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's Knowledge Graph has claimed its first "victim," if you will: The content box that showed "People and Pages On Google+" is gone.

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+ 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 ...

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.

The Circles feature in Google's new social network lets you neatly organize your friends in specific buckets. Too bad people don't really want to do that in a social network.

People's Google Profile pages now anchor their Google+ identities--and in a sign that Google is serious about this social networking thing, Google will delete any profiles that aren't made public ...

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 ...

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 ...