A fierce competition has begun between the two global giants, Google and Facebook. Some believe Google has no chance in competing with social network giant, however Google have fought back from pundits who claim the network is Dead.. By stating they have only just started..
Social media news blog Mashable said the new service may still emerge as a significant force in the online world. The online tool gained 10 million users within the first 16 days after its private launch, and 40 million within the first 100 days, making it the fastest-growing social network in the history of the web. In contrast Facebook and Twitter both took more than two years to hit the 10 million user milestone.
Google + says the service aims to be more than simply a social networking website. It is attempting to build a social layer across all its products - including Gmail, YouTube and Blogger - in an effort to help tie the services together. Google is Google+ users can recommend links, videos and other pieces of content to their friends by clicking "+1" on a small widget, Google's version of the Facebook "Like" button. This +1 is then used to help inform Google about how to list results from search criteria for each user.
However some argue that Google don’t stand a chance in competiting with the social network giant, because of the amount followers they currently have. Facebook, which now boasts more than 800 million users, has unveiled features similar to those that once set Google+ apart - such as the ability to lump friends into groups in order to separate who sees which content.
Reporting for Forbes, Paul Tassi was clear about the challenge Google faces trying to compete with Facebook."No-one is going to scrap a social network they've spent eight years building up to start over from scratch for one that offers only a few minor improvements," he wrote.
Google has partly built its reputation on the breadth of its services, from email to photo sharing to music streaming. Users of these products total in the hundreds of millions, comparable figures to Facebook's reach. Whether Google+ grows or not, the public should expect to see Google putting everything it has into the service's promotion and development during the coming months.
http://gigaom.com/2011/11/23/can-google-news-compete-with-twitter-and-facebook/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2011/1125/1224308102214.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15829333
What does the future hold for Google + ? Could Google be the only company that can take on facebook?
You know after reading this i actually went ans signed myself up for google plus. first impressions is that it will be hard for people to give up facebook for it. though i would say if you already have an email account with google your more likely to sign up becuase its quick and easy to check while your on your email account.
ReplyDeleteYou know after reading this i actually went and signed myself up for google plus. first impressions is that it will be hard for people to give up facebook for it. though i would say if you already have an email account with google your more likely to sign up becuase its quick and easy to check while your on your email account.
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