How to Use Google Plus

Adding Yourself to Google Plus

If you don't already have a Google account, have no fear. Here are the simple steps to take:

1. Create a Google profile. The info that will show up in your Google Plus About tab comes from here. You can customize it to display only what you want to share. 2. Enter your attributes, interests, and anything else (cool or otherwise) you want people to know about you.
3. Select and add your family, friends, coworkers, acquaintances, etc.
4. Upload and share photos, links, and videos.
5. Peruse and join communities (described below) with others who share your passions.

How to Use Google Plus: Features

Google Plus offers a few key features to separate itself from the crowded social networking pack. Two important ones are Communities and Hangouts.

The Communities feature allows groups to form around particular interests. From gamers to gardeners, Communities creates a virtual meeting place for like-minded people with shared passions. There are two types of communities?public and private.

Public: Google Plus, like the internet itself, contains people of all walks of life, with all manner of interests, hobbies, and, yes, even obsessions. Public communities offer you portals into myriad realms based upon the topics about which you're passionate.

Private: You can create a private community for groups of people with whom you share common interests, like your fantasy football league?mates or old high school classmates.

With the Hangouts application, users can engage in group demonstrations, discussions, and meetings in real time. This is one attribute that is, at least for now, unique to Google Plus. You can use Hangouts for holding panel discussions, demonstrating a product or service, or teaching a multistep process, such as how to use Google Plus. Heck, if it's good enough for NASA and its astronauts aboard the International Space Station (who held a Google Plus Hangout session in February), it's good enough for you.

Some of the other features you'll discover as you become more familiar with Google Plus include:

Circles: When you add contacts on Plus, you can assign them to a particular group, or Circle, such as friends, family, or coworkers. This will allow you to easily choose which of your followers can see which of your Google Plus posts. If you want to share something personal with your family but not your colleagues, for example, choose to share it with the family Circle only.

The Stream: This is where you enter status updates and see the status updates from the people you've chosen to follow. Updates you make "public" (that is, you don't limit them to a particular Circle) are viewable to everyone who has "enCircled" you.

Events: With this feature, Google Plus-ers can announce events, invite their friends, and share real-time photos during the events. It's also integrated with Google Calendar to help keep you organized.

Source: http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/how-to/tips/how-to-use-google-plus-15640036?src=rss

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