July 22, 2011

Google+ see fastest growth in History with 20 Million users in 3 Weeks

I have seen my Stream and Circles of friends steadily grow on Google+ during the two weeks I've been using Google's new social networking platform. Today the Wall Street Journal is reporting that Google Plus has reached 20 Million users in just 3 short weeks. Usage is also widespread across the globe where we see early adopters in large numbers in India, the United kingdom, Canada, Germany, Brazil, Taiwan and France among other countries. Another thing I noticed is that I spend much more time on Google+ than Facebook, and maybe the newness factor is driving this usage, but I can honestly say that it is so much easier to use when compared with Facebook. For instance, like Facebook, Google+ has notifications (also RED) so you can see all new updates to friends, comments, messages and posts, but unlike Facebook, Google+ allows you to expand the specific thread right within the notifications panel (UI), that is pretty revolutionary! This is better. It allows you to continue whatever you were doing without the hassle of toggling between a bunch of pages.

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