Google+ for business – Coming Soon

Posted by on Jul 11, 2011

Google+ for business – Coming Soon

We have been testing Google+ over the past couple of weeks and we are enjoying the flow of it, but we immediately found that it was not ready for business. Some looks at the source code over the past couple of weeks have suggested many upcoming advancements to Google+, including of course, fully integrated music, television (video) and games. An article posted over at Zdnet on Friday, suggests that things are going to change over the next few weeks. Of course, we will continue to test Google+ and let our customers know when it is available for their businesses. If you want an invite to Google+ for personal use, let us know.

Christian Oestlien, the lead product manager for social advertising at Google, revealed that two-week timeline, and gave a few other details. It seems that MTV and Mashable are strong early candidates for the new pages, with “tens of thousands” of other applicants competing for a spot.

Oestlien is indicating that he wants Google+’s brand pages to include large, socially-active companies, as well as smaller entrepreneurs and startups. Essentially, Google+ only wants companies who really take advantage of the social web. Dell, for example, has apparently been hosting Meetup webcam chats on Google+, which has put the company in Google’s good graces.

So far, we like Google+, its fluid and lacks a lot of the distractions that Facebook currently has. With that said, opening Google+ to the masses and corporate influence will likely cause it to travel the same road as Facebook and we will probably end up with a split-camp of Facebook lovers and Google+ lovers. Right now, the Google+ crowd are geeks and technophiles who are quick to adopt new trends, but the market will speak in 2012. Here’s to having choices.

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