The launch of Google+ seems to have caused a big stir in the industry. Commentaries, opinions and views about its implications for social networking abound and sound terribly positive.
The implications for business are significant as it seems to provide an easy way for business users to share content in a more targeted manner and collaborate more effectively. It has the potential for professionals to create and build knowledge sharing networks in a seamless way without having to spend too much time on maintenance by bringing the ease of sharing of Twitter and the networking features of Facebook together.
Professionals do have distinct circles which are based on common interest. Imaging creating circles of each one of these and connecting your contacts around them. This would make is so much easier to share news and developments and allow for comments and opinions to be shared only with the specific circle.
Hangouts appear to be a mashup of video conferencing and forums all brought together into a single function. The big plus about Google+ is that rather than having to deal with several different applications, it is all in one and by bringing all of the best in social networking today together into one place, Google may just have leapfrogged the competition.
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