Mike Rooney

Social Media Site: Google Plus

            Google Plus is a social media site that Google has made. Google allows you to put your Google Plus friends in “circles.” Google plus allows you to stay connected with your friends and what’s going on. It’s a pretty new social media site that was just released.

Google Plus has some benefits from a business perspective. In Google Plus you can make circles, which is just a way to organize your friends. For businesses, they can make a business circle with just colleagues inside of it. This way you can keep your business issues, just inside your business circle. This keeps other friends out of this circle so they don’t need to see your business conversations that don’t pertain to them.  A downside to this is that not everyone of your colleagues might not have Google Plus so they can either get it or be outside the loop. Also, Google Plus may be confusing to know how to use, so the effectiveness of circles might decrease.

           

Socially, Google Plus is a great social media site. Users can categorize their “friends” into different groups. For example; family, friends, colleagues and acquaintances. This way, you can keep track of your friends and who can see your statuses, photos and posts. Google Plus allows you to interact with all of your friends by seeing and commenting and videos and photos, etc. Google Plus in similar to Facebook, with the posts and comments. Friends can stay connected no mater where they are through Google Plus. A downside is that kids get carried away with what they say and post, which could get them in trouble.

            For entertainment, Google Plus is similar to Twitter. Google Plus allows you to follow, but have a separate circle for all of your favorite celebrities, actors and famous people. This allows people to see what’s going on when celebrities post statuses, photos and videos. A downside is that people don’t use Google Plus as much as Twitter or Facebook so there is a smaller audience. 

            For news, Google Plus kids can discuss what is happening in their community and the world, which can spread the issue throughout all of Google Plus. Also, people can make circles with the news to just follow what is occurring. A downside is that not as much people use Google Plus, especially for news, so the news circle won’t notify a lot of people.

            Google Plus can also be used for recreational purposes. Users can specifically make circles for actors, comedian, or athletes to keep everything organized. This way, users can follow what’s occurring in the famous people’s lives and stay updated. A downside is that the users don’t directly interact with the celebrities.

            Google Plus can be abused, just like all the other social media sites. If you look back at my Twitter and Facebook abuses, the same applies to Google Plus. There could be serious repercussions too.