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3 Things About Google+

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I’ve been really excited to check out Google+ and here’s a quick set of observations:

3 Things I Like

  • Circles – It’s very easy to add people into Circles and you can make a ton of them. So far it seems very intuitive and the fact that an email is set to all the people you add into a Circle makes this very viral.
  • Notification Toolbar – I love the fact that I can easily access Google+ and other Google properties while doing a Google Search or checking my gmail. The notifications section in the upper right hand corner is a constant reminder that something might be going on in Google+.
  • UI – The experience is very clean and the feeling is very familiar (since it feels like a very close facsimile of Facebook). Things seem to be where they should be and that’s always a plus (no pun intended).

3 Things I Don’t Like

  • Lack of Refinement – Yes, I know this is a beta but I guess I expect more out of Google products. Certain features seem to stall or lag when they shouldn’t. For example, typing in the stream update box just seems to be a tad behind the speed of typing. I’ve seen notifications that a comment had been made on a post without the post updating with the comment first.
  • Lack of Engagement – While it seems like people are signing up in droves, the amount of engagement is definitely lacking. It seems like most people are taking a wait and see approach and this is causing my stream to be quite boring.
  • The Stream – There seems to be a bit too much going on for each individual post. The number of +1s, the number of shares, and the number of comments all seem to take up more space then they need to for each post. A big part is due to the listing of names of people who did share or comment. I also don’t like the fact that you need to click ‘More’ to view more of the stream. I like Facebook’s functionality of automatically loading more posts as your scroll down.

3 Things I Question

  • Do we really need to be on both Google+ and Facebook? Proponents of Google+ say that it serves a different purpose than Facebook and there’s room for both but I’m a skeptic. So far, when I check Google+ I also check Facebook right after.
  • How will businesses use Google+? As of now there’s no brand/fan pages nor is a business product out yet. It’ll be interesting to see how they’ll differ from Facebook. I can see people adding brands under a Following circle where they can “subscribe” to updates.
  • How Sparks develops for users? It’s a quiet subtle way for Google to push more content onto users. It’s less search and more discovery. Very Stumbleuponish.

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