20 reasons to switch to Google+ [infographic]
Whether you aleady use other Google services or would just like an experience that more closely mimics the way you interact with social circles in real life, it might be time to give Google+ another glance.
Via Infographic Labs.
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It’d be nice if they offered a more personal URL than a string of 15 or so numbers! Other than that, it’s definitely on its way.
The Google Plus aesthetic also feels a bit clinical and masculine (even "bland"); I’m sure that’s influencing the sausage-fest with roughly 70% male users vs. 29% female. It’s curious that Google seems to go after dudes first, then circle back to pickup the female demo: if you look at their product rollout and massive ad campaign for the Google Android phone, or "DROID!" [insert robotic sounding voice] any objective viewer would think the ads were designed exclusively for the 8-14 year old testosterone filled teen male crowd! They would spin it around and sharpen it in light….the damn thing looked like a weapon!
Lately however they’ve softened their approach no doubt to pickup more than the 3 girls who owned droids by choice, and the 8 that were given them by their high school BF’s.
I look forward to seeing Google+’s aesthetic and UI "soften" a bit. I think it’s prone to be a significant contender in the social platform marketplace.
Christian Hunter
Austin, TX