I’ve added some updates (please scroll down).<\/strong><\/p>\n Can Google+ ‘win’ the battle against Facebook and Twitter (and other social media channels)? In the last few years they (Twitter and Facebook) have already gained an enormous user-base and have established a solid market-share and Google+ has yet to prove itself to the social media community. through implementation of Google’s “Google Wallet” payment system it could well become an interesting e-merce and\/or crowd-funding platform<\/li>\n BUT Google+ is still in b\u00e8ta… Only people invited by current Google+ users can join (if you need an invite please contact me). And even then you might be in for a wait because Google opens and closes the ‘doors’ to their new platform as they please. As a social media marketeer I’ll keep experimenting with this new platform to try out the unique features of Google+ and see how they could be suitable for our clients. I think it is an interesting addition to the already (very) wide range of social media channels. If you are already on Google+ please connect with me (http:\/\/plus.google.com\/104089034994416821424<\/a>) or search for ” Christian Fictoor ” via the Google+ search option.![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.christianfictoor.nl\/wp-content\/uploadsnieuwssocial\/2011\/07\/googleplus_logo-300x142.jpg\" "\\"\\""){kind=logo}
<\/a> Google has tried and failed to strengthen its position as a major player in the realm of social media. Google Wave and Google Buzz were (sometimes clumsily) launched and failed to raise applause from social media users. <\/p>\nNow Google has launched the b\u00e8ta version of Google+ and it looks that they have finally ‘got it right’<\/p>\n
\nSo at this time it’s to early to answer the question if Google+ will win the battle against the current ‘social media giants’ but the signs are certainly there.
\nBasically Google took all the best elements of currently existing platforms and combined them into their new social media en-devour Google+.
\nBut they did more. Especially the way to group contacts is extremely smart. You can put your contacts in ‘ circles ‘ grouping them by, for example “family”, “business contacts” and “friends”. <\/p>\n
\nBut there’s (much) more why I think that Google+ is an interesting new platform:<\/p>\n\n
\nSo there we have it. A long list of interesting Google+ features that should trigger other social media platform to better follow their new competitor very closely. <\/p>\n
\nOf course the staggering numbers of users that platforms like Facebook and Twitter have will not be reached by Google+ as long as the platform is still in b\u00e8ta but in my opinion they just might have just finally struck ‘social media gold’ with this new platform.<\/p>\n
\nKeep in mind that social media channels come and go (sometimes very fast) but I think Google+ is here to stay. <\/p>\n
\nHope to welcome you in one of my circles !<\/p>\n