Google + is the new social network facility brought to us by Google. It is an effort to make the search engine giant more social and increase its share of the market held by Facebook and Twitter. Today we discuss the main pros and cons of the new social services.
Firstly, the main positives of Google+ are its fresh User Interface, the use of Circles to organise groups of contacts and Google+ hangouts. As it competes with the main social networks of Facebook and Twitter, Google+ has gone after areas which can improve on their rival sights. The User Interface (UI) is seen to be clear, clean and user friendly. While Facebook has become cluttered with Ads and other information, the Google+ homepage remains stylish and slick. Users are more enamoured with this user face as it is simple yet elegant and offers quick effective use.
The most popular feature is the use of Hangouts. A Hangout is an area where you video chat. Instead of creating a video chat system where you search out your friends, you now have the opportunity to join a 'hangout' and interact with up to 10 people. This feature has proved incredibly popular thus far and Google will be hoping that it will be the feature that will win over users and increase the profile of Google+.
While Google Plus offers many positives to the user, we have found some issues that may affect its popularity. Noises in the stream, the use with apps and lack of search options have been offered as negative aspects. The noise in the stream relates to the news feed and the fact that too much information is shown. It updates for every comment made by friends in your network and this is tiresome for the user to spend time on.
This new feature is only in testing phases so these cons are bound to be resolved. Getting an understanding of this new craze would be wise before their release of their business feature which will come on stream in the next few months.
