We have seen a number of statistics in the last few days on how well Google+ is doing since it’s official launch out of the so-called “field trial”. Today we got numbers from Hitwise, a digital marketing intelligence company, and they show just how successful the Google+ launch was. On Tuesday, the new social network opened its doors to the public, allowing anyone to create an account over the age of 17, instead of requiring an invite to join like they had for the first 3 months. [Read more…]
Facebooks Uphill Battle With Google+ Just Got Steeper
“Google+’s biggest accomplishment is improving Facebook itself.”, according to an article on The Huffington Post. I have to disagree with +Craig Kanalley, Google+’s biggest accomplishment (so far) is that in less than three months it has scared the social networking behemoth Facebook into opening up. [Read more…]
Facebook Subscribe Button Lets You Follow Any Public Updates
Facebook has launched a Subscribe button that lets you follow the public updates of users. It doesn’t matter if they’re your friends or not. [Read more…]