Google+ to expand its reach

By George Wong on 10/24/2011 17:52 PDT

Google+ If there’s one advantage Google+ has over Facebook, it would be a whole suite of Google web products and services to link with. It looks like Google has finally realized this and has been slowly implementing Google+ features into its other services. Last week it was announced that Google Reader will be undergoing some changes to bring closer integration with Google+ and it’s not going to be the last Google product to do so.

According to the folks at VentureBeat who paid Google a visit last week, they’ve reported that Google will be integrating Google+ features into all its web products – this means you’re going to get Google+ features on services like Blogger to Gmail. Redundant features i.e. friend connect and following will be replaced with Google+ versions of the function to make things more streamlined.

This definitely sounds like a great idea and only seems like the logical thing to do, since Google wants more people to use Google+ and wants some leverage over its biggest competitor: Facebook. But how successful this integration is going to be? That’s something we’ll just have to wait and see. Who’s excited about Google+ integration arriving on all Google products?

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Google Google is an Internet Search company with profits mainly derived from its AdWords advertising program. Google is also known for other high-profile web-related products such as Chrome, GMail, Google Docs or Google Map, and it has also made a very successful entry into the mobile handset market with its Android mobile operating system. The company was created in 1998 and went public in 2004. Google is one of the most visited site in the world.

Google+ or Google Plus, or G+, is a social network and identity service from Google. The service has started as a closed beta in June of 2011. G+ features "Circles", which is a convenient way to group contacts and "Hangouts", which are virtual places where people users can gather in the form of a webcast. Many consider Hangouts to be an alternative to paid multi-party video conferencing services. G+ continues to grow rapidly and it is estimated that within a year, almost one quarter of the adult U.S population will have a G+ account. (last updated on 12/21/2011)

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