Google, one of the largest search engines, tries to close the gap between one of its newest ventures, Google+ and its largest competitor, Facebook. Facebook has been around for more than 7 years now and has undoubtedly reigned supreme over its competitors. Moreover, Google+ made its way to the market early this year, starting off as a “private” social networking site in which the only way to get an account is receiving an invite. This brought an excitement to social networking addicts but eventually, the excitement decreased due to some kinks, bringing back the attention to Facebook. Now, Google is working out further additions to Google+ to make it more attractive and appealing to users.
I was, in fact, one of those who got excited to join the new social networking site when it was released. Not that I’m an avid social networker, it’s just that I was getting tired of Facebook and its limitless additions to the simple database. However, I did not use Google+ as much as I still used Facebook. Primarily because only a few of my friends were in Google+ since they thought it didn’t offer much for enjoyment. With the improvements Google is putting into their social networking site, I hope it catches much of the attention of consumers because in my opinion, Facebook is becoming too mainstream and complicated.
Link to news article: ‘Major improvements’ coming to Google+ (10/20/11)