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related: google, tools, hangout slideshare: [|google tips] (3,000+ views)

It's still alive! Here's how to make the most of **Google+** https://plus.google.com

5 Things You Can Do on Google+
1) Create or join a hangout. 2) Create a page for your business. 3) Create separate ‘circles’ for friends and family. 4) Check in at favorite places and events. 5) +1 Posts and comments you like. Be generous!

Buzzword Bingo
Account - Actions - Acquaintances - Album - App - Auto Awesome - Block - Bragging Rights - Bugs - Chat - Circles - Circle Notification - [|Create] - Create Event - Community - Connection - Crash - [|Custom URL] - Dashboard - Drive - Events - Extended Circles - Family - Feed - Feedback - Friends - Gmail - Google - **Google+** - Google Effects - Hangout - Hangout Party - Hashtag - Hover - Hovercard - Index - Idle - Invite - Join - Learning - Local - Manage - Messenger - Mute - Navigate - Notification - Photos - Ping - Posts - Profile - Privacy - Ranking - Rating - Reminder - Report - Request Control - Screenshare - Search - Settings - Share - Share Event - Share with this community - Slideshare - Social Search - Social Web - Soundcloud - Sparks - Start a new hangout - Subscribe - Toolbox - Update - Videos - Voice - Webcam - YouTube - Your Circles - +1

Advantages
Google integrates Google+ into search results

media type="custom" key="21893394" align="right"Recommended Reading
What the Plus! - [|Guy Kawasaki] []

Circles https://plus.google.com/circles

Headlines
https://techcrunch.com/2016/06/28/dead-alive/ http://www.cyberalert.com/blog/index.php/google-seeks-to-resurrect-google-with-revamped-collections-communities-features http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2015/07/27/google-gives-up-on-google-as-a-facebook-rival http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2014/08/removing-plus-from-google.html [|google-is-walking-dead] [|gplus-shortcuts-tips-tricks] [|Google+ is automatically creating your own year in review video] [|What is Google plus? A complete user guide] [|google_v_flickr_the_best_place_to_store_your_photos.html] [|google-gives-photo-lovers-what-facebook-doesnt] 8 Reasons Why You Need to Establish Authority on Google+ [|see-the-new-google-photos-experience-in-action-making-your-pics-better] [|keene-achieves-world-first-uses-google-hangout-on-air-to-help-nt-tourism-minister-engage-with-uk-travel-bloggers] [|tourism-nt-uses-google-hangout-to-engage-with-travel-bloggers] [|think-google-is-a-ghost-town-chances-are-youre-just-using-it-wrong] [|the-future-of-photography-on-the-web-google-flickr/] [|With new Bing, is Microsoft the first to get ‘social search’ right?] [|Google Maps Getting Gamified on Google+] [|Compete Says Google+ Is Becoming An Enormous Success] [|Google Wants You to Watch ‘Versus’ Hangout-Powered Debates] [|10 Steps to Developing a Niche Following on Google+]

Communities
[|google+] [|Heritage Travel] [|Local Travel] [] http://www.engagingcities.com/article/google-communities-guide []

People https://plus.google.com/u/0/+VicGundotra/posts

Twitter
[|GooglePlusTweet] [|GooglePlus]

Wikipedia
[|Google+]

Slideshare
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Hangouts
Let friends know you're free for a video hangout, any time, anywhere. Then catch up, watch YouTube, or... just hangout. a maximum of 10 people participating in a single Hangout http://services.google.com/fh/files/blogs/Hangouts_On_Air_Technical_Guide.pdf
 * [|Hangouts Product Forum]
 * [|Visit the Hangouts page]

[|Hangouts On Air Technical Guide!] (130)  By Katherine G 130 posts 3793 views    May 14   || [|Hangouts On Air - Getting started / FAQ] (92) Completed  By Moritz T 92 posts 9080 views ||
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Questions
Does anything you post on Google+ automatically appear on my page as part of your circle or do you have to select and include me? Or do you do an "include all circles"?

Key Links
https://plus.google.com/u/0/settings Google+ for Website Developers https://developers.google.com/+/web/badge/
 * Settings**

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Hashtags
http://www.gplusexpertise.com/search/label/hashtags

Google Messenger
http://www.googleplustutorials.net/google-plus-tutorials-google-messenger.html

Pet Peeves
Google Messenger: If I cannot interact via the smartphone and desktop, I'd rather turn this option off. One cannot start a hangout on air from a mobile device (iphone, ipad) The links for Google events is so long. There's no 1-click button to share a Google event on other social web channels such as Facebook and Twitter No way to download a photo from a mobile device Reading 'All'

Notifications Never miss another post Get notifications whenever important people in your life share something new on Google+. https://plus.google.com/up/subscribe

Showcase https://plus.google.com/+MikeDownes/posts/A4369HfvyF8

Create an event
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Google Local
https://plus.google.com/local [|Local Travel]

Dashboard https://plus.google.com/dashboard

Hovercard [|#googleplushovercards]

http://www.websighthangouts.com/google-plus-hovercard/

Examples
[|Ron Mader] [|Joshua Berman] https://plus.google.com/+Transitionsabroad

FYI
You can disable Google+ (or delete your entire Google profile) [|here].

People are more likely to share with you if you add them to your circles.
 * Circles**

What happens when you add someone to a circle? You can share with them and see what they're sharing with you.You can chat with anyone in your circles who also has you in their circles.They will be notified and can add you to their own circles, but they'll never see the names of the circles you've added them to.They'll appear on your public profile.

People are more likely to share with you if you add them to your circles.  FYI: If you share with people or circles, you can't share with a community

Communities
Moderators - If you find an irrelevant and spammy post, choose the option to remove, report as spam and ban the author

A feed of just the stuff you're really into, so when you're free, there's always something waiting to be watched, read, or shared. Only viewable by you.
 * Sparks**

Social Web on Google+ google+: [|slideshare]

Toolbox
https://plus.google.com/u/0/110344475746210074770/about http://goo.gl/fxPH3

Hangout Toolbox is requesting permission to:
 * View list of participants in your Hangouts
 * View and manage the files and documents in your Google Drive
 * View and manage your audio and video feeds
 * View and manage its own configuration data in your Google Drive
 * Know who you are on Google

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Elsewhere
[|Gplus.to] converts URLs [|Google+ Vs. Twitter: A Personal View] [|How to Add Google +1 (plus one) Share Button to WordPress] [|Google+ and the friends v acquaintances debate - BBC] [|10 Things CMOs Need To Know About Google+] [|HOW TO: Integrate Google+ Into Your WordPress Site] [|Google+ guide - Mashable] [|Google Engineer Accidently Shares His Internal Memo About Google + Platform] [|Google+ surges in popularity] http://www.survivalguide4idiots.com/tag/google-plus http://www.googleplusdaily.com

Google+ for Non-Profits
http://www.scoop.it/t/google-for-nonprofits/p/411855257/infographic-the-social-network-decision-tree

recommended reading: [|Google Engineer]

Webmasters: How to add #1 button
The +1 button is shorthand for "this is pretty cool" or "you should check this out." Click +1 to publicly give something your stamp of approval. Your +1's can help friends, contacts, and others on the web find the best stuff when they search.

http://www.google.com/webmasters/+1/button/ How does +1 affect search results? Does +1 affect my site’s performance in search?

Tech Problems
I am getting the warning message: Connection to the server was lost and the meeting was dropped

Real Names Policy https://plus.google.com/u/0/115428061756618732805/posts/TGLFJyToL5J

My Name Is Me []

Your name and Google+ Profiles - Google+ Help []

Google+ Update: Common Name Grace Period - Saurabh Sharma's []

Who is harmed by a "Real Names" policy? - Geek Feminism Wiki []

Google+ names policy, explained - Skud []

"Real Names" Policies Are an Abuse of Power - danah boyd []

Google Page
[|How to delete a Google page]

Misc
You are now using Google+ as a page. Find a typo? Use the drop-down menu on your post to edit or delete it. Don't want people to leave comments or reshare it with others? You can turn that off there too.

[|Chatting off the record]

Who can interact with you and your posts https://www.google.com/settings/plus

Disable Google+ You can disable Google+ (or delete your entire Google profile) [|here].

Quotes
You're currently in a hangout in another window. You must exit that hangout before you can join this one.

Recent Hangouts
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