Why Google+ can still beat Facebook

#1 Macworld

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Posted 14 June 2012 - 07:01 AM

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#2 Nanosound

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Posted 14 June 2012 - 07:39 AM

I think social networking is over-rated. With a busy schedule, it is hard enough to check FB regularly much less Google+.

#3 buzglyd

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Posted 14 June 2012 - 07:58 AM

I really like how Google Plus works compared to FB but I just think the whole "vomit your life on the internet" thing is played out.

Plus, it's nearly impossible to get your family and friends to convert to a new service now that they have invested so much time in FB.

A friend of mine is a die-hard Google guy and he never posts a thing on his Plus page.

#4 AppleZilla

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Posted 14 June 2012 - 08:17 AM

Beta was better than VHS. How'd that fight go?

Additionally, that graphic with the two heads facing each other is very telling. Google's branding is Terrible. People know the Facebook blue, Google's multicolor mess would be meaningless without the word 'Google' in your face.

This post has been edited by AppleZilla: 14 June 2012 - 08:21 AM

#5 simdude

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Posted 14 June 2012 - 08:22 AM

I still love and totally agree with the comment Betty White made when a Facebook campaign got her as a host of SNL. She said something to the affect of, "I didn't even know what Facebook was and now that I've tried it and see how people use it, I have to say what a colossal waste of time it is!"

Add up the time teens waste on facebook, text messaging and watching stupid YouTube videos and I can understand why most of the interns coming into my company seem to be clueless today. We only have so much time on this planet and wasting so much on these activities is incredible. Speaking of which, my lunch is over and it's time to kill the internet now....

#6 BradPDX

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Posted 14 June 2012 - 08:30 AM

Google+ stands no chance, and these small feature differences really don't matter, not at all. FB is the party where everyone already showed up, and Google+ is the next kegger down the street that will just get the geeky losers who couldn't find anyone to talk to.

Yes, people share a lot on Google services, but in general the types of things that are there are not social nuggets. Google is a not a natural fit for social networking, IMHO.

Google does good technical work, but otherwise they sure act like a bunch of emotionally clueless engineers.

#7 JScott

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Posted 14 June 2012 - 08:30 AM

1 billion users my ass. 1 billion accounts maybe but that doesn't equal the same number of users. This article is like junk food for your brain.

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Posted 14 June 2012 - 08:32 AM

Google Plus? More like Google Bust.

#9 quakerotis

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Posted 14 June 2012 - 08:39 AM

No social media is the "new" social media. Can't help but think that this is all so ephemeral.

#10 robogoboqfy1

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Posted 14 June 2012 - 08:59 AM

Both services will peak and then fall out of favor and be replaced by something else, just like MySpace and Friendster before them. Maybe one day people will realize that these are not a replacement for real human interaction, and stop making a big deal out of which one is better or whether or not everyone else is using them. It's not a big deal.

#11 FlopTech

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Posted 14 June 2012 - 09:03 AM

Re: *"In July 2011, Google was asking users how it could integrate aspects of Google+ into Gmail, and vice versa. What happened with that?"*

Tim Cook pretty much summed it up thusly:

*"Anything can be forced to converge, but products are about tradeoffs. You can converge a toaster and refrigerator, but those things are probably not going to be pleasing to the user."*
- Tim Cook, 4/24/2012, on FYQ2 earnings call

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Posted 14 June 2012 - 09:18 AM

For all its flaws, FaceBook at least for now is THE social network...

I 'upgraded' to G+ and have found the interface clunky, unintuitive, boring; the conversations non-existent (especially compared to FaceBook); and calling "groups" circles does not somehow make it more usable or useful.

More than likely Google+ will be one of their ignored and eventually dying initiatives in years to come.

Imran Anwar