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Google+ Opens to the Public

Daily Real Estate News | Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Expected to be Facebook’s chief rival, Google+ is now open to the public. The new social networking site had a limited release in June, allowing users to sign up only via invitation-only. 

Even with its exclusivity, Google Inc.’s social network had a big start with more than 25 million unique visitors per month. (Facebook has more than 750 million active monthly users.) 

Now that Google is open to the public, it will make its social network available up to its more than 1 billion monthly visitors who use its search engine and other services.

Some of the most notable perks with Google+, according to tech experts: You can search for information on numerous topics (including real estate) and then see relevant Google+ users and their posts on that topic as well as relevant content on the Web. The social network also is putting a heavy emphasis on video, such as its video “hangout” feature, which allows up to 10 people to video chat simultaneously or even make it open to the public. You can also use Google+ to share comments, articles, photos and videos with “circles” of friends or contacts or share it publicly--allowing you more control over who sees your posts. (Facebook recently made a similar upgrade to its site.)

Source: “Google+ Social Network Opened to Public,” The Wall Street Journal (Sept. 20, 2011)

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