August 29, 2011

The big social-media question of 2011 is, Should I start using Google+? I can simplify the issues down to one question: Are your interests as important as your friends? If they are, Google+ provides at great way to interact with a range of people from pundits to photographers. You can see a categorization at RecommendedUsers. You'll find that people on Google+ are much more interactive than on Twitter or Facebook. If this dichotomy is too simple, I've created a decision tree to help you through the selection process of using Twitter, Facebook and Google+.

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• CyberWorld Ukltd 6 months ago

  

  Google+ provides at great way to interact with a range of people from pundits to photographers.You'll find that people on Google+ are much more interactive than on Twitter or Facebook. thankshttps://twitter.com/cyberworlukltd

• mikec 8 months ago

  

  Yes, I walked through the whole chart. Thx Guy :) @blogboy2

• Ryan Moreno 8 months ago

  

  The decision tree is a good visual tool.

• Ryan Moreno 8 months ago

  

  Very informative article!

• Chris Shouse 8 months ago

  

  I love that Guy...thank you

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  i cant join Google +iam waiting google invite me?how long must wait?http://newmarketing.spi-blog.com/

  • Chris Shouse 8 months ago

    

    Any friend that is on Google+ can send you an invitation:)

• Martin Bredl 9 months ago

  

  Why should anybody decide? You can handle all three: google+, facebook and twitter. But what if I am involved in many more social networks?

• Martin Bredl 9 months ago

  

  Why decide? You can handle all three!

• reneedunaway 8 months ago

  

  Cute, but oversimplified. I agree with Rosie in that the idea isn't to choose, but to have different ways to share (and as well, to give business different levels of analytics). As well, this graph focuses on technical functionality versus the premise behind each platform, and the type of communication you can have because of the technical differences.

• Rosie Hausler 8 months ago

  

  Hmmm. Kind of funny but why do people just want to be on one social network? Maybe you could add a question about how important their MMOSG are to them and if they would switch social networks if their games aren't integrated to the social network. Also, Twitter seems to be trivial in this tree. I don't think that reflects reality. Seems to me that Google+ is more of a competitor to Chatter and Yammer than Twitter and Facebook.

• Kristina Rowe 8 months ago

  

  Clever!! But I'm still not sold on Google +. I don't know how I will get all my followers over when I haven't even gotten an invite yet. : ( Apparently my friends (and I) aren't as important as our interest. : )