Google+ grows 43% in June • Hacker News Board

Re: Google+ grows 43% in June

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Post by rhizome » Tue, Jul 17, 2012, 7:02 PM UTC

simonsarris wrote: post #8

Wow. Lots of impressions here. MySpace is so small now! And shrinking! Let us never forget that history. Tumblr and pinterest are adding a lot fewer users than I thought. Gosh just look at the page. Google+ looks very clean and beautiful compared to Facebook these days. I'm reminded of when everybody used to say "Facebook looks very clean and beautiful compared to MySpace these days". Google has a big leg up here as…

Tumblr and pinterest are adding a lot fewer users than I thought.

Both of them are terrible on mobile.

Re: Google+ grows 43% in June

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Post by therealarmen » Tue, Jul 17, 2012, 7:04 PM UTC

Sigh. We're drawing conclusions from Compete again?

I've said this before and I'll say it again; using Compete for quantitative traffic comparisons is flawed, particularly with social sites that utilize embeddable content. Their data has been proven wrong countless times. Until recently, Compete claimed Reddit (http://siteanalytics.compete.com/reddit.com/) had less traffic than Digg (http://siteanalytics.compete.com/digg.com/).

I don't have anything against Google+. But lets hold off on the congratulatory praise until we're sure the growth is real.

Re: Google+ grows 43% in June

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Post by rhizome » Tue, Jul 17, 2012, 7:05 PM UTC

taylodl wrote: post #4

Nice try. I have to sign up for Google+ to read on article about Google+? If this is the dodgy tactics used to drive up usage numbers then Google+ must not be offering any intrinsic value. As for now, LinkedIn is providing me greater value. Actual value, without gimmicks.

You probably have a Google account in some way, then. I've noticed that visiting a Google Groups article prompts me for a login, which doesn't happen if I delete their cookies. It's a sneaky ploy to keep your session time up.

Re: Google+ grows 43% in June

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Post by fourstar » Tue, Jul 17, 2012, 7:09 PM UTC

The only person I know on Google+ is my brother who works there. It's a good product, but it'd be a lot nicer if more people I knew used it.

Re: Google+ grows 43% in June

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Post by hell0_th3r3 » Tue, Jul 17, 2012, 7:11 PM UTC

oddly enough, thanks to the HN circle on g+, i actually enjoy using it.

Re: Google+ grows 43% in June

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Post by muhfuhkuh » Tue, Jul 17, 2012, 7:11 PM UTC

brudgers wrote: post #2

I'm on Google+ because I have a Gmail account. I'm on Linkedin (and Facebook) because they offer value.

The irony is that most people use Facebook (and LinkedIn) as glorified publicly-facing email accounts with automatic reply-to-all and attachments set to auto-open and display in-line. The only thing added is a rudimentary voting system.

Re: Google+ grows 43% in June

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Post by saraid216 » Tue, Jul 17, 2012, 7:12 PM UTC

I'm on Google+ because I'm not cool enough to say I only know one person on Google+.

Re: Google+ grows 43% in June

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Post by jsavimbi » Tue, Jul 17, 2012, 7:13 PM UTC

glimcat wrote: post #5

Given the way Google has been using high-pressure onboarding through several of their existing customer bases, I'm not surprised. And "visitors" likely counts people who got linked to a single post.

It's akin to a grocer refusing cash and instead only accepting payments made with their branded store card, for the customer's benefit.

I'm surprised there hasn't been a legal challenge to this.

Re: Google+ grows 43% in June

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Post by bjcy » Tue, Jul 17, 2012, 7:13 PM UTC

rhizome wrote: post #11

simonsarris wrote: post #8

Wow. Lots of impressions here. MySpace is so small now! And shrinking! Let us never forget that history. Tumblr and pinterest are adding a lot fewer users than I thought. Gosh just look at the page. Google+ looks very clean and beautiful compared to Facebook these days. I'm reminded of when everybody used to say "Facebook looks very clean and beautiful compared to MySpace these days". Google has a big leg up here as…

Tumblr and pinterest are adding a lot fewer users than I thought. Both of them are terrible on mobile.

The recently released Tumblr app for iPhone is not too shabby at all and is hopefully a step in the right direction for Tumblr on mobile.

On the flip side, the Facebook mobile experience is pretty terrible as well, but Facebook already has quite a large (and growing) user base already, so I wonder if mobile user experience is as important to growth as is existing, for lack of a better word, penetration.

EDIT: Just noticed this line from the post: "The Compete numbers are US only and desktop only."

Re: Google+ grows 43% in June

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Post by tptacek » Tue, Jul 17, 2012, 7:14 PM UTC

muhfuhkuh wrote: post #16

brudgers wrote: post #2

I'm on Google+ because I have a Gmail account. I'm on Linkedin (and Facebook) because they offer value.

The irony is that most people use Facebook (and LinkedIn) as glorified publicly-facing email accounts with automatic reply-to-all and attachments set to auto-open and display in-line. The only thing added is a rudimentary voting system.

I use Facebook to share and chat about photos.

I use LinkedIn for recruiting.

I use neither as "publicly facing email accounts".

At some level, any application can be described as "forms with some text inputs and some submit buttons".