Google+ For Dummies

By Jesse Stay

A new social network! Here's your user's guide to Google+

Google+ is Google's new social network and from day one it has had the social media world abuzz with excitement. Early fans claim it's easier to use than Facebook and Twitter and has a wealth of creative new features. If you want to learn how to navigate this new social neighborhood, take along Google+ For Dummies as your guide. Early Google+ adopter and social media consultant Jesse Stay shows you how to get started, create a profile, set up privacy settings, chat, post, control who sees what, and much more.

• Explains how to join Google+, protect your information, and make the most of this new social network
• Explores cool new features, such as Circles, which allows you to drag and drop friends into different circles
• Covers creating a profile, finding friends, adding people to Circles, chatting with others in Hangouts, importing photos, controlling who sees what, and more
• Conveys helpful information in the clear, friendly, easy-to-follow language that has defined the Dummies series for two decades

Confidently enter the exciting new Google+ social neighborhood with Google+ For Dummies.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Wiley
• Release date: Oct 11, 2011
• ISBN: 9781118181324

Reviews for Google+ For Dummies

[pkbigelow · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

If you've been wondering if you should sign up for Goole+, but aren't sure that its right for you or whether you need yet another social networking site to keep up with, or don't know which site you should go with, then this book is for you.Stay walks you through the steps to becoming familiar and comfortable with making Google+ your social networking outlet. He tells you how to create your profile, how best to configure your privacy settings, how to group your contacts into circles so you're not broadcasting your secrets to the world when what you wanted to do was to let your immediate family know you've decided to quit your job to write the great American novel, and how to chat with your friends and not every Tomasina, Dick, and Harriet.Like the many other Dummies books there is a specific layout that Stay follows, and if you've ever used a Dummies book to increase your knowledge, then you'll be familiar with the icons used throughout Google+ for Dummies, including the Warning, Tip, and Technical Stuff icons.If you're one of the people who are still hung up on buying a book with the word Dummies in it, don't tell anyone you've done it. Your friends and family will think you are brilliant and Google savvy, and come to you for advice once you've invited them to be on Google with you. You won't find a lot of highly technical stuff in the book. The information in this book is meant for the person who isn't highly technical, who doesn't want to know how stuff works, and is, then, a beginner. You might be able to find the same information online, but if you prefer a hard copy in your hand as you navigate the intricacies of learning a new skill, you'll like this slim book.Of course, there may be a few things that Stay chose not to include in this book, but as a beginner, you'll find everything you need in this portable edition to get started on building your empire on Google+.

[kevn57-163679 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Informative book would recommend to anyone new to social media and Google in particular. However because G is so new and changing so quickly much of the information has changed since the publication of the book, the author points this out himself through out the book.