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In July 2015, Google reversed course on YouTube integrations with Google+ so YouTube comments stayed on YouTube, and not on Google+. People were happy about this. But not happy enough to go back ...
People prefer Facebook to Google+, fundamentally because Google’s approach to social isn’t fun. Google+ is only the most recent of Google’s embarrassing succession of failures in social ...
Launched in June 2011, Google+ was Google’s most ambitious attempt at creating a social networking platform. ... pushing people to join and use the network — whether they wanted to or not.
Google has made a big bet on Google+, which it prefers not to call a social network but rather a social layer atop all of Google's services. At the opening day of the search giant's annual I/O ...
Suddenly, Google was happy to admit that few people genuinely used the platform. "The consumer version of Google+ currently has low usage and engagement - 90% of Google+ user sessions are less ...
Google's Knowledge Graph has claimed its first "victim," if you will: The content box that showed "People and Pages On Google+" is gone.
Technically, tons of people use Google+, since logging into it gives you access to Gmail, Google Drive, and all of Google's other apps. But people aren't actively using the social network aspect ...
Google+ let you “follow” people, like Twitter. The first version of Google+ allowed your stream to refresh automatically. Many users kept it open on their desktops to watch the posts go by as ...
The Google home page features a link to your Google+ page. People's Google Profile pages now anchor their Google+ identities — and, in a sign that Google is serious about this social networking ...
Inquiring further, I learned that on Tuesday, a limited number of people—many of them seemingly Google employees—received 15 invitations each to a “field trial” version to distribute.
Social information is spreading across the Web, and Google search can't ignore its value. But are Facebook and Twitter selling, and will Google pay? Google+ in search: Google had no choice - CNET ...
Google’s policy of trying to tie YouTube users’ accounts to their Google+ accounts has also sparked criticism among people who want to leave YouTube comments, or otherwise use the service ...