What Google says about this change in there email
Today we’re improving the performance of the +1 button and the Google+
Badge. This change will first roll out to this preview group and
doesn’t require any change to your site. It reduces the size of the /
js/plusone.js loader, while making it smarter: it now will load only
the code necessary for widgets it finds on your site. In addition, the
full +1 button code has been reduced in size by roughly 20%. Continue reading
Here is what google says in email send to users
We have two updates coming to this preview group today.
First, we’re updating the +1 button sharing flow. Your users have
been able to share from the +1 button for about six months. However,
the sharing flow has required a second click to open the sharing box.
When you click to +1 today from your preview account, the sharing box
will display automatically, giving you the ability to share right
away.
Second, we’re updating the Google+ badge to use a Follow button. Your
users will soon be able to add your Google+ page to their following
circle with a single click.
Please note, this is currently in preview. You must be logged into
your preview account to test the changes. If you have any questions
or comments, please join us in the Google+ Developers forum:
https://groups.google.com/group/google-plus-developers/
+The Google+ Platform team
https://plus.google.com/110967630299632321627
A dominantly male platform, almost 70 percent, Google+ is slowly but surely attracting a more diverse user base. Big brands are taking notice and many have fully integrated the platform into their social media strategies for 2012. Is Google+ a part of your 2012 social media strategy? It should be!
Let’s examine a few of the brands to look in 2012 for social media insight.
http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2152861/Social-Media-Insight-from-6-Successful-Brands-on-Google
Remember last month, when Google delivered some new features to the mobile web edition of Google+, but hadn’t yet gotten around to updating the smartphone apps themselves? Well, we’ve yet to see those changes made to the iOS version of Google+, but today they finally come to the Android edition, along with some pretty impressive-sounding improvements of their own.
From that mobile web edition, the What’s Hot section has now been added to Google+ for Android, as has the ability to see just which users have been +1ing posts and comments. What we really like the sound of, though, is Google’s promise of a much smoother Google+ experience, thanks to what it describes as “massive performance improvements” to the underlying code
Google Plus continues to get more open bit by bit, and just today made the service available to teens age 13 and up. Previously, Google Plus was restricted to people 18 and up. Along with the wave of new teenagers, Google Plus is also getting new privacy and security features–a fairly important thing if the service is to become something parents encourage their children to use.
Google is probably doing the slow rollout on purpose. This is their third or fourth wave of opening the service up. Each time it’s followed by new statistics on membership, and this time will be no different. Millions of teens are going to sign up in the near future.
So how many Zimbabweans are on Google Plus? Well, according to a report by a Canadian company focusing on the social network’s demographics, about 30 000 people in Zimbabwe are on Google’s new social network. The global number of users on the platform is now estimated to have hit 90 million.
According to the website (PlusDemographics), their figures only represent data retrieved from public Google+ profiles. As far as we can tell, the location is also based on users that have indicated on Google+ that they live or have lived in Zimbabwe.
Continuing with its tweaks to the Facebook user interface Facebook has rolled out its new photo viewer to more users. The latest change in the Facebook photo viewer seems to be inspired by that in Google+. Quite like the Google+ photo viewer the interaction panel is to the right, instead of its previous position below the image.
This update to the Facebook photo viewer comes a year after the last major overhaul in February last year when Facebook introduced a light-box like effect to its photo viewer and also made viewing and sharing easier.
“There’s a huge demand around this country for engineers. . . . Where you’re seeing a lot of specialized demand is in engineering that’s related to the high-tech industries.”
– President Obama, during a Google Plus video conference, Jan. 30
Obama’s comments came in response to a question from Fort Worth resident Jennifer Wedel, who asked why the government has extended and continues to issue H-1B visas when people such as her engineer husband, Darin Wedel, can’t find work.
Google’s online social networking service “Google Plus” has now crossed 90 million user mark since its launch in June 2011.
Google+ which is also known as G+ is a social networking and identity service, operated by Google Inc.
Google+ was launched on June 28, 2011, in an invitation-only “field testing” phase. Early invites were soon suspended due to an increasing demand for new accounts. On September 20, 2011, Google+ was opened to everyone 18 years of age or older without the need for an invitation. It was opened for a younger age group (13+ years old) in most countries on January 26, 2012.
Google+ has now attracted over 90 million users around the world. According to independent analysis of its growth in December 2011, the site was adding an estimated number of 625,000 new users a day, which may total 400 million members by the end of 2012. The site’s popularity accelerated in December 2011, with almost a quarter of its total user base joining in December alone.
Read more: http://technorati.com/social-media/article/google-plus-crosses-90-million-user1/#ixzz1lmKixm00
Google send a mail for updation of + button
We’re making a change to the +1 button today to make it display
faster. This change will first roll out to this preview group and
doesn’t require any change to your site.
We’re turning on this change for the preview group to give you an
opportunity to test the changes on your web site and ensure the +1
button functions properly. This change applies to all browsers in all
environments.
If you do notice any changes to the +1 button when viewing your pages
while logged into your preview account, please let us know in the
Google+ Developers Forum:
https://groups.google.com/group/google-plus-developers/
