Why Google+ Can Still Beat Facebook

#1 PCWorld

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Posted 13 June 2012 - 05:01 PM

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#2 Soundjudgment

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Posted 13 June 2012 - 06:47 PM

Can I has account on Google+ yet?? NO!! My 'name' is still -rejected- and they have no plans to allow it on their service, so see yah later, G+!

#3 GregMiernicki

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Posted 13 June 2012 - 07:00 PM

There's been plenty of G+ tv ads so far. Also, you say there is no gmail integration!? Haven't you seen the circles in gmail and the contact list from gmail in G+?

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Posted 13 June 2012 - 07:29 PM

I think someone will unseat Facebook one day and I think Facebook is well aware of this which is why they are in such a rush to buy everything. Google+ can succeed if they offer enough of what Facebook has to offer and more. Facebook beat MySpace by offering the same games as MySpace but also giving people a feeling of more security while MySpace became labeled a place where pedophiles and little kids came to play.

#5 karthiq

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Posted 13 June 2012 - 09:17 PM

It should also leverage android.It should becoming a free video and messaging platform for android users.

#6 RyanKube

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Posted 14 June 2012 - 02:17 AM

Google+ is not trying to compete with facebook. It is centralizing and integrating all google products. It is not like people are going to switch like switching from coke to pepsi after a taste test. Facebook will just go away because it sucks. People that use google products (everyone) will eventually start using G+ (some without even knowing). Google continually makes it clear that G+ is not competing with facebook, but people who don't listen and have no idea what G+ is or what they are trying to do continually chime in with their irrelevant, uninformed opinion.

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Posted 14 June 2012 - 02:46 AM

Facebook won't be able to remain uniquely relevant once most folks around the world begin using mobile devices to manage their social networks. All Google needs to do is to make sure that Google+ is well integrated into Android. At some point in the future, there are going to be more Android users than Facebook users globally. And with integration of Google+, each Android user would technically become a member of Google+ and Android itself becomes the social network. At that point, if you've got an Android phone and most or all of your friends and family have Android phones, you won't need Facebook. It's the social networking ability that people want, NOT Facebook.

The smartphone could be potentially disruptive for Facebook. Joining a social network will become as easy as installing an app. If your friends are distributed across several social networks, you just download those social networking apps too and become a member. All status updates will be viewable and manageable from one location - your phone - regardless of the number of social networks that you have joined.

#8 MichaelWarren

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Posted 14 June 2012 - 05:02 AM

Sorry, i spend lots on time, in fact more than lots of time, online. And still think Google+ is still crap compared to Facebook. i have no vested interest, i know Linkedin is business, Facebook is social, Twitter is my trumpet platform , and Google+ is my god chosen search engine with an identity crisis !

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Posted 14 June 2012 - 06:31 AM

Facebook is kind of like an Ebay, everyone knows it and everyone uses it. Google + is interesting and I like it, but I think people are pretty entrenched on facebook. It will be hard to overturn that.

#10 GregoryLevine

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Posted 14 June 2012 - 07:06 AM

Think of it like a race. Google spotted Facebook a 700 million user head start. My sense is Google isn't trying and doesn't need to "catch up". They just need to keep running a good race and try for their best "time". On the non-Social Network side...Google is the undefeated champion, is way out in front, and Facebook isn't even in the race...it doesn't have the tools to compete. If the race ended today and they added up the scores...Google wins-no contest. Tomorrow is a mystery.

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Posted 14 June 2012 - 07:31 AM

"Just hit me up on Google+" - Nobody

#12 RajendranSakthivel

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Posted 14 June 2012 - 03:45 PM

If Google starts promote and create awareness about the threat of personal details... then it would grasp more users and will lead to surpass FB...

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Posted 14 June 2012 - 04:20 PM

RyanKube, on 14 June 2012 - 02:17 AM, said:

Ryan thanks for the comment but I disagree with you. Running a social network is all about the data you collect from your users, and how you monetize that data. Facebook is currently collecting the most powerful ad targeting data you can get, and Google realized a few years ago that it needs that data. So yes, every person who parks their PII at Facebook and not at G+ is a loss for Google.

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Posted 14 June 2012 - 05:18 PM

I think it is better if they join forces. Noone will unseat Facebook or Google. They are two power houses, each with a unique business model.
Facebook will soon find ways to monetize ad revenue. Easy, work with the local newspapers. People wants to see local business ads.

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Posted 15 June 2012 - 03:12 AM

I absolutely love the irony of the option to 'Like' this story through Facebook! Priceless!

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Posted 16 June 2012 - 03:25 PM

GeorgeNikatchev, on 15 June 2012 - 03:12 AM, said:

I absolutely love the irony of the option to 'Like' this story through Facebook! Priceless!

You can also plus 1 (like) it for Google +

#17 RichardFieldhouse

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Posted 18 June 2012 - 03:32 AM

I think Google+ faces the problem that ultimately is proving insurmountable for Microsoft - namely that it's perceived to have intruded far enough into peoples lives and loves and privacy.

This is a kind of gut feeling that gradually creeps up on us - not one that easy to measure. Remember also that it will be more of an issue outside the US where Google's share of search is sometimes well over 90%.

#18 RayInLV

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Posted 18 June 2012 - 11:52 AM

I tried it, could not find any of my friends and had a hard time getting to my page where we could make comments.

Has to be easier than what I saw, then again could have been hiJacked to a foreign site run by a book of Faces designed to protect that other place.

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Posted 18 June 2012 - 08:35 PM

A huge advantage Facebook has over Google+ is the lower age restriction. A lot of Facebook users are aged between 13 and 18.

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Posted 19 June 2012 - 06:56 AM

Everyone talking about the privacy advantage conveniently forgets that just like Zuckerberg, Google's top brass has proudly said they don't believe in privacy.