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Re: Google+ grows 43% in June

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Post by dredmorbius »

larrys wrote: post #34
vibrunazo wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Obviously anecdotal. One explanation might be G+ international popularity. A quick look at "what's hot" and you'll see plenty of center and eastern asian names on the comments. The Android developer relations team makes weekly public hangouts in different time zones. I tried a few different ones out of curiosity and noticed that both the Indian and Brazilian ones are much more popular than the american hangout (which…

"One explanation might be G+ international popularity." Another explanation is that it's impossible to sign up for any google product (like gmail) w/o getting herded into google plus.

GMail numbers weren't broken out, but YouTube rivals Facebook at ~150m uniques monthly.

There's been a lot made of FB (and other social networks) primarily being photo-sharing networks. While I doubt video will ever quite have the same impact (they're deeper but not as casually shared), it probably will grow as a social element, and Google are beautifully positioned in this regard.

Re: Google+ grows 43% in June

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Post by bsphil »

Steko wrote: post #80
vm wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

First, the OA's comparison is meaningless. It focuses on vanity metrics rather than engagement or retention. A lot is written on that topic, so I won't repeat (see Tim Ferris: http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2009/05/19/vanity-metri... ). This article is excellent optimization for link baiting. And it doesn't matter because most of these sites don't compete against each other. Each of these media sites has a diff…

Claims of G+'s amazing growth always looks silly when I run this bookmarked Insights: http://www.google.com/insights/search/#q=Google%20Plus%2CIns...

Does "Google Plus" also cover "G+" and "Google+" and whatever other variation of the name there is? That's probably the last way I'd think of searching for statistics on it.

Everything else you listed doesn't have any common aliases.

Re: Google+ grows 43% in June

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Post by rickmb »

Sure. I have a Google+ account, two even, because they are both attached to my private and business Google accounts. Same goes for almost everyone I know, they all have at least one Google+ account.

Only nobody I know, ever, ever uses Google+.

I'm guessing many visits I make to Google applications whilst logged in count as Google+ usage. In reality, I haven't used it since after the first month or two, and that is pretty much reflected by the people around me.

Re: Google+ grows 43% in June

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Post by myrstad »

hk__2 wrote: post #30

Can we know the number of members instead of visitors ?

Worldwide Google+ has 270 million opened accounts. That is June figures, compared to 170 million in April. According to Google 150 million people worldwide log in to Google+ monthly, and 75 million people daily.

Re: Google+ grows 43% in June

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Post by taligent »

donniezazen wrote: post #25

1. Google+ is a lot more open. I get to interact with variety of people through public posts. 2. I have gotten rid of RSS Reader and now get all updates on G+ and blog. One less thing to worry about. 3. Too many people make too many posts on Facebook. Circle on G+ is growing on me. 4. I like everything Google.

2. Google+ doesn't replace RSS at all. 95% of feeds I read for example have no Google+ equivalent.

3. Then filter those people from your feed or trim down the number of posts they make.

4. Even the privacy violations and anti-competitive behavior so serious they are under multiple investigations ?

Re: Google+ grows 43% in June

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Post by myko »

aw3c2 wrote: post #69
dsirijus wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Pinterest is totally not transferable to small screen mobile devices. Its main point is to offer many images at a glance, which is impossible on small screen.

Wow, and I always thought Pinterest was a smartphone app like Instagram. (Not interested in it so I never bothered checking)

There is a Pinterest iOS app but the web site is definitely the preferred way of using it. The phone app attempts to look like the web site but the layout doesn't transfer to the tiny iPhone screen very well and is not very nice to use because of this.

Re: Google+ grows 43% in June

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Post by taligent »

dredmorbius wrote: post #101
larrys wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"One explanation might be G+ international popularity." Another explanation is that it's impossible to sign up for any google product (like gmail) w/o getting herded into google plus.

GMail numbers weren't broken out, but YouTube rivals Facebook at ~150m uniques monthly. There's been a lot made of FB (and other social networks) primarily being photo-sharing networks. While I doubt video will ever quite have the same impact (they're deeper but not as casually shared), it probably will grow as a social element, and Google are beautifully positioned in this regard.

You seem to be implying that video is some new trend to social networks. It isn't.

So I fail to see what Google+ brings to the table other than an inbuilt video chat client which has been done so many times over the last decade.

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