Google+ Unveiled: 9 Things You Need To Know

Google launched its long-awaited social network on Tuesday. It's calling it the Google+ project.

Designed around users' social circles (called +Circles), Google attempts to more closely mirror "real life" compared to competitors like Facebook. It lets users selectively share with specific groups within given circles, rather than sharing with all their social connections at once.

Reuters explains some of the integration plans for Google+:

Nearly all Google websites, such as its flagship Google.com search engine and the Google maps site, will have a special toolbar running across the top of the page. The toolbar has an icon of your face alongside your name in the top left, to remind you that you are currently logged on to the Google Plus network. Click on your name and you can quickly log off the network, or switch to incognito mode.

Learn more about Google+ below and try a demo of it here.

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The Google+ project is in a "limited Field Trial," according to Google, meaning only a small number of people can access it for now. You can sign up to get an email when Google+ is ready for everyone here, though there is no clear timeline on when that may be.

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[ingrid277]

11:19 AM on 08/21/2011

Hi there, please invite me!!!.

jjbernuy@gm­ail.com

Thanks u very much!

[venom rockero]

11:22 PM on 07/31/2011

please invite me to Google + [e-mail]

[Juan Velasco]

08:48 PM on 07/22/2011

If you need an invitation, I think I still have some left, you can get one by replying to this post on my blog: http://investing.kuchita.com/2011/07/15/invitation-to-google/

[jocco]

08:40 AM on 07/20/2011

please invite me to Google + !!!. kf4vko@gm­ail.com
Thanks!

[Paulantrophist]

04:22 PM on 07/15/2011

ooohh i want one! invite me pls.. [e-mail]

[James McCain]

12:43 PM on 07/17/2011

Invited you

[Kamlesh Garia]

02:16 PM on 07/17/2011

hey !!!!!! cud you invite me.. [e-mail]

[scouser73]

03:38 PM on 07/09/2011

Huff Post had a hangout on Google+ last night and I have to say it was excellent to take part in, there were about ten of us in total, some left & new people came into the hangout. The way Google has organised it will certainly put the fright into Skype as well as Facebook.

[Lauri Bridgen]

12:55 AM on 07/09/2011

I'd love an invite- [e-mail] - thanks!

[restarea]

12:21 AM on 07/08/2011

Bye bye Facebook. Can't wait to dump you.

[sy kimloan sy]

05:48 AM on 07/06/2011

please invite me!!!. [e-mail]
Thanks!

[sci teacher1161]

01:53 PM on 07/04/2011

dear google...
school teachers all over america would LOVE it if we could have access to google+ before the beginning of the school year...

thank you.

a school teacher

[antfarmer]

12:33 PM on 07/04/2011

It may take a year before enough people we know sign up before we can dump FarceBorg completely. Then FB can get sold off for $35million and join the ranks of the MySpace type irrelevant failures. It the choice is between an entity that I don't trust at all (FB) and one that I mistrust somewhat (Google), I'll go with the Google. Farceborg has not been evolving into something better; every major change has made it more annoying, not more intuitive and trusted. Can't wait to pull the flush lever.

[dadofkmm]

12:14 PM on 07/03/2011

Folks....whenever you have something anything that is web based there is going to be privacy issues, but wait that goes for being social at all. The main thing is the ease that you can keep your details from others.... Facebook does an okay job of this, Google Plus is just another way of going at it, but face it we already share a lot of information with Google that I believe they are going to end up offering a more seamless service than Facebook....that being said it comes down to what and how much information you're comfortable sharing....tread lightly with ANY SOCIAL NETWORKING SITE!!!!!!

[JasonMcl]

04:21 PM on 06/30/2011

I think the strength of this network is the very visual way that groups are formed and shared with.

Facebook will still be more widely used and there probably isn't anything anyone can do to change that. But the circles are certainly a nice touch and much easier to deal with than the intentionally confusing privacy options on facebook.

I think when a lot of facebook users grow up and become more aware of sharing and privacy, they will look for an alternative that gives you a bit more control over just what it is you share.

[drzoon]

03:44 PM on 06/30/2011

i want this

[sarita9805]

09:33 PM on 06/29/2011

y tambien se encontrara en español?