Commentary
Social Relevance: Google+'s Algorithmic Implications On Networks
- by Rob Garner , August 17, 2011
It has been over six weeks since the launch of Google+, and we are just now beginning to see the effects of what is to become Google's own proprietary social network, competing with the likes of Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. Google has also done something incredible here that may ultimately …
I think inside techies are getting way to carried away with the promise of google plus, or more importantly, it being a threat to Facebook. I signed up tio google plus in the beginning, like the other 30 million to check it out and really haven't used it since. When I did I found it to be way to complicated. Meanwhile, I go to Facebook every day to see what my friends(none of whom are in google plus) are up to. The problem with this massive land grab for social is everyone seems to forget the primary purpose of the user, to socialize, not to learn trends and purchase things:)