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From Robert Hof @ Forbes.com
http://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthof/2012/02/09/googles-success-and-failure-in-two-images/
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Any thoughts?
Peace,
Cyberian
http://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthof/2012/02/09/googles-success-and-failure-in-two-images/
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Google+'s Success and Failure, in Two Images
Is Google+ a success or a failure? It literally depends on how you look at it.
This morning, market researcher Compete released metrics showing that Google’s social network is skyrocketing in membership and usage, with nearly half the unique visitors of Twitter (though still trailing far behind Facebook):
Yet there’s a persistent perception that nobody’s on Google+, and those who are don’t really use it–except Google employees:
Google clearly needs to provide more apps and other features, and start doing more public relations outreach, as Web strategist Jeremiah Owyang advises. But I also have a feeling that millions of people doing whatever they want to do on Google+ will help solve that perception problem.
The big question will be where those users, more than Google itself, want to take the service. From my personal experience, it’s a good place to share content. But I’m not yet sure what else it will be, if anything. Branding vehicle? Maybe. A social hangout, as Google clearly hopes? Maybe. As much as Google’s efforts with Google+ are often belittled by the digerati, the surprise success of Pinterest shows that we users in the end will decide what works for us, and what doesn’t.
Any thoughts?
Peace,
Cyberian
