Is it a real contender to rival Facebook and will people use it… well only time will tell.
When I first looked at Google +, my first reaction was “All my stuff is in Facebook so I ain’t uploading that again” and that still stands, however after looking into it a bit further, it may prove a good platform for business.
In creating a cleaner interface for businesses, it’s possible to provide a much more user friendly and less constricted Business Page to interact with your audience. At the moment it is riding a wave of new momentum, but here are a few Pros and Cons
Pros
- Nice clean interface
- Chance to start a fresh area for your business and create something new for 2012
- The circles and hangout functions are very intuitive mechanisms
- I bet you already use Google everyday
Cons
- Starting from scratch
- Yet another Social channel to monitor / update
– If you use an aggregator such as Hootsuite or TweetDeck, you cannot update your page / status on Google +
As with anything new to the market, the early adopters have taken hold and are now waiting for the early majority to start making noise about this. If this does not happen, could we see it going the same way as Buzz or Wave
We can only wait and see.
By the way, you can find Vertebrate Graphics on Google Plus
