Google Social Network

Slate Sounds Death Knell On Google+

| Farhad Manjoo | Posted 01.09.2012

Read More: Google, Google Pages, Google Social Network, Video, Pages Google Plus, Business Pages Google, Google Plus Pages, Google Facebook, Google Business Pages, Facebook Google, Technology News

By Farhad Manjoo (Click here for original article.) Shortly after Google launched its new social network in June, many companies—including sever...

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Google Buries Failed Social Network

The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 12.14.2011

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This post has been updated. Scroll down for correction. Google announced a "fall sweep" on October 14, detailing the shuttering of several products...

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Google Engineer Trashes Google+ As A 'Pathetic Afterthought'

The Huffington Post | Bianca Bosker | Posted 12.12.2011

Read More: Google Social Network, Google Engineer, Google, Video, Google Plus, Technology News

Google+ hasn't been getting much love from users in recent days--its traffic reportedly plummeted 60 percent from its peak--but the most damning criti...

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Google+ Problems: Users' Biggest Complaints So Far

The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 11.27.2011

Read More: Video, Google Plus Complaints, Google+ Issues, Google Plus, Google+, Google Social Network, Google Plus Issues, Google Plus Social Network, Google+ Problems, Slidepollajax, Google Plus Problems, Google+ Complaints, Technology News

Google+ opened its doors to the public on September 20 after 12 weeks of invite-only beta testing. During that time, despite limited signup allowances...

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Google+ Now Open To All

The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 11.20.2011

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This post has been updated. Google+ is now open to anyone who wants to get in. In a Tuesday post on the Official Google Blog, Google announced ...

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Google+ Interest Appears To Be Waning

The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Poll, Google Plus Social Network, Google+Engagement, Google Plus Users, Video, Prediction, Google Plus, Google+, Google Plus Engagement, Google+ Users, Google Social Network, Predict the News, Technology News

Despite a celebrated launch and a meteoric rise, social network Google+ may be faltering. Though the site continues to add new features and integrate ...

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Google+ Adds A Big New Feature

The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 11.03.2011

Read More: Google Suggested Users, Video, Google Plus Suggested Users List, Google Plus, Google+, Slidepollajax, Google Social Network, Google+ Suggested Users, Google+ Suggested Users List, Google Plus Suggested Users, Google Plus Suggested User List, Technology News

Google+ has rolled out a new feature that lists well-known Google+ users that you can add to your profile's personal circles. O'Reilly Media's Alexand...

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Eric Schmidt: Use Your Real Name On Google+ Or Don't Sign On

Mashable | Posted 10.29.2011

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Google+ was meant to be an identity service, Google Chairman Eric Schmidt said this weekend, shedding some light on Google’s reasoning behind Google...

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Google+ Feature Comes To YouTube

The Huffington Post | Jake Bialer | Posted 10.19.2011

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Google now lets YouTube users invite their friends to join group video chats and watch videos together via YouTube.com. Since Google publicly laun...

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Facebook Exec: Google+ Has No Users

Fortune | Posted 10.17.2011

Read More: Google Social Network, Google+ Users, Facebook, Facebook Google+ Users, Google Plus, Facebook Google+, Google+, Technology News

A little less than two months after Google launched its fledgling social network, Google+, Silicon Valley's latest rivalry is heating up....

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Google Announces New Search Feature

The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 10.13.2011

Read More: Google, Google Search, Prediction, Google Plus, Google Social Search, Google+, Google Social Network, Google+ Search, Google Plus Social Network, Google+ Posts, Predict the News, Technology News

Google announced on Friday that Google+ users will soon begin to see Google+ posts in their Google Search results. This feature is activated only ...

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Google+ Adds Games--But You Don't Have To Play

The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 10.11.2011

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Google+, the search engine's recently launched social network, has announced a slew of popular games that will be added to the platform. Soon, gam...

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Google+ Fastest Growing Social Network Ever, Study Says

The Huffington Post | Steven Hoffer | Posted 10.03.2011

Read More: Google, Google Plus Growth, Prediction, Social Networks, Social Networking, Google Plus, Comscore, Google Plus Social Network, Google Plus Comscore, Predict the News, Google Social Network, Technology News

The Google+ project, launched on June 28, is now the fastest growing social network ever with over 25 million members, according to a report from Web ...

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Google+: A Major Contender in Battle With Facebook, Twitter & LinkedIn

Larry Magid | Posted 09.24.2011

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Larry Magid

In some ways, Google

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Users Beware: Google+ Is Deleting Some Accounts

The Huffington Post | Cooper Smith | Posted 09.24.2011

Read More: Google Social Network, Google, Google Privacy, Google Social, Social Networks, Social Networking, Google Plus, Video, Technology News

Google+, Google's latest attempt at developing a popular social networking service, has users in a tizzy because of its no-negotiation policy regardin...

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What Google's Social Network Is All About

AP | BARBARA ORTUTAY | Posted 09.12.2011

Read More: Google vs Facebook, Google Social Networking Site, Google Plus, Facebook vs Google, Google Social Network, Google, Technology News

NEW YORK — Google didn't build its new Plus service simply to have an online hangout like Facebook. Rather, Google's new social-networking ende...

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The 15 Most Popular Google+ Users

The Huffington Post | Cooper Smith | Posted 09.06.2011

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Are you on Google+ yet? The new social network (brought to you by Google) launched a limited "field trial" last Tuesday. Users have been clamoring...

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What Mark Zuckerberg Thinks Of Google's Facebook Competitor

The Huffington Post | Cooper Smith | Posted 09.06.2011

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Facebook released a trio of new chat features at a press conference held in its Palo Alto headquarters. The spotlight shone brightly on Facebook's par...

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No Private Profiles Allowed On Google+

The Huffington Post | Amy Lee | Posted 09.05.2011

Read More: Google Social Network, Google Privacy, Online Privacy, Google +, Google Plus Social Network, Google Plus Privacy, Google Plus, Google+, Video, Technology News

Want to keep your Google profile between you and your friends? Too bad. Google+ profiles will not be allowed to remain private, with users require...

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Is This Mark Zuckerberg's Google+ Profile?

The Huffington Post | Megan Hess | Posted 09.01.2011

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A mysterious profile has appeared on Google's new social network, and it may belong to none other than Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg. ...

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Why Google Plus Circles Rockets Past Facebook's Social Graph

Dave Taylor | Posted 08.31.2011

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As people, we differentiate between our friends, whether we're youngsters lauding our BFF or whether we're married, have kids, social, cultural and political groups. That's why I'm enthused about Google Plus and its model of social circles.

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Google+ May Soon Feature Social Games

The Huffington Post | Amy Lee | Posted 08.31.2011

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Several features of Google's new social network are quite similar to Facebook features, and rumor has it that the two will become even more similar wi...

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China Chokes Access To Google+

The Huffington Post | Amy Lee | Posted 08.30.2011

Read More: Google Social Network, Google China, Google Plus China, Google Plus, Google+ China, Google+, Video, Technology News

Google+, the search giant's social network, has already been made unavailable in China. According to Great Firewall of China, a China-based service...

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Google+ vs. Facebook: What They Have In Common

The Huffington Post | Alana Horowitz | Posted 08.29.2011

Read More: Sergey Brin, Google, Tech, Google vs Facebook, Social, Google Plus, Google+, Slidepollajax, Google Social Network, Mark Zuckerberg, Social Network, Larry Page, Technology, Facebook, Silicon Valley, Google Plus vs Facebook, Technology News

This hasn't been Google's best year for social. First, word got out about an internal memo in which a senior exec warned that the company was behind i...

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Reviews Of Google's New Social Network

The Huffington Post | Timothy Stenovec | Posted 08.29.2011

Read More: Google Plus Project, Google Plus, Google+, Google+ Review, Google Social Network, Google+ Reviews, Google Plus Reviews, Google Plus Experiment, Google+ Project, Technology News

Google+, Google's latest foray into social media, has only been out since Tuesday, but there is already no shortage of reviews. For those of you wi...

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