{"id":16533,"date":"2012-07-21T14:18:57","date_gmt":"2012-07-21T12:18:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=16533"},"modified":"2012-07-21T14:18:57","modified_gmt":"2012-07-21T12:18:57","slug":"why-you-shouldnt-write-off-google-just-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2012\/07\/21\/why-you-shouldnt-write-off-google-just-yet\/","title":{"rendered":"Why you shouldn\u2019t write off Google+ just yet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Why you shouldn\u2019t write off Google+ just yet<\/a><\/p>\n

I do agree with this bit:<\/p>\n

Google+ is technically better than its rivals in a number of key ways. The user interface is comfortable and friendly. It\u2019s easy to maintain circles of contacts, and to segregate what you share with each group. Discussions of small-to-medium sizes are manageable and readable \u2014 even in real time. Facebook wins when it comes to the open graph and app ecosystem, but a lot of people don\u2019t care about that stuff.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And I’ve also seen the same as this:<\/p>\n

For me, however, it\u2019s all about engagement. When I share something on Google+, I get an interesting discussion \u2014 replies from friends long lost. The discussions are far more cohesive than Twitter\u2019s 140-character, scatter-shot approach. And they are more far flung than what I get on Facebook<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And something that I didn’t know is that Google employees’ bonuses are related to their projects’ success on Google+<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

Why you shouldn\u2019t write off Google+ just yet I do agree with this bit: Google+ is technically better than its rivals in a number of key ways. The user interface is comfortable and friendly. It\u2019s easy to maintain circles of contacts, and to segregate what you share with each group. Discussions of small-to-medium sizes are … Continue reading Why you shouldn\u2019t write off Google+ just yet<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,62,1334],"tags":[2068,2860,1152],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-16533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-general","category-technology","category-web-work","tag-google","tag-google-plus","tag-social-networks","post_format-post-format-link"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t