Build Up Your Google+ Community With These Great Tips
Though there was a lot of hype surrounding Google+, a lot of people who tried it out ended up returning to their usual social networks, like Facebook. However, if you thought that Google+ was dead, gone, and buried for good, you may be pleasantly surprised. It’s still kicking and some communities are actually flourishing on the platform.
How To Create An Easily Recognizable Google+ URL With Your Own Username
One thing that’s still sorely missing from Google+ are vanity URLs. Vanity URLs are personalized URLs that usually include a username, company name or group name in the URL itself. Social media giants like Facebook and Twitter already support vanity URLs. While you won’t be able to get one at Google Plus as of now, you can get it on one of the many different services that offer Google+ vanity URLs on their own domains.
Bring the News to Life With These Slick Google Reader Alternatives
Google Reader works and lead the way in RSS feed readers for a long time, but it's boringly simple, even for Google design ethics. These readers add new dimensions! They add new ways to physically interact with your news. They grow with you and if life does anything, it grows. So, prepare to breathe new life into the way you use news!
New To Google+? Quick Tips You Need to Know
Google+ was never quite the Facebook killer it was hyped up to be, but it’s been growing steadily ever since it’s been introduced and now has over 100 million active users. Whether you’re just getting started with Google+ or you signed up a while ago and never gave it a chance, these tips will help get you up to speed with Google’s social network.
5 New Ways in Which You Didn't Use Google Circles Before
Google Plus Circles allow you to organize your contacts and the people you follow into groups.This article provides some ideas on how you could organize your Circles. Keep in mind that neither people you are following, nor people who have you in their Circles, can see what Circle/s you add them to or even that you add them to more than one Circle. So do experiment with Circles!
7 Must-Know Tips About Managing Your Google+ Circles
Google Plus isn't dead. In fact, it's been growing. Some people even think Google Plus will prevail big time in 2013 and they have solid arguments. This should make those happy who are already using Google Plus and are seeing its value in one way or the other. Circles is the part of Google Plus that lets you organize people you know in, well, Circles. To make the most of your Circles, there are a few things you should know.
10 Tips For Improving Your Google+ Status
There are mixed reviews about the growing popularity of Google+. As yet another social networking site, Google+ hasn't of course been around as long as Facebook and Twitter, so it may be too early to judge its viability. However, if you're looking to enhance your presence on Google+, now's a good time to get started. In this article I'll highlight and recommend tips and suggestions to get you started for improving your status on Google+.
How To Use Google+ As Your Social Media Dashboard To Cross-Post To Facebook, Twitter & More
If you're active on several social networks and run your own blog as well, chances are you're posting a lot of the same content in several different places. To make life a little easier for you, you could simply start to post everything from one place - Google+ - and automatically post that content to several different networks and sites. Of course, a word of warning is in order. The key to any social network is just that - it's social.
Is There Anything Left For Facebook Alternatives? [Opinion]
Being #1 is tough. For any sports fans out there, Facebook is the Patriots, Yankees, and Heat of its kind. The social network is so methodically "good" to the point that we're ready to jump on the bandwagon of anyone willing to come close to knocking it off. Remember when Google+ first broke news? The Internet was going nuts, buzzing with rumors that Facebook would finally be put to rest.
Quick, Easy Ways To Download Photos From Facebook, Flickr, Instagram, Google+ & More
With the amount of information we post online, we're putting an awful lot of faith in third party services to keep our content and photos safe. Between Facebook, Flickr, Instagram and Google+, there's no limit to the way we share our images online. And thanks to a few other third party services, there's no limit to the ways we can back up our online photos to our computers.
Sync Posts Between Facebook, Twitter, Google+ & Your Links [Facebook Tip/Hack Of The Week]
If you're a fan of Facebook, you're probably a user of a few other social networks too. You might have an account on Twitter or Google+, which you might use for work or just as a place to chat. You might also collect links in Google Reader, Delicious or Evernote. But do you know how easy it is to link them all together in just the right ways? Today, we'll show you some of the best IFTTT recipes you can use with Facebook and Twitter.
How To Create A Google+ Page For A Business, Club, Or Yourself
It should be clear by now that Google+ is definitely not going anywhere. It's gaining in popularity and is a great complement or alternative to Facebook. If you're already set up on Google+, you might want to look into adding a Google+ page for your business, organization, club, or just good old personal self-promotion. Setting up one or more pages is easy, but you should of course put some thought into how to make it distinctive.
How To Use Google+ Hangouts To Meet With Friends
Google Hangouts is a key feature of Google+. If you are not using Hangouts already, you are missing out! Maybe you haven't yet joined Google+. Well, if you do have a Google account, then joining Google+ is a matter of seconds. Or maybe you haven't quite figured out how to use it. This is where this article comes in. Once you get the hang of it, you will want to use it more often.
4 Ways to Get Your Google Plus RSS Feeds
RSS feeds are still a very popular method for sharing within social networks these days, so we'll go through a few ways to get your posts and +1s out of Google+ via RSS. There are several options to choose from, with varying degrees of difficulty to use, risk and stability. The choice is yours!
Google Plus: A Guide For Everyone
If you’re reading this guide, you have probably wondered, “Why should I sign up for Google+?” The answer is simple: Google. You may have heard of them.
5 Things I Like and 5 Things I Hate About Google Plus
When Google + finally came out, I actually avoided using it for up to a year. Not only was I skeptical, but I've been an initial user of a social network before, and it's absolutely no fun. Once I signed up, I was able to find my way around in due course, but I discovered that there were a few things about Google Plus that I really liked, and a few things that I didn't like at all.
Why Google+ Will Not Overtake Facebook, Not In 2 Years, Not Ever [Opinion]
Before I begin let me just state that I am not against innovation, and I really do like Google+, usually even more than Facebook. But just because we like something better, doesn’t mean it’s going to win. Here is why, in my opinion, Facebook will stick around for a long long time to come.
Google+ Receives Stream Control, Improved Notifications & More [News]
The holidays are here, and that means a lot of people are spending time on social networking sites spreading holiday cheer - and desperately trying to avoid relatives. If Google+ is your network of choice, you’ll likely notice that they’ve added a couple new features. Perhaps the most important is the new “volume control” added to your streams.
Google+ iPhone App Gets An Update With Search & Improved Photo Uploading [News]
Google+ for iPhone has received a nice little update. This update helps bring in some features that were previously only available on the computer version of the social network. The major feature included in this update is the ability to search. You can use the search to find people or specific posts. The new search box will appear right at the top of the screen, making it easy to get access to and use.
3 Ways to Integrate Google Plus Into Your Blog
Well, I finally caved in and adopted Google Plus. It wasn't willingly - with most new fads, I like to wait it out to see if, like 90 percent of most new and exciting online phenomena, it fades away into the ether of cyberspace. In the case of Google Plus, I was instantly reminded of so many other failed projects in the past - Google Wave, Google Video Player, Google Notebook....the list goes on and on.