2. WHAT IS GOOGLE +?
• Social networking “project” brought to you by Google
• Business Communication Tool
• Mobile/Phone Services
• Document Services
• Game Platform
• http://youtu.be/xwnJ5Bl4kLI

3. DOWNSIDES TO GOOGLE +
• Where is everybody?
• Doesn’t intuitively find friends
• Must have a Google account, or use a specialized app to sign up
• Invite only launch led to a largely tech community, but not many others
(yet)
• Doesn’t link effectively with existing social networking products
• Some functions are still limited to advanced users, obvious add-ins
must be crafted

4. WHY WOULD YOU USE GOOGLE +?
• Unique Privacy Control
• Web Services Integration with other online products: Such as Picasa
and Google Reader
• Simple and effective group communications: “Hangouts” and
“Huddles”
• Tech oriented user group
• Growing and changing to include more services based on customer
demand

5. PROFILES
• Profiles share information about you with other users:
Who you are
What you do
Where you live
Your Interests
Contact Information
• Privacy settings determine what parts of your profile are visible to
others
• You can manage your profile privacy according to your circles

6. CIRCLES
• Groups of people organized by labels
Family
Friends
Aquintances
Co-Workers
Best Friends
“The Guys”
Etc.
• Circles allow you to easily share information with specific groups, while
excluding others
• People can be organized into more than one user group

7. STREAM SHARING
• Use your stream to post content or “+1” links online
Status updates: “Our flight to Florida is delayed, Boo!”
Links: “These politicians are at it again, http://crazypoliticalstory.com”
Photos: Tagg-able and Cleverly backed up with Picasa
Documents: Group editing just got easier. Now viewable with Hangouts!
• Stream posts are easily shared with specific groups, while leaving
others out

8. SEARCHES AND SPARKS
• Search Engine helps you search Google+ for people, pages and
information within Google +
• Sparks: Formerly a way to provide you with content based on your
interests, now sparks is imbedded in the search. Sparks doesn’t just
search Google+, it also searches the web.
• Search results can be organized
+1’d by circles
“Best of”
Most recent
Etc.

9. HANGOUTS
• Hangouts are group video chats
• This feature is unique to Google+ in the social networking world and is
touted as the projects best feature
• Streamlined “user friendly” interface for real-time meetings
• New document viewing feature allows for a group chat to take place
simultaneously with document editing

10. PHOTOS
• Google+ features a photo album product through Picasa
• Cloud based photo storage creates a back-up of your important images
• Easy tagging and sharing with circles
• Privacy settings offer content control
• Settings also control who can tag you in images posted by others

11. GAMES
• Games you can play alone or share with your circles
• Game s are searchable and can be added to your home page
• Games often access your personal information so be sure to read
disclaimers

12. MOBILE
Downloadable web app for mobiles devices makes Google + accessible
from anywhere.
Available at http://www.google.com/mobile/+/

13. GOOGLE + PAGES
• Google + pages for institutions, instead of people
• You can “follow” and/or “+1” Google + Pages to add their content to
your stream
Take a look at Skokie Public Library’s Google + Page
https://plus.google.com/u/0/?tab=wX#106964545738751452212/posts

14. PRIVACY: BEFORE YOU MAKE YOUR PROFILE
• If you are concerned about privacy, be sure to customize your settings
before you fill out your profile
• Privacy settings can be found under the gear icon on the top right
corner
• These settings allow you to set defaults for how your information is
shared
• Every time you add new content you can alter your defaults to fit
specific circles