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If you want to gain more control over your social networking activities with Google+, this jargon-free guide helps you quickly master the ins and outs of the site. Learn how to organize your contacts, hold video chats with as many as ten people, and determine exactly who may learn what about you. With this book, you’ll navigate Google+ with ease. The important stuff you need to knowMassage your profile. Control what the public, specific groups, or certain individuals can see about you. Move in the right circles. Assign folks to different groups and share the right stuff with the right people. Jump into streams. Get all the updates, pictures, and links from people you know. Host hangouts. Organize and attend group video chats. View and share photos. Make them available to whomever you like—whether or not they’re Google+ members. Get notifications. Monitor what others do (and share about you) on Google+. Go mobile. Use Google+ on your Android, iPhone, or mobile web browser.
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First published January 1, 2011
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October 7, 2024
A well-written book which remains fun to read well after Google+ has died. Some UI and UX ideas in Google+ remain interesting today, others were incomprehensible, others were shrouded in mystery (such as the source of the personal data Google force-fed into Google+). It's hilarious how many pages it takes to explain the "circles" system. I had a Google+ account because Google forced me, but I didn't use it much, and I think I had never understood some of these finer details either. At least the author was honest in acknowledging it wasn't likely to matter.
April 2, 2012
I enjoy Kevin’s posts at http://lifehacker.com/, and have been using Google+ since late July 2011.
When I saw this listed on the O’Reilly site, I immediately requested it for review.
About the Book
This book consists of an introduction and nine chapters. The following list will give you an idea what each contains:
Introduction:
How Google+ works, what you can do with it, a little about this book, the very basics, online resources, and Safari Books Online
Chapter 1—Getting Started:
Signing in, Joining up, and fleshing out your profile
Chapter 2—Managing Contacts with Circles:
How circles work, adding, creating, editing, organizing, & sharing circles
Chapter 3—Streams, Sharing and Privacy:
About streams; writing Google+ posts; choosing who sees your posts; sharing, interacting, editing, deleting, and controlling posts
Chapter 4—Notifications:
Where you get them, and controlling them
Chapter 5—Sharing Photos and Videos:
Viewing, sharing, tagging, editing, and more
Chapter 6—Hanging Out:
What they are, and how to use them
Chapter 7—Searching and Sparks:
How to search Google+, and tips for better searching
Chapter 8—Google+ Mobile:
Accessing and using Google+ on your mobile phone
Chapter 9—Playing Games:
Getting into, starting, and joining games.
The book can be read in any order. However, I suggest reading the Introduction and first four chapters in order, particularly if you are brand new to Google+.
Conclusion
I got a lot out of this book, even though I have been using Google+ for a while.
Of particular interest to me was Chapter 8, as I have just moved into the 21st century by getting a smartphone.
If you are just getting started with Google+, or interested in learning more about it, I highly recommend you read this book.
Disclosure
This book was received through the O’Reilly User Group Program, at no cost, in exchange for this review, which in no way influenced the above review.
When I saw this listed on the O’Reilly site, I immediately requested it for review.
About the Book
This book consists of an introduction and nine chapters. The following list will give you an idea what each contains:
Introduction:
How Google+ works, what you can do with it, a little about this book, the very basics, online resources, and Safari Books Online
Chapter 1—Getting Started:
Signing in, Joining up, and fleshing out your profile
Chapter 2—Managing Contacts with Circles:
How circles work, adding, creating, editing, organizing, & sharing circles
Chapter 3—Streams, Sharing and Privacy:
About streams; writing Google+ posts; choosing who sees your posts; sharing, interacting, editing, deleting, and controlling posts
Chapter 4—Notifications:
Where you get them, and controlling them
Chapter 5—Sharing Photos and Videos:
Viewing, sharing, tagging, editing, and more
Chapter 6—Hanging Out:
What they are, and how to use them
Chapter 7—Searching and Sparks:
How to search Google+, and tips for better searching
Chapter 8—Google+ Mobile:
Accessing and using Google+ on your mobile phone
Chapter 9—Playing Games:
Getting into, starting, and joining games.
The book can be read in any order. However, I suggest reading the Introduction and first four chapters in order, particularly if you are brand new to Google+.
Conclusion
I got a lot out of this book, even though I have been using Google+ for a while.
Of particular interest to me was Chapter 8, as I have just moved into the 21st century by getting a smartphone.
If you are just getting started with Google+, or interested in learning more about it, I highly recommend you read this book.
Disclosure
This book was received through the O’Reilly User Group Program, at no cost, in exchange for this review, which in no way influenced the above review.
July 25, 2012
I am rating this book highly since it is well put-together and very thorough. The missing star is because as a heavy/power user of Google+ I did not learn anything new. I'm always hopeful however to learn new tricks though!
August 30, 2013
Well written and useful for beginners, but out of date. This is the problem generally with books about social media: the field changes too rapidly for publishers to keep up. I would also like to see more about ways to use Google+ rather than how to understand what's on the screen in front of me.
March 7, 2014
This is a great introduction to Google+ and you may even pick up a tip or two if you've been using this social media platform for a while.
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