Tom Anderson: Google+ makes Google a better, more integrated set of services
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Re: Tom Anderson: Google+ makes Google a better, more integrated set of services
#2Notice how people are starting to use Google+ as blog posts? It even looks like a blog post. If only the URL's looked a little bit better, it would be perfect.
And I agree with him. So far I love Google's unifying strategy, not only through deeper integration but through having similar, more streamlined design as well. And I feel this is just the beginning. I think we'll see a lot more of it this year.
Re: Tom Anderson: Google+ makes Google a better, more integrated set of services
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Re: Tom Anderson: Google+ makes Google a better, more integrated set of services
#4I was thinking something similar to this last night. Google+ unifies the product set. Even the new Google mobile web is unified and easier to get around now. I can see it pulling me into products that I don't really use much just because it's more convenient.
Re: Tom Anderson: Google+ makes Google a better, more integrated set of services
#5Notice how people are starting to use Google+ as blog posts? It even looks like a blog post. If only the URL's looked a little bit better, it would be perfect. And I agree with him. So far I love Google's unifying strategy, not only through deeper integration but through having similar, more streamlined design as well. And I feel this is just the beginning. I think we'll see a lot more of it this year.
I thought of using it as a blog, but the fact that the "posts" are in the same stream as the "tweets" and generally everything else makes it less useful than a dedicated blog. It could definitely replace tumblr, though.
Re: Tom Anderson: Google+ makes Google a better, more integrated set of services
#6Thus far, I've only heard industry insiders and participants praise Google+.
In technical fields, like medicine, or even computer science research, I'd pay close attention to such commenters.
But a product like Google+ was made for the masses. Just like Google.com was. Just like Facebook was.
So until my non-tech friends start praising Google+ as if it's a must-see movie, or a song I have to hear, or a restaurant I have to try, I'm discounting these views.
I'm not saying Google+ won't be successful. I'm just saying that the people who are saying it's going to be The Next Big Thing aren't the people who make The Next Big Thing, The Next Big Thing.
Re: Tom Anderson: Google+ makes Google a better, more integrated set of services
#7I think Tom is pretty mature about MS being outcompeted by the other social networking sites. That's quite pleasing to see.
I feel that inevitably, I will somehow end up using Google+, despite my lack of need (or want) for it at the moment, though.
Re: Tom Anderson: Google+ makes Google a better, more integrated set of services
#8Thus far, I've only heard industry insiders and participants praise Google+. In technical fields, like medicine, or even computer science research, I'd pay close attention to such commenters. But a product like Google+ was made for the masses. Just like Google.com was. Just like Facebook was. So until my non-tech friends start praising Google+ as if it's a must-see movie, or a song I have to hear, or a restaurant I h…
Well, considering that even if you were invited within a few hours of the product launch, you've still never been able to actually log on to Google+ and use it, I'm afraid it's not really possible for the unwashed masses to chime in at this point. Unless you want them to talk about how great the screenshots look.
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#9Just not interested in Google+. It was enough of a struggle to coax me onto Twitter and Facebook. I don't hear non-techies talking about Google+--it's all dedicated bloggers and people in the "Twittersphere" (ugh).
Not to mention that I heard all sorts of revolutionary praise for Wave when it was released.
Re: Tom Anderson: Google+ makes Google a better, more integrated set of services
#10Thus far, I've only heard industry insiders and participants praise Google+. In technical fields, like medicine, or even computer science research, I'd pay close attention to such commenters. But a product like Google+ was made for the masses. Just like Google.com was. Just like Facebook was. So until my non-tech friends start praising Google+ as if it's a must-see movie, or a song I have to hear, or a restaurant I h…
But non-tech people can't do that yet, they don't have invites. Or-in the rare case that they do have one-their friends don't so they can't still comment.