Google +1 is failing, miserably
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Google +1 is failing, miserably
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#2I guess they need to make the +1's appear in the stream, too, to make ppl care about them. I was hoping there is another way, though.
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#3Yes, after 5 years of running Google+, they still don't have 750 million users. :-(
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#4I don't think looking at one site is enough to judge whether Google +1 is failing or not.
With a site like msnbc, I can't help but picture an older less tech savvy crowd. A crowd that wouldn't know what google +1 is, let alone have an email other than an @aol.com.
If you look at other sites, Techcrunch for example. The primary mode of sharing there is Twitter, and suprisingly linkedin with facebook really lagging behind. That doesn't mean facebook likes are failing.
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#5I honestly thought +1 not appearing in the stream was a feature. A feature I liked. After all if they want to share it they can share it.
It's the same thing about games not appearing in the stream -- I honestly don't give two shakes if you need two more friends to visit your farm in order to get the golden shovel, I'm not interested.
I like how it's segregated to it's own tab, IMO the only improvement they could make is adding an option to toggle whether you see your friend's +1s and game 'trophies' in the stream or not.
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#6I guess you could say +1 is still a relatively new feature. It appears that it's something Google just released without a clear end goal in mind of how to integrate it across all of their social networks.
I'm hoping that they have something new and different in mind with how they integrate +1's into Google+. It's slightly annoying as a user to be presented with so many share/like buttons on a post. As it was mentioned in the blog post, what's the incentive for a user to choose the +1 button. There needs to be a benefit beyond just making the +1 viewable in your Google+ stream.
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#7+1 is failing miserably, as opposed to author's sense of perspective?
Re: Google +1 is failing, miserably
#8I don't think looking at one site is enough to judge whether Google +1 is failing or not. With a site like msnbc, I can't help but picture an older less tech savvy crowd. A crowd that wouldn't know what google +1 is, let alone have an email other than an @aol.com. If you look at other sites, Techcrunch for example. The primary mode of sharing there is Twitter, and suprisingly linkedin with facebook really lagging beh…
All valid points. This demographic is the exact demographic I wanted to look at though. Most of the world is not tech savvy.
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#9+1 is failing miserably, as opposed to author's sense of perspective?
Could you elaborate a little more about your point please?
Re: Google +1 is failing, miserably
#10I don't think looking at one site is enough to judge whether Google +1 is failing or not. With a site like msnbc, I can't help but picture an older less tech savvy crowd. A crowd that wouldn't know what google +1 is, let alone have an email other than an @aol.com. If you look at other sites, Techcrunch for example. The primary mode of sharing there is Twitter, and suprisingly linkedin with facebook really lagging beh…
All valid points. This demographic is the exact demographic I wanted to look at though. Most of the world is not tech savvy.
Understood. Now that you mentioned that, I can more clearly see what you were getting at with the article.