What G+ is really about (pst it's not social)
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What G+ is really about (pst it's not social)
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Re: What G+ is really about (pst it's not social)
#2Great usage of the G+ photo viewer for slides, but I don't think G+'s main focus is about moving apps/games into the cloud ..
The most convincing argument I have heard is that 'social signals' are (going to be?) a fantastic resource for cutting through the spammy, link-swapping www of today.
Re: What G+ is really about (pst it's not social)
#3Why can't it be about both? Also, from the perspective of Google, why let Facebook enjoy the 'blue ocean' of social, if the blue/red ocean is such an important concept for new products?
Re: What G+ is really about (pst it's not social)
#4Summary: Google+ is an attempt to move applications/things onto the web, and make sharing and coloborating easier. The goal is not to take on Facebook/Twitter, but to take on MS Office and App Stores
Re: What G+ is really about (pst it's not social)
#5I guess this is why there's no Google Chrome App to compete with Tweetdeck.
Re: What G+ is really about (pst it's not social)
#6On Facebook you buy ads for ~$1+ because you can set target demographic to something as specfic as "women; 42-47 years old; looking for relationships with other women; with a degree in biology or computer science; attened Harvard; Works at IBM; who likes horseback riding or skiing"
Imagine if google knew BOTH your search term and your complete personal history. Then the ad price and conversion would increase enormously.
That is what Google is trying to get a piece of.
Re: What G+ is really about (pst it's not social)
#7No, it's about social.
The other stuff is already happening, and Google is winning.
Re: What G+ is really about (pst it's not social)
#8Great usage of the G+ photo viewer for slides, but I don't think G+'s main focus is about moving apps/games into the cloud .. The most convincing argument I have heard is that 'social signals' are (going to be?) a fantastic resource for cutting through the spammy, link-swapping www of today.
That's the best argument I've heard so far for Google+
Re: What G+ is really about (pst it's not social)
#9G+ is a move into social media, what's a better way to have live data on your user base than the data generated by a service you control, and maybe why profiles must be public.
Re: What G+ is really about (pst it's not social)
#10Why can't it be many or all of these things?
I find it highly implausible that google has as strong a desire to form simple, narrow narratives around its strategy and ambitions as bloggers and the media do.