Friday Archive Dive: GooglePlus - Dead in the Water?
Friday, July 5, 2013 at 9:05AM Today's Archive Dive comes from July, 2012, when I wondered whether GooglePlus was going to make it.
It has been almost one year since the premiere of Google Plus. Here's an excerpt from my post, discussing the topic:
I'd like to open up a discussion about Google+. As I tweeted earlier this week, I'm convinced that it's going to be the Next Big Thing because I have absolutely no idea what to do with it.
And neither does anybody else, it seems.
So far, the thing I've heard repeated most often has been that the Google+ circles allow you to direct what information get shared with whom.
Aside from those circles, Google+ is Facebook -- minus the development that has gone into Facebook over the past few years (games, groups, storefronts, ads, etc.).
But I still don't know what to do with it.
I mean, the circles are nice, but Facebook is likely to meet that functionality by the beginning of August -- especially is Google+ begins to show any signs of traction.
Nevertheless, I'm hesitant to underestimate anything with the power of Google behind it.
Well... "Next Big Thing" may have been an overstatement. Or maybe, in hindsight, it was a Big Thing... but only for a short time. However, it's been around for a year, and -- much like the rollout -- I still don't know what to do with it.
I'm still wondering what to do with my GooglePlus account. What about you?