Google+ First Impression

Writing by shivdev on Wednesday, 13 of July , 2011 at 4:32 am

I’ve been playing with Google+ for about an hour now and here are some initial thoughts:

• Fantastic, simple, intuitive, very Google like UI
• Easy to find and add friends (moreover looks like Google figures out contacts through GMail, Android, Buzz, Profile etc.)
• Not sure how the circles work yet (who can see what and how much)
• Very Facebook like (with some additional circle business)
• Great integration with Picassa, Buzz and so on… (I’m sure they’ll integrate easily with Google Calendar etc. etc. soon)
• I’ve received notifications on several friends etc. who added me, but not sure why the “Have Shivdev in circles” doesn’t list them all
• I just need to know the rules behind how everything is being displayed
• Pretty barren at this point – Not too much activity since it’s so new
• I’m yet to explore the Hangout, WebCam and other conferencing features yet, but I’m pretty sure they’ll be great

Now that Google has a REAL social network

• Does Facebook need to be worried?
• How does this affect LinkedIn’s Stock?
• Would Google+ be as successful as Facebook?
• Are the BRIC countries going to adopt Google+?

It’s not Twitter and though it addresses some of Facebook’s Privacy issues and being available on the Android Market (soon to be on all Mobiles/Tablets if it has not already) , it’ll be very interesting to see how and if Facebook users will transition over to Google+ and what lies in its future.

Oh, and what’s Microsoft’s plan now?

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