Most of users who are addicted to Facebook/Twitter may find google + a
little confusing. But fact is google plus is a very simple social
networking site with some innovative features and a blend of all major
networking sites.
Google plus is following the same cut the crap principle facebook
followed 7 years ago but unfortunately facebook isn’t the same now.
Google plus is for you if you hate it when a random friend adds you to a
stupid Facebook group or you go mad when you receive tons of spam
mentions on Twitter. They are all public and anyone can find it via a
simple search
[@your_Twitter-handle]. Are you fed up with people who
mass tag you in photos and videos,use stupid apps, which really gets in
the way of your social privacy? You don’t want to remove those friends
from your social life, it’s just that you want to prevent them from
doing the same nonsense over and over again. There is no Wall so the
question of spam links and malicious apps being posted on your profile
is burned to death.
Now with the guide part, Everything in Google + works through Circles.
A Circle is an identifier for the network you create and it is
visible to you only. You can create as many circles as you want, and add
friends to one or more circles that you have created. No one except you
will be able to see the name and visibility of your Google Plus
circles.The best thing regarding Google Plus is that Google will
automatically scan your email contact list and Android contacts and
suggest you people whom you might want to follow. You may add these
people to your circles through a beautiful and intuitive drag-and-drop
interface.
If you want to follow a celebrity or a famous person on Google Plus
like you do on twitter, simply search for his name on the search box and
add him to a circle you have created. Again, this circle is visible
only to you so you can safely name it anything you want.
Streams is like news feed from facebook and on the right pane, you
will notice that all the circles are listed one after another. Click the
name of a circle and you should see the filtered life stream,
containing updates from people who have been added to that particular
circle only. This is super useful and helps you to stay in touch with
family members, and friends, so you never miss out catching up the
updates of “quiet” people among those who are highly active on Google
plus.
Notifications is also one thing i’ve found in G+ better than FB.On
the top right corner of your Google plus profile, you will notice a
sleek notifications button. This little kid will continue monitoring
your Google plus activity and alert you whenever someone comments in a
post you commented earlier, someone replies to your status update or
tags you in a photo uploaded by you. You can even have a quick preview
of what the new notification is about by clicking it.
Some might be wondering how to mention people in facebook comments,
well just use
+ instead of
@ like you do in facebook. Dont like the way
you like in facebook? dont worry G+ has + which is much better. Only
difference here is that there would be no notification like “Mr X tagged
you in a photo” . Anyone who wants to tag you in a photo will have to
obtain your prior permission, which is very very useful and a
godsend.Your about profile page will remind you of likedin network.
Paired asterisks
(*text*) make bold text, paired underscores
(_text_)
make italics, and paired dashes
(-text-) make strikethroughs. To toggle
your account settings there is a small icon to the top right corner.
Chat widget is placed down the bottom of right pane where you can
click the name of a person and send him an instant message right
away.Contrary to Facebook and Twitter, there is no way to send private
messages to your Google plus friends and contacts. Instead, there is a
handy option called “Email’ placed right below the profile photo of your
Google Plus friend, click it and you can send a private message
directly to his email inbox. But there’s need of private messages in
specific because if you want to send a private message, share a post
only with that specific friend, problem solved!!
For all your Google Plus activity, you will receive email
notifications/SMS to the email address you used to sign up for Google
Plus. Individual notification settings can be toggled from the
notifications page
Hangout is another cool feature of G+. Hangout is a place where you
could group chat, have a video chat with multiple friends and do a lot
of things together. Again this is nice sculptured feature, you can
hangout with selective friends or circles.
G+ works great on Androids too, you can install the official Google plus application using this
link.
Hope this helps!! Happy Googling!!
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Hangout is another cool feature of G+. Hangout is a place where you
could group chat, have a video chat with multiple friends and do a lot
of things together. Again this is nice sculptured feature, you can
hangout with selective friends or circles.