Google+

Google's requirement that users of Google+ be known by their real names has been the source of a firestorm of criticism since the launch of the network. But the recent launch of "verified" user accounts shows what could be a way out for the web giant.

Many online communities such as Slashdot and Metafilter have shown that the use of pseudonyms doesn’t have to mean a decline in the conversation and the rise of trolling or other bad behavior, and Slashdot in particular has shown that social pressure — by labelling some accounts with terms such as “anonymous coward” — can convince users to sign up with either real names or verifiable pseudonyms. If Google wants to promote real names, it should try encouraging users instead of just banning accounts.

As Jillian York of the Electronic Frontier Foundation has pointed out, Google has publicly stated its support of several different levels of identity online — including unidentified (i.e., not logged into a Google account), pseudonymous and identified — because of its belief that users should be allowed “the freedom to be who you want to be” online.

But Google+ is not following through on that promise, and it is making Google look bad. If the company truly wants to support that freedom, it needs to figure out how to accommodate all kinds of users, not just those whose names sound real or who happen to be famous.

After a week of using Google Plus the "right" way, I've written a follow-up to my original two articles to describe my findings with the site now that…

One of the most interesting things about Google’s new social network, Google Plus, is the conversation that participation generates.

Some still attribute this to the newness factor, but it’s one of the things that really makes Google Plus exciting right now.

This is the third time in this week, I am going to share great resource of Google+. Now a days, Google+ is the hottest topic among internet users and getting more lovers every day who are using other Google web applications. Google is famous multinational corporation making great space among internet users by provided internet search, advertising technology, social networking services(Google+), etc. Google has launched Google+(Social Networking Service) on 28 June 2011.

This is the social networking service like Facebook, Orkut, Twitter, etc. With in 1 month, Google+ growing its popularity by provided everything related to Google+ like Google+ icon, logos, Google+ wallpapers, Google+ iPhone apps, Google+ extensions for chrome, etc.

Google+ is still essentially a beta product. On the one hand, Google is proven to use the word "beta" differently than most companies--basically negating the concept of a limited pilot for final testing purposes, and simply running products in perpetual beta. I will say that Google+ seems fairly polished and complete as it is, but as 20 million users stress-test the social network, issues will arise, and Google will address those issues.As I explore Google+ over the next 30 days, though, I will keep in mind that it is a work in progress--and I will remind you as well. So, the goal of 30 Days With Google+ will be to dive into the Google social network, discover its pros and cons, and see what it has to offer--but with the caveat that Google+ is still evolving and those things may all change.

Googleplus est sorti maintenant il y a plus d’un mois, pour ceux qui n’ont pas encore accès au service, vous pouvez cliquer sur ce lien pour faire partie de club. Une fois inscrit vous allez devoir commencer à suivre quelques comptes. A ce titre, il y a de plus en plus d’annuaire qui sorte et en voilà une liste qui va sans doute s’agrandir au fil de temps.

Google+ is the latest effort by the search giant to gain a foothold in the space currently dominated by Facebook. Google’s previous attempts with Wave (lots of potential but too buggy and slow) and Buzz (failed from the start with privacy concerns) were utter failures. This time, there is an entire set of products within the service, each designed to bring social connections to Google in different ways:

Google+ Circles: the heart of Google+
Google+ Stream: not much different from the Twitter feed or Facebook Newsfeed
Google+ Sparks: a topical search engine, where users can find content
Google+ Hangouts: an open-ended group video chat
Google+ Huddle: a group-messaging feature that spans Android, iOS, and SMS
Instant Upload: Android app, to upload photos or videos
Location: check-in to Places and geo-tag updates

Hangouts is one of the most popular features on Google+ and there are a lot of great resources out there that add value to the Hangout experience. The following is a compilation of extensions, resources, tools, and tips that can make your Hangout experience even better.

Now closing on its second month, the Google+ social networking platform has seen rapid growth — and lots of attention — in its short lifetime. But new research indicates that the lion’s share of Google+ users do not actually pitch in on the site very often, if at all.

Here are some interesting tidbits from data compiled by Bime Analytics, which polled a voluntary sample of more than 10 million Google+ users:

A silent majority exists — in a big way.
Students are taking over.
It’s still a man’s world.

Google Plus is a little like Twitter, it’s a little like Facebook, and quite a few other things as well. Here’s how you can use Google Plus as email.The important thing to note here is that while I share something privately with someone or a group of someones – if I don’t change the settings (see lock this post starting around 1:14), they can easily share it outside of the group I originally intended it for.

Google has quietly rolled out yet another feature of its Google+ social network, letting users click Share from any YouTube video, revealing an icon that suggests watching the video with friends in a Google+ hangout.

Google didn’t formally announce this new feature, instead revealing it via product manager Brian Glick on — where else — Google+, where he casually mentioned it like so:

You can now start a Google+ Hangout with a YouTube video, directly from YouTube. Watch with your friends. :)

Just click on “Share” underneath any video, and then click on “Start a Google+ Hangout” in the bottom right-hand corner.

A few weeks ago, YouTube Live product manager Brandon Badge quietly mentioned the upcoming ability to enable hangouts from YouTube with live streaming video, and this must be the first stage of that initiative.

To give Google credit where credit is due, beyond their incredible search engine, they have also revolutionized the way we use email with Gmail, helped our travels with Google Maps, changed the workflow of collaborative word processing through Google Docs, established an easy route of organizing our days with Google Calendar, aided many new photographers with the Picasa software and web albums, developed a fast and sleek browser in Chrome, while providing mobile users with the highly successful Android platform for cell phones.

So let’s take a look at some of the features that make Google+ what it is, and how it earns the distinction that I’ve given the network in being a hybrid of Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

Google+ is the tech giant's latest attempt to break the social network hoodoo that surrounds the company. After the failure of Google Buzz and Wave to garner public support there is a belief that the company may finally have figured out how to do social.

With minor differences between other social networks, has Google already lost its grip on the social market? Honestly, it’s too soon to tell, but Google is going to need to step up their game a bit. Is Google+ leaps and bounds better than Buzz? Yes. Is it better than Wave? Absolutely. But what about their competitors? It’s going to take a lot for most people to use more than one social media medium if they aren’t in the online industry. I don’t see my grandma jumping over to Google+ anytime soon, but she loves Facebook.

This is Google’s best attempt at social yet, but it may be too little too late. Most people don’t like change and have already settled on their preferred social network. When Facebook came on the scene and slowly overtook MySpace, the majority of users weren’t engaging as often on any social networks. We spend almost 17% of our online time on social networks—a huge leap from where the public was just a few years ago.

I will tell you 10 of the Best Chrome extensions that not only enhance your Google Plus usability but also enhances your G+ experiences.

But here on this article I'm going to show how you can access Twitter & all it's features through the platform of Google Plus.

After installing this feature you don't have to open a new tab & log in to your Twitter account, each time you want to peak into your account. Here are few steps that you have to follow & implement to enable Twitter on Google Plus.

Is Google+ A Threat To Facebook or Twitter? Google+ will make Facebook more agile and more determined to continue improving its array of products.

I wrote this blog post for those people who don’t “get” Google+ yet, who are not yet on Google+, and/or who might be in a place of wait-and-see. After a few short weeks, I’m convinced Google+ will become a *major* player in the social networking arena. (Stay tuned for my post shortly after this one which will be a tutorial with marked up screenshots: 10 Simple Steps To Getting Started On Google+). Also, those businesses that want to get a head start must pay close attention to what’s happening on this rapidly growing new social network.

Plus Feed is a free open source app tool that creates an Atom feed of your Google Plus Posts that you share publically. You can use any application to subscribe to the updates. You can use your browser bookmarks or Google reader or My Yahoo!. Many options. Lets learn how to create a Feed to your posts that may update your friends, visitors and fans whenever you share something on Google+.

L’arrivée de Google dans l’univers des réseaux sociaux avec Google+ semble bien plus prometteuse que ses précédentes tentatives (Wave lancé en 2009 et Buzz en 2010) qui furent des échecs cuisant pour la marque. En reprenant les fonctionnalités qui font le succès de Facebook mais en modifiant celles qui connaissent le plus de critiques, avec notamment la possibilité de mieux gérer ses données, Google+ devrait attirer facilement les déçus du site ennemi. Pour les autres, la bataille risque d’être difficile, et Google devra s’armer de patience pour récupérer un à un les utilisateurs sur son site. En tout cas pour les médias et les observateurs, le duel risque d'être passionnant.

Recevoir tous ses flux sur Google Reader et être obligé de faire des copier coller vers Google+ pour partager une information avec ses connaissances c’est très moyen tout cela parce que Google Reader n’a pas prévu (encore ?) d’ajouter le choix Envoyer à google Plus dans son lecteur de news.

L’extension RSS Share for Google Plus and google Reader pour le navigateur Chrome permet de combler cette lacune et rajoute Google Reader dans une section de Google Plus.

Deux modifications sont apportées par cette extension :

- L’ajout d’une section Google Reader sur la page principale de Google Plus. Les dossiers des flux sont tous accessibles. Un article peut être facilement partagé en cliquant sur le lien Share qui se trouve en bas de l’article. On peut lire et marquer les articles comme lus comme si on se trouvait sur Google Reader.

A great set of images from +Vail Joy, gives us a simple how-to on utilizing your Google+ Scrapbook. First of all, the scrapbook is the series of 5 images that you see at the top of your profile.These images can be used in a variety of ways, such as showing off your portfolio, your interests, or just your pictures. To customize your scrapbook, follow these simple steps.

There are a lot of great Chrome Extensions out there that can improve your Google+ experience and here are 4 more to check out.

A tech pundit had achieved a longstanding dream: One service that replaces all forms of online communication -- even e-mail newsletter publishing.

From quicker sharing options to better content curation via savvy privacy settings, we've got 10 tips and tricks native to the new service that will have you Google Plussing like a pro.

We've got 10 more suggestions for how to get the most out of Google's new social networking service.

Google+ has been out for a few weeks. The last few days I’ve been asked by people if this is another network they have to operate within. Does it have legs and is it here to stay? If so, what should you be doing to prepare for the future of this social network? While the business side hasn’t been released yet Google has announced that it is on the way.

I believe it is here to stay. We don’t talk much about why in the show but more about what to do. Here’s what to do if your not engaging in Google+ right now:

Claim your profile
Set up your profile as complete as possible
Add a few circles and people to circles that you can find in your network

25 Millions de profils en quelques semaines, c’est historique. Est-ce que ce succès sera pérenne? Google Plus réussira-t’il à conquérir d’autres profils que les geeks, ingénieurs et accros du web? C’est encore trop tôt pour le dire. En revanche, si vous y êtes et que vous voulez en tirer le maximum, quelques conseils et outils pour vous aider.

After few attempts Google has finally got it right on privacy. Past experiences with Google Buzz and other social networking platforms has indeed proven to be the savior for Google in carefully selecting its privacy features for its new Social Network, Google+. In addition to a large number of tips for using Google+ we have shared in past, below are some useful tips to specially manage your privacy on Google+. The list also includes some restrictions implied by the social network.

RSS feeds are not officially supported by Google Plus yet, that’s bad if you want to follow a specific user on the new social networking site. Sure, you could add the user to a circle to read all (public) messages on the Google Plus website, or visit the stream of that user directly to access the new messages.

Both options are not really that comfortable, especially if you do not hang out 24/7 on Google Plus. The alternative? You could try a service that turns a stream into an RSS feed.

Google Plus Feed is such a service. It is hosted at Appspot with barely any information, so take it with a grain of salt. Could be gone before you can blink with the eye.

It is fortunately dead easy to create an RSS feed for a Google Plus profile. All you need is the user’s Google profile ID and the url that you have to add it to to create the feed.

Just visit a user’s Google Profile on Google Plus to get the ID. You find it in the web address of that page, it is the only number there. I have highlighted the ID for you in the screenshot below.

The ID is also listed on your stream. Each user name is linking directly to the profile of that user. To get the id right-click on the name and select copy link location.

Now that you have got the ID you need to add it to the following url:

http://plusfeed.appspot.com/

Just add it at the end and load the page. You get an RSS feed that you can subscribe to in your RSS feed reader of choice.

Basically, the concept of Google+ Circles is based on making your online connections similar to your connections in the real world. It offers you the ability to create “circles” for each group of people you interact with, such as a circle for your friends, a circle for your family, a circle for your colleagues, and so on. The idea is that you typically share different information with each of these groups, meaning what you share with your friends, for example, may not exactly be what you want to share with your family. With Google+ Circles, creating a group is easy and convenient.

Though Facebook actually offers you this feature, as you have the ability to create “Friends Lists,” it’s a lot more difficult to manage, and most users don’t even know about it, which is why most Facebook users don’t really use this feature.

Since managing each group is a lot easier, it also makes it a lot less difficult to enjoy much deeper and meaningful conversations with each of your groups. Unlike with Facebook, where you have to censor your posts sometimes since all of your friends will get to see them, with Google+ Circles, you can actually be more confident about your posts, knowing that only the chosen group will be able to see it.Of course, right now, Google+ is currently offering its membership to a selected few and are not yet allowing brands to participate. But there is news that they will soon be offering this feature, which is similar to creating a company page in Facebook.

En obligeant les membres de son réseau social à utiliser leurs vrais noms, Google a commis une grave erreur, analysée ici par danah boyd. | OWNI.fr : News, Augmented : Société, pouvoirs et cultures numériques

Google+ (Google Plus), now in field trial and is an invite-only social network project by Google. Within weeks after its first launch, it has attracted over 10 million users and 1 billion items being shared per day. Though Google is yet to release an API for Google+ but many developers have already developed extensions for enhancing the user-interface of the social network project. The list of extensions, plugins and userscripts are not limited to Google Chrome only. This article is a summary of the best 10 Google+ extensions available for Google+ users. These best Google+ Chrome extensions improves overall interaction, navigation, sharing and social interactions for a richer experience.

How to add these Google Chrome extensions?

Just click on the names of the extensions we have covered here. You will be taken to their respective Chrome web store page. Click on the big blue Install button to install them. To manage the extensions, simply click on the spanner icon (Tools) than under Tools, click on Extensions. You can directly visit the extensions page by typing chrome://extensions in the address bar and pressing Enter.

When Google launched its new social networking platform Google+ with its intuitive and easy to use interface it made the technorati and geeks swoon. The problem was that it also made sending invitations to join the network limited and slow by only allowing invites to be sent one at a time by email.

Well they have been listening to the 25 million users on Google+ (this growth has occurred in less than one month) and have now added a link that you can tweet instead of sending clunky cumbersome emails.

Step One:
Click on the “Invite friends” button on the right hand column on your Google+ home page that is located in the same location as it normally was.

Step Two:
Shorten the link provided that is below the “Invite people by email” and send it out on Twitter with an appropriate headline message like “Special Limited Invitations to join me on Google+ http://ow.ly/5XfqW ”

Le réseau social regroupe déjà 18 millions de membres. Google+ propose dorénavant deux applications disponibles sur Apple Store et Android market.

Much has been said about how Twitter and Facebook should be worried about Google’s behemoth social network which gained 10 million followers in 16 day, as compared to Twitter’s 780 days, and Facebook’s even longer 852 days. But like any new service online, people may be signing up and doing very little with their accounts. In fact, they’re probably the same people who signed up for a Twitter account, updated once with something along the lines of “I’m just trying to figure this Twitter thing out,” and disappeared just as fast leaving in their wake a sad little egg avatar and little else.

But Google+ launched just barely under a month ago, and the sheer volume of extensions, third party sites and enhancements that have already emerged may be proof of the social network’s staying power. If this list is anything to go by, people like Google+, and they’re willing to make the effort to improve the experience for all involved. So in no particular order, here is a list of ways to do just that.

Six more great resources for Google+. Special thanks to all our friends for suggestions.

Group As
Migratus
+Me
Hangout Party
PlusYa
Like vs Plus

Beaucoup de réseaux comme Facebook ou même Twitter vous proposent de personnaliser votre compte. Vous pouvez mettre une image de profil, créer des bannières sur vos pages ou encore choisir votre arrière plan. Google Plus a beau être le petit dernier des réseaux sociaux, il offre de nombreuses possibilités (voir nos 50 conseils pour mieux utiliser Google plus). Il est ainsi facile de personnaliser son profil G+ à sa guise. Le service Banners Plus vous permet de customiser votre profil grâce à une bannière. Rien de plus simple, il vous suffit de télécharger la photo de votre choix. Cette photo sera ensuite coupée en 5 parties. Une fois la photo téléchargée, vous devrez placer la barre latérale de sélection où vous souhaitez couper votre image. Une fois la sélection réalisée, cliquez sur le bouton "render image" pour valider. Vous pouvez choisir de sauvegarder ou non votre bannière sur le site.

You can incorporate the Google+ icon in your website in order to run viral marketing campaigns for the site’s widespread promotion. The icons can be given personalized touch to match the theme of your website. You can get your icon in funky and formal designs having striking yet sophisticated colors. The Google+ icons are easy to download as well as simple to use.

As the choice of icon packs may depend on color or designs, so do make sure to explore all of them before making any final decision. Some ideal varieties that are normally seen in Google+ Icon Packs include circular shape, square shape, 3D glass shape, neon style and tango style. These are just to name a few. The collection of Google Plus icon packs is tremendously vast.

If your website has one of these attractive icons on the pages, your users would simply need to click on it to share your article, service or any product with others in their network. You can give a try to these icon packs to increase the performance of your website and to make its presence felt in the social networking platform. If you really want to see its effect, just go and get the one for your web property.

Google n’autorise pas actuellement la création d’une URL personnalisée pour votre profil Google Plus. La raison est simple : beaucoup de comptes Google sont liés à Gmail et les spammeurs pourraient ainsi obtenir des millions d’adresses gmail.

Une solution existe qui permet toutefois de s’affranchir de la vilaine URL actuelle qui s’affiche sous la forme suivante : plus.google.com/108066871093857482458. Pas très facile à mémoriser ou encore à communiquer me direz-vous …

Gplus.to est donc une application qui vous aide à créer une URL personnalisée pour votre profil Google Plus. Vous choisissez un nom puis vous renseignez votre ID Google Plus et le tour est joué. Voyez plutôt le résultat : mon URL personnalisée est maintenant gplus.to/isabellemathieu … et bien sûr vous pouvez l’ajouter à vos contacts si ce n’est pas déjà fait ;)

Il existe d’autres solutions pour s’affranchir de l’URL par défaut de Google Plus mais c’est celle-ci qui me paraît pour l’instant la plus indiquée.

Cela fait maintenant cinq jours que Google a lancé Google Plus, une couche sociale qui, dixit Google, devait reposer seulement sur les services déjà existants de Google. L'année dernière, des spéculations autour de la création d'un nouveau réseau social aka Google Me faisaient régulièrement le buzz mais Google avait coupé court aux rumeurs en annonçant plutôt la mise en place d'une couche sociale.

Aujourd’hui, force est de constater que Google Plus est bien plus qu’une simple couche sociale et qu’il a tout d’un véritable réseau social …

Comment expliquer la politique de communication de Google ? Je pense que Google, échaudé par l’échec de plusieurs de ses produits notamment dans le communautaire (GoogleWave, GoogleBuzz, Orkut etc …) et qui par ailleurs touchant un domaine largement dominé par Facebook, a tout simplement voulu jouer la carte de la prudence.

En ce qui me concerne, le résultat est plutôt réussi : m’attendant à l’intégration d’une simple couche sociale parmi d’autres services de Google, je découvre un vrai réseau social et jusqu’à présent, je dois admettre que je suis plutôt agréablement surprise :)

Ces derniers jours, j’ai donc eu le loisir de me familiariser avec Google Plus et je souhaitais partager avec vous mes premières découvertes. Dans le billet d’aujourd’hui, je vous expliquerai donc comment obtenir des invitations pour Google Plus, comment utiliser Google Plus et quelles sont les astuces qui vous permettront de gagner du temps.

Google Plus est parmi nous depuis un peu plus d’un mois et déjà de nombreuses informations intéressantes ont été publiées à son sujet. Le billet d’aujourd’hui présentent 27 des meilleurs articles qui permettent de comprendre et d’utiliser Google Plus comme un pro ;)

Des how-to, des analyses, des plugins ou services … Bref de quoi vous donnez un peu de lecture en cette période de vacances. Avec un petit bonus pour les anglophones :)

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Recommended Users est un site qui liste les personnes influentes à suivre aux Etats-Unis (et en langue anglaise) dans leur domaine respectif.

Le répertoire est organisé en catégories (blogueurs, designers, journalistes, entrepreneurs techno, googlers, développeurs, investisseurs, etc.) et chacune d’elle liste les comptes G+ avec photo et lien vers le profil. Pour le moment le site n’est pas encore très fourni mais ca va venir. Pour ceux qui n’ont pas envie de chercher pendant des heures qui sont les influenceurs en langue anglaise, Recommended Users est un bon point de départ.

Très pratique, on attend maintenant la même chose en français! Qui s’y met ? (pas moi, après ma petite liste improvisée, je passe la main ;-)

Quelques conseils et astuces pour te retrouver dans plein de cercles sur Google+ !

Parce que vous n'avez pas forcément envie que tout le monde voit ce que vous publiez sur Google+ et que vous souhaitez adresser un message privé à une personne en particulier, suivez ce guide…

Pas de doute, créer des cercles et partager de l’information avec un public bien précis dans Google + et un véritable jeu d’enfant. Et il est tout aussi facile d’envoyer un message privé à une personne en particulier. Suivez ce tutoriel et ces échanges privés avec un ou plusieurs membres de Google+ n’auront bientôt plus de secret pour vous.

L’intérêt principal de cette technique ? Ne pas raisonner en termes de cercles mais de personnes. Pour cela, cliquez sur la rubrique Quoi de neuf ? de Google+. Vous voyez alors un champ vierge apparaître dans lequel vous êtes invité à rédiger votre message. Avant cela, vous allez supprimer le cercle d’amis (Friends) qui s’affiche par défaut. Cliquez simplement sur la croix correspondante à ce cercle.

Une fois tous les cercles supprimés, vous allez pouvoir indiquer le ou les contacts à qui vous souhaitez adresser un message privé. Pour cela, tapez dans le champ vierge le symbole @ suivi du nom de la personne :

Vous pouvez renouveler l’opération selon le nombre de personnes à qui vous souhaitez envoyer un message privé.

message_personnel_google

Il ne vous restera plus qu‘à rédiger votre message puis à l’envoyer. Vous voilà avec une nouvelle messagerie.

Google+ is the new social networking kid on the block, and one of the main reasons so many people are interested in the service over Facebook is Google+'s proclaimed focus on protecting users' privacy. Whether you're a new Google+ user or you're already a pro, understanding how to control your information on the site can make you feel much more at ease on the social network. Here's the lowdown on Google+'s privacy controls, including a few of the more buried settings you'll want to know about.

This guide will take you through setting up Google+'s circles with an emphasis on how they work from a privacy perspective, how to control what others can see about you on your profile, your options for selectively sharing posts with others, and some miscellaneous settings you'll want to tweak—like only allowing friends to start Huddles with you.

Différents sites vous permettent de créer un encart avec votre profil Google+. Découvrez dans ce tutoriel vidéo comment le créer et l'insérer sur votre blog...

Récapitulatif :

Récupérez votre identifiant Google+
Allez soit sur le site WidgetPlus, soit sur le site Widgets Directory Feeds
Collez votre identifiant dans la case approprié
Affinez les réglages et copiez le bout de code
Allez dans le panneau d’administration WordPress dans le menu « Apparence » puis « Widget »
Faites glisser un module « Texte » et collez le code dedans
Vérifiez la taille et ajustez si besoin la ligne ww=’320′

We had previously covered extension for Google Chrome which can add Twitter and Facebook stream inside Google+. G++ is another nice extension which adds you Twitter and Facebook streams and updates inside your Google+ account. Once installed, you can see options to view the Facebook and Twitter stream, when you select these, you need to authenticate G++ to use your Facebook and Twitter accounts to fetch the data.

We just covered G++ which allows you to view Twitter and Facebook stream inside Google+ and also allows you to update status. Publish sync for Google+ is a new extension for Google Chrome which provides two way sync for Google Plus with Facebook and Twitter. This means that you can post to Twitter and Facebook from Google+ and also post to Google+ from Facebook and Twitter. You can use either one of these networks to post to all the others using this extension.

Google plus doit être lancé maintenant effectivement après ses quatre semaines d'exploration. il faut avouer que cela a été une très belle expérience pendant laquelle nous avons découvert à quel point google+ fera bien sa place. On sait bien que google plus de place pour nos photos. Par exemple on peut y créer un album qui regroupe toutes photos, mettre un avatar au profil et même ajouter une bannière à droite que vous pouvez personnaliser. Dans ce billet j'ai énuméré quelques sites susceptibles de vous aider à mieux personnaliser les images de votre profil.

1° gpluspic:
2° bannerspl:
3° googleplusphotomaker:
4° gpluslogo:
5° gplusbanner:

Il semble qu’aujourd’hui, plus.google.com soit passé en mode public, c’est-à-dire que vous pouvez créer un compte sans avoir besoin d’être invités, ce que je vous conseille franchement car on s’y sent bien pour le moment.

Toute cette longue introduction pour essayer bannerspl.us qui permet de créer une bannière personnalisée en mettant 5 photos à la queue leu leu comme dans l’exemple qui suit, où j’ai découpé le haut de ma casquette iconique en 5 photos.

A short while ago, I wrote an article titled “Why Photographers Should Love Twitter” detailing the reasons why I love Twitter for interacting with other photographers and how great the community is there. Twitter is still great but everything has changed with the introduction of Google+. I’ve just started looking into Google+ and I’m already hooked. I see more interaction there than I have ever seen on any other social network. I’ve watched people post an image on their feed and within 5 minutes have over 80 comments. Watching the feeds of ‘Google+ Celebrities’ is even more amazing because the feeds update in real time. People like Trey Ratcliff or Darren Rowse can create a post and you can just sit and watch as hundreds of comments start to just pour in.

I’m not sure how to explain this phenomenon, but Google+ is off to a huge start. Within two weeks of launching (and by invite only I might add) Google+ was up to 10 million users. It took Facebook 852 days to accomplish that same feat and Twitter took 780 days. Now surely Facebook and Twitter paved the way for Google+ to be successful to some extent, but this is certainly a stat that can’t be ignored.

Let’s go over some of the key advantages in Google+ and why photographers should be all over this incredible new social media outlet.