It has recently gained enormous popularity (40% of Runet search traffic belongs to Google) due to its versatility, ease of use and a huge range of auxiliary tools and services. All these qualities have made this search engine a leader in such services.
One of the company’s successful developments was the Google+ project. This is a social network model that allows participants to unite depending on their interests, hobbies or any individual events, allows for video meetings, online chat and mobile communication. Its main difference from similar social networks is the relative simplicity of the registration process and the minimum provision of necessary information. Today, there are more than 1.8 million Runet users who have an account in the Google+ service.
The basis of Google+ and the main principles of its work was the ability to create so-called communication circles, or interest groups. In other words, this is the formation of communication, where participants unite into one cluster and independently determine which of the participants will have access to this or that information, files or applications. The service is also useful for those users who, due to the nature of their profession, can and want to share their product with potential consumers of services or other material.
1. How to register for Google+
Registration in the Google+ service begins with creating an account in the general Google system. To do this, you need to log in to https://accounts.google.com/SignUp and fill out the form with the relevant information. When you register an account, your Gmail email address is generated; this service is developed by Google and is included with all Google applications. Please note that when registering, you can use another email address from other email services. In this case, the form will undergo minor changes.
When you create an account, you have the opportunity to use many Google services without additional registration.
After successfully creating an account, the user has the opportunity to add his photos, change his contact information, edit the calendar of planned events and join various communities, or circles, as described earlier.
2. Search and add friends on Google+
Adding to your circle of friends is done by searching for them by last name and first name in the corresponding search section. It is also possible to find colleagues in a certain field of activity or for specific life events, for example, it will not be difficult to find your classmate by first indicating the school and region in which you studied together, or by the name of the company where you have ever worked, it is possible to find your a colleague I know.
Once you have found the right person, simply click on the mouse button on his profile to “Follow” or “Add to Circles” and you can start communicating with your friend, colleague or classmate.
3. Create and manage circles
It is not difficult to create a circle based on the interests of communication. To do this, you need to go to the “My Circles” subsection in the same “People” section and click the “+” icon to create a social circle based on your interests. By default, 4 types of communities are provided - “Family”, “Friends”, “Acquaintances” and “Subscription”. The names of these circles can be edited, for which you need to click on one of them and click on “Edit circle” and enter the desired name for it.
In addition, in the “People” section you can track which circles you are in with other users.
You can add friends to any of the circles by simply dragging a person’s profile into the selected circle, and the convenient function of importing contacts from other services will allow you to quickly expand your circles of friends.
An interesting application “Change Circle Images for Google+ Plus” will allow you to diversify the graphical selection of circles and add zest to your account by selecting appropriate pictures to highlight a particular circle.
Privacy management allows you to hide your information from unwanted circles and limit it, for example, only to the availability of a phone number or email address. The level of publicity of information about the user is established directly during registration.
4. Manage your own profile
Designing your own profile allows you to make your online personality unique and easily recognizable. Visualizing you as an interlocutor begins with choosing a photo of yourself that will be reflected in your friends or colleagues. To do this, you need to move the cursor to the location of your photo and click on the “Change profile photo” button and select the appropriate photo. Using a similar action, you can change the background of your profile, or the so-called page cover.
After setting the desired result, it is possible to see how your profile is reflected among other users by checking the box next to “..for everyone” in the “What my profile looks like” section in the upper left part of the screen.
Your profile has a convenient function for managing surveys among members of a particular circle. By asking questions, you can determine one or another inclination of your friends to certain interests, and depending on the results obtained, it is possible to move them to other, more suitable circles, which gives you the opportunity to filter topics for communication.
The Google+ service allows you to monitor current events in the world in the “Feed” section. Your friends can share information that interests them and leave feedback. It is possible to subscribe to news resources depending on your interests and social circle. This principle is used on Twitter and has proven itself to be the most functional and effective way to obtain information.
The ability to filter news from certain circles allows you to keep abreast of events only on topics that interest you, without clogging the information space with other publications. Also, to avoid feed overload, it is possible to set the maximum number of news both from a certain circle and from the entire feed.
Additional features allow you to post excerpts or a complete news feed from your Google+ account on your website. Obtaining a code for posting a post on a website page is possible by clicking on the pointer icon in the post and selecting the required item from the menu.
The ability to translate both the entire news feed and individual entries is provided by a relatively new addition to the service - Google Translate for Google+. For translation, the dictionary database of the Google Translate service is used.
6. Communication via Hangouts
The Hangouts section allows you to share your photos, short messages and hold video meetings with everyone who has a Google account. If your friend does not have an account, he will be sent an email inviting him to hold a video meeting. You can watch the best video broadcasts live and leave your comments. It is possible to communicate with several users.
Options for communication between users using Hangouts features:
- chat (a traditional opportunity to correspond with your interlocutors);
- video conference (communication using a webcam);
- phone calls;
- short messages;
During video conferences, it is possible to take screenshots, for which you just need to click on the corresponding button at the bottom of the screen and share them with your friends or post them on your website.
7. Photos on Google+
Google+ allows you to auto-upload and save your photos and videos taken using a mobile device or downloaded from desktop computers and laptops. By default, photos can only be accessed by the account owner, but based on the access granted, other users of the service can also view the content.
Photos that are uploaded manually or using an automatic service can be edited in terms of size - standard and original. The first ones are more suitable for posting on the Internet, and the second option for printing. It should be noted that standard size photographs can be uploaded to your account in unlimited quantities, unlike original photographs. This is due to the large size of the source files.
Users with whom you have shared access to your photo collection have the option of downloading photographs, but it is also possible to prohibit downloading by the copyright holder, in which case the photographs will only be available in viewing mode.
The set of tools includes the ability to add various effects and edit photographs, which adds to this service the functions of a small graphic editor, and the photo search function will allow you to determine the location of the photograph.
Universal login using Google+ account
Google+ developers have made it possible for account holders to authorize and log into third-party sites without registering on them, using the information contained in their Google+ account. This, first of all, saves the user’s time and eliminates the need to fill out lengthy registration forms again. Such third-party sites include other social networks, gaming or information sites, resources containing music or video content.
8. Google+ Security
The Google+ service has multi-level protection of information contained in a member’s profile, as well as dynamic protection of the password and other unique account components. You can change your password at any time.
Two-step authentication when logging into an account is further confirmation of the administration’s emphasis on security in the information field. This function is not provided by default, but is activated at the request of the user. The two-step authentication mechanism involves, in addition to specifying the login password, entering the received code onto the mobile phone as an additional password, which allows you to verify the authenticity of the user.
The service also offers to set this or that computer as reliable. This function ensures that there is no need to confirm a password each time you log into your account, but the user must be sure that only he has access to this computer, otherwise the administration is not responsible for the safety of information.
Personal data management and account operations
Data management allows you to personally manage certain settings of your account, choose the optimal formats for a particular application and the amount of available space for storing information. For example, upon registration, the user is given a free limit on the volume of content (15 megabytes), but if desired, it is possible to increase this volume, however, this service is already in the paid section of the service - the “change tariff” function.
It is possible to delete your account, but this procedure should be treated with special attention, since the information and contacts contained in the account disappear irrevocably, and existing unfinished financial transactions must be closed.
We can conclude that Google+ today is a very powerful service with a variety of tools and functions. Google developers and administration are constantly adding additional features to the portfolio and improving existing tools.
Google+ (Google plus) - login to the official website: plus.google.com
Google plus login to my page
Google+ is based on the concept of circles, through which you regulate your communication. On the Google Plus network, you can create an unlimited number of circles, including your friends in them. It is on the basis of circles that the user shares content, determining which circle will have access to information and which will not. All exchange of user materials takes place in a special feed (stream), in which you can follow the updates of circle members publishing news, messages, photos, links or videos.
Login to Google Plus. Open the Google+ website. Enter your Google Account username and password, and then click Sign In. If you are already signed in to another service from Google: Search (search), YouTube (video), Gmail (mail), Chrome (browser), Google Drive - in this browser, then you will be signed in to Google+ automatically. If you access the service on someone else's computer, do not forget to log out of your account later so that others cannot use it. If the site is blocked, log in through the anonymizer.
Video: "Setting up a profile on Google+"
My Page - Google+ web address is a short, easy-to-remember web address for your Google+ profile (for example, google.com/+IntellasVhodvset). The address is created automatically based on the username or site name. If you wish, you can add some letters or numbers to it. The custom page URL cannot be changed, so be very careful when creating it.
Greetings! Today I’ll tell you some amazing news: it became known about the launch of the social network Google Plus from the leader of the world search. For now, it is at the testing stage and mass access to it is limited, but I was lucky enough to receive an invite and open access.
I saw with my own eyes what the new social network is like and am sharing my first impressions with you! By the way, there will be a small bonus in the article, so read carefully.
It is noteworthy that I have never seen any mention of such an event before; has Google really managed to keep this serious development a secret? What future awaits the social network and will it be able to overcome its difficulties and squeeze out its main competitors?
Google+1 button and its impact on search results
Probably the Google +1 button, which appeared relatively recently, has close integration with the social network. What is it intended for, can it affect the promotion of the site and if so, how?
An additional section has appeared in the Google Webmaster Center - +1 Metrics, consisting of reports such as impact on search results, activity and audience. This allows you to track button clicks and clicks on recommendations in search results (see image on the left).
Thus, there is real confirmation of the influence of the +1 button on search results, which means there is another legal way to promote a site in Google. Sites tagged by friends will be ranked better in personal search results.
To place a button on a website, you need to get its code by following the link on the Google Webmaster Tools page.
On the settings page you can select the language and size of the button, and in the advanced settings there are several more options available, for example, whether to display a counter next to the button or not:
For example, in order to add a standard button with a counter to the site, you need to insert the first piece of code in the section
or just before the closing tag: <script src = "https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js"> (lang: "ru")script >
And the last piece of code needs to be inserted in the place where the Google+1 button should be displayed:
<g:plusone >g:plusone >Now the previously promised bonus! If you care about , you will be disappointed. After inserting the last piece of code, the page will not pass the test. But don't despair, there is a solution to this problem! Replace the last snippet with the following code:
And the button will no longer cause errors. That's the whole secret 😉
Features of the social network Google +
On the Google+ social network, you can upload photos, exchange messages, upload videos, and most importantly for webmasters, share. This is a great place to post announcements of recordings and discuss them. An excellent tool for website promotion!
A news feed is located on the main profile page. When publishing news, you can configure which social circle will see the announcement - this is very convenient and allows you to break the target audience into separate streams.
There are many more interesting functions that I myself have not yet fully studied, but I am sure that Google+ will firmly enter our lives and displace such giants as Facebook and other social networks.
Closing Google+ for regular users
In December 2018, the decision was announced to close the Google+ social network for individual users. This is due to the low popularity of the service and the inexpediency of its maintenance.
Starting February 4, 2019, you will no longer be able to create profiles, pages, communities, or events on Google+. And from April 2, regular Google+ accounts and all created pages will stop working, and all content will be deleted. Access will remain only for corporate users of the G Suite package - the service is paid.
In the second decade of the twenty-first century, it seems that no one needs to explain in detail “what social networks are and where they came from.”
It will be more convenient and useful not to tell the history of the origin and Google Plus website creation, but to carry out a comparative analysis with all known social media resources.
What is Google Plus – Infographic
Now add all three pillars of the social Internet together and you get Google Plus. Sometimes you can hear opinions that, they say, Google is somewhat behind the times, all the places for public communication on the Internet have long been occupied and densely populated.
The late birth of Google's social network is not a disadvantage, but a great advantage. Developers and marketers of the global search engine analyzed the accumulated experience of leading competitors and managed to create a hybrid product. The identified shortcomings were circumvented, but everything that was good and useful was successfully used in the new social service.
Who prefers Google Plus
Observations of live experimental users (no one was harmed) showed that Google Plus is preferred by users who have relatively recently discovered the possibilities of the Internet. Newcomers came to the Internet in an era when they had reached the maximum of their development and everything that was possible had already been invented and implemented.
Of no small importance is the fact that Google+ is fully integrated with numerous Google services. If you purchased a tablet on (and about 85% of them in the world do!), consider that you cannot pass by the Google+ social network purely physically. Absolutely everything is connected through Google accounts.
With at least one Gmail email address, you have Welcome anywhere and everywhere in one click. There is no need to even log in again. Smart devices have already thought of everything for you and have registered you everywhere.
What else does the average Internet user need? So that there is a lot of everything and everything is as simple as possible. And preferably free. Naturally, almost everything is free on Google Plus. Only if you are a digital business and require special services will you have to pay something. But it’s legal - you need to share!
Google Plus vs. Facebook
For example, managing social contacts on Google+ is much more intuitive and faster than on Facebook. Creating Circles and sorting people is more productive than fiddling with setting up Facebook groups. In addition, Google+ provides more options for setting up private access to posts and content.
Google Hangouts
We have the honor to inform you, ladies and gentlemen, the most pleasant news: the global monopolist of free video telephony Skype has a worthy competitor! Free video chat for home and business, with wide access settings and the ability to collectively watch videos from.
Do you need to hold a video conference with business partners without getting up from your easy chair? Please! What else would you like? Is it advisable to hold a rehearsal for the play, but the theater is under quarantine for permanent repairs? Nothing could be simpler. And everything is completely Free, whereas Skype, although free, still tries to demand money as soon as a transition to a higher level of service occurs.
Google Plus – Internet Marketing Tool
Webmasters and SEOs have already adapted the capabilities of Google Plus for search engine promotion and SEO needs. By creating an account on this social network, the user has the opportunity to free and securely register rights to copyright content published on sites. The problem of content theft is quite acute, and one of the ways to give the villains a slap on the wrist is to register all new publications on the Google+ social network.
After integrating your site with Google Plus, snippets in search results will be accompanied by a smiling photo of the author and some personal data. People are more likely to trust those who play an open game.
Set up automatic reposting on Google+, and
Greetings! Today I’ll tell you some amazing news: it became known about the launch of the social network Google Plus from the leader of the world search. For now, it is at the testing stage and mass access to it is limited, but I was lucky enough to receive an invite and open access.
I saw with my own eyes what the new social network is like and am sharing my first impressions with you! By the way, there will be a small bonus in the article, so read carefully.
It is noteworthy that I have never seen any mention of such an event before; has Google really managed to keep this serious development a secret? What future awaits the social network and will it be able to overcome its difficulties and squeeze out its main competitors?
Google+1 button and its impact on search results
Probably the Google +1 button, which appeared relatively recently, has close integration with the social network. What is it intended for, can it affect the promotion of the site and if so, how?
An additional section has appeared in the Google Webmaster Center - +1 Metrics, consisting of reports such as impact on search results, activity and audience. This allows you to track button clicks and clicks on recommendations in search results (see image on the left).
Thus, there is real confirmation of the influence of the +1 button on search results, which means there is another legal way to promote a site in Google. Sites tagged by friends will be ranked better in personal search results.
To place a button on a website, you need to get its code by following the link on the Google Webmaster Tools page.
On the settings page you can select the language and size of the button, and in the advanced settings there are several more options available, for example, whether to display a counter next to the button or not:
For example, in order to add a standard button with a counter to the site, you need to insert the first piece of code in the section
or just before the closing tag: <script src = "https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js"> (lang: "ru")script >
And the last piece of code needs to be inserted in the place where the Google+1 button should be displayed:
<g:plusone >g:plusone >Now the previously promised bonus! If you care about , you will be disappointed. After inserting the last piece of code, the page will not pass the test. But don't despair, there is a solution to this problem! Replace the last snippet with the following code:
And the button will no longer cause errors. That's the whole secret 😉
Features of the social network Google +
On the Google+ social network, you can upload photos, exchange messages, upload videos, and most importantly for webmasters, share. This is a great place to post announcements of recordings and discuss them. An excellent tool for website promotion!
A news feed is located on the main profile page. When publishing news, you can configure which social circle will see the announcement - this is very convenient and allows you to break the target audience into separate streams.
There are many more interesting functions that I myself have not yet fully studied, but I am sure that Google+ will firmly enter our lives and displace such giants as Facebook and other social networks.
Closing Google+ for regular users
In December 2018, the decision was announced to close the Google+ social network for individual users. This is due to the low popularity of the service and the inexpediency of its maintenance.
Starting February 4, 2019, you will no longer be able to create profiles, pages, communities, or events on Google+. And from April 2, regular Google+ accounts and all created pages will stop working, and all content will be deleted. Access will remain only for corporate users of the G Suite package - the service is paid.
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