandpa used to cut out of the paper and send to you.” With Google Sparks, you can also share the content that you find with your friends in the various Google Circles, with all of your friends on Google plus, or with the particular friends that share your interests.

Google hangouts

A different one of the Google plus specialties that people are getting excited about is a feature called Google Hangouts. With Google Hangouts, you can spontaneously “meet up” and “hang out” with your friends on the web for a group webcam chat. The way it works is you let your friends know that you are “hanging out.” Then they will have the option to join the hangout if they want to. From that point, several people can join, and then you could have a virtual group hangout. This is especially great for meeting up with long distance friends that you otherwise wouldn’t be able to just casually hang out with.

If you take a look at all of the Google plus features, it’s easy to see why people are getting excited about this new and upcoming social networking option. Will it be better than Facebook? Only time will tell. But it is definitely going to feature many options that Facebook currently lacks, which makes it very new and potentially exciting.

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Yes, I was one of the lucky folks who got invited into Google+ last night, long before the system overloaded and they had to stop letting people join. And let me tell you, it is fricking sweet!Actually, it’s pretty much not too exciting right now. Since it’s brand new, and there’s no one else there for me to talk to. It looks nice. It’s all wired into my other Google stuff (mail, photos, reader, etc.) so that’s convenient. It’s like a smooth combination of Facebook and Twitter. No ads. No clutter.Hopefully you guys will all be on there soon and I can add you all to my “circles”! What’s a circle, you ask? You’ll have to wait and see!

Google+ Features

Google plus takes a different approach towards social sharing. Google+ provides the opportunity to Google users to connect and interact with people who are in their contacts in a social way. With the help of Google plus, Google wants to increase the level of sharing with utmost privacy, which makes the Google experience more social than ever.Google Plus is the Google’s latest attempt in social networking market. Social networking is the only place where Google is lagging behind others. In past Google had launched its social services like Orkut, Buzz, Wave, but none of them gave good competition. So Google decided to create a best social networking site.Without giving up, Google created Google Plus to conquer the social networking market. Google bets that it’s approach to privacy and extensive controls on who you share information on the network, will set Google Plus apart from others. With the features Google Plus have, we can expect Google Plus to give a tough competition to Facebook and Twitter.How to use Google+? Google+ is invite-only right now. You can visit the Google+ home page to request one. You can click on this to go to the Google+ home page. Once you get invite, you need to create a Google profile. At the first stage, Google requires that user’s should use their your real name and include a photo. Apart that you can furnish the profile with all details you want. With Google Plus users can control their profile, how it is visible to other friends on the network. To check this, type your friends name into a box, and you can see how your profile looks like to them. Once you enable the Google plus, you will find a link to your Google+ profile, which will replace your old Google Profile. On this profile you’ll find not only a stream of everything you are shared across Google+, but also your Plus one (+1) content. You can interact with the content right from the drop down bar which is an excellent feature. With Google+, Google profiles got an purpose for users to fill it.Google+ Concept: Google introduces a new concept known as Circles. A Circle is an identifier for the network you create and it is visible to you only. You can create as many circles as you want. Circles is a drag and drop interface for organizing friends into groups. With the help of HTML5 system, users can create as many circles as they like for different categories for example family, workers, friends etc. Every separate circle will be represented with a thumbnail image.The best thing in Google Plus is that Google will scan your email contact list and Android contacts and suggest you people whom you might want to follow. Google will suggest you to add your friends, relatives, workers in your social network. To add a person to one of your circle, drag the name into a circle. The person will be now in your respective circle. If you want to remove someone from the circle, simply drag their image out of the circle, that person will be out of your circle. You can follow a celebrity or a famous person on Google Plus. You have to search for the name on the search box and add him to a circle you have created. This circle is visible only to you so you can safely name it anything you want.We can say Google+ combines the Facebook and Twitter models of social networking, where you can have friends in your social network with whom you share information and you can also follow certain people with their updates, status like in Twitter. Google Plus mainly consists of Sparks, Hangouts, Huddles. Apart the above Google Plus also have Mobile, Instant Upload,Location. Sparks in Google+: Sparks helps you find interesting content based on your interest. Sparks is like Google Reader. The main difference between Google Reader and Sparks is Sparks brings content to you automatically based on your interests, Where as in Google Reader you have to subscribe for what you want. In Sparks each topic will get its own “Spark” page and provide links to related articles. You can also subscribe to categories of interest or you can create your own custom category and you will receive links to the latest content in “Sparks” page. You can get the content over 40 different languages in your “Sparks” page. Hangouts in Google+: Hangouts are virtual rooms where you can video chat with people in your circles. You can tell people in specific circles that you are available for a video conference(for a hangout in Google plus) by clicking on a button. You can talk to a specific friend or you can join up to ten people in a video conference. So, if you are not busy, you can start a talk with your friends in the Hangout. With Hangout, you can share a piece of content, like a YouTube clip, and everyone in the Hangout can watch it together while discussing about it. It’s a really good feature in the Google Plus. Simply, we can say Hangout is just a video chat. Huddles in Google+: Huddles is a new group messaging app which is introduced in the Google Plus. You can message with a group of people within your Circles. with Huddles, users can get a group messaging experience that lets everyone inside the circle know what’s going on. It’s like a Group chat in Facebook. Apart the above features, Google Plus have some other features like Instant Upload. With this feature, when you snap a photo on your Android phone, it will be automatically uploaded to Google+. With the help of Location feature you can add your location to your every post.Google+ is also available for Android based phones. This app will let you do all of these from your phone. Once you receive your Google+ invite, you can download the app. It includes a stream of updates from your friends.Since Google plus is in trial, users may find some errors and difficulties while accesing. Once it is totally released, We can say Google Plus will be a sure competitor for other Social Networking sites. Google is referring its new service as the Google+ Project. So it is clear that what’s available now is only the first installment and several more features are going to release sooner.

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