CircleCount helps you better understand Google+

2013-05-23 15:50:05 (2 comments, 3 reshares, 20 +1s)

できたーーー！　google+くん
ド素人が作ってるので、細かい所はつっこまない方向でお願いしますｗｗ

via +Sho Baba 
https://plus.google.com/u/0/102848135326002404976/posts/bdagR3TU6Q5

2013-05-23 11:18:36 (5 comments, 1 reshares, 20 +1s)

Power To The Poster Is Back!
I have questions, you have answers

Last year I launched a mini-posting series called Power to the Poster where I asked you questions about Google+. I'm relaunching this for the next month so that all of you can have a platform to share your thoughts, ideas, and suggestions. It'll come out every Wednesday and will be open for 24 hours.

If you are having a particular buggy issue that needs troubleshooting please contact the +Google+ Help page and our team will get right on it. You're also more than welcome to use the Send Feedback button on the left hand navigation (hint: it's at the bottom).

Here are this week's questions:

1) What new Google+ feature are you using the most?
2) What new Google+ feature would you use if it was tweaked just a little? If so, what's that tweak? more »

2013-05-23 07:32:23 (10 comments, 12 reshares, 34 +1s)

14-year-old girl shreds on Van Halen 'Eruption' cover.

A 14-year-old girl named Tina kills it on a cover of Van Halen's eruption. 

2013-05-23 07:08:08 (7 comments, 9 reshares, 49 +1s)

umbrella

2013-05-23 06:03:35 (7 comments, 0 reshares, 11 +1s)

Morning all.

Blue skies here in Devon UK.

2013-05-22 15:46:10 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 5 +1s)

Want to learn how Google+ can help your brand make personal connections with customers? Attend +Christian Oestlien's keynote session at +Internet Week New York today at 1:30PM ET. If you can't make it to Manhattan, watch online at http://new.livestream.com/iwny.

2013-05-22 13:35:13 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 11 +1s)

5 New Public Dashboards

We've just made the following dashboards public available for everyone on G+:

Music - http://nod3x.com/public/dashboard/?q=18192

F1 - http://nod3x.com/public/dashboard/?q=18194

Netflix - http://nod3x.com/public/dashboard/?q=18196

Movies - http://nod3x.com/public/dashboard/?q=18197

Rugby - http://nod3x.com/public/dashboard/?q=18193

Photography - http://nod3x.com/public/dashboard/?q=18195

These dashboards show data spanning back at least 3 months and will detail for you:

Who the main influencers are in that subject area
Geographic locations 
Sentiment analysis of posts
Volume of posts - based on date range specified
Information flow - through relationship graphs

Let us know in the comments below if you would like other topic areas madeavail... more »

2013-05-22 08:52:44 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 3 +1s)

Part 3 of UKI New to AdWords Hangout on Air Series

Sinead and Rosie from the UKI support team hung out yesterday to take us through some reports, tools and features such as ad extensions to keep your ads relevant to your customers. 

You can watch the full 20-minute Hangout on Air on our Google Business YouTube channel, linked below. 

Join us next week when we'll focus on how to measure your ROI using tools like conversion tracking. Tune in on Tuesday, May 28th at 11am GMT.
 
http://goo.gl/57sLt

2013-05-22 08:48:39 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

All Stars competition
Posted By: +emma thorn, Google Engage UK
(http://www.google.co.uk/intl/en/ads/engage/)

Have you signed-up for the Google Engage All-Stars Competition? Don't miss out on your chance to win a Nexus 4 phone or a place at the Google headquarters in California for an exclusive training event. 

To find out more call 0800 169 0486

2013-05-22 07:34:55 (7 comments, 10 reshares, 75 +1s)

ANDROID GOOGLE HEROS 3DCG.
Masked Gmail
Chromeman
andro I/O
Hangout kid
Man of +

ドロイド君ヒーローズ

2013-05-22 06:30:36 (7 comments, 0 reshares, 17 +1s)

Morning all.

2013-05-21 14:23:35 (5 comments, 3 reshares, 40 +1s)

Meanwhile in... Toronto, Canada

A cyclist passes a steam vent on the empty streets of the financial district during the annual Victoria Day holiday

Photograph: Andy Clark/Reuters

(source: http://goo.gl/fzjSQ)

2013-05-21 12:46:51 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

Check out Google’s VP of Display, Neal Mohan, speaking on the ‘State of Google’ at the Conversational Marketing Summit. Live stream on YouTube.com begins today at 6:45am PT/9:45am ET http://goo.gl/ATn6u

2013-05-21 10:05:15 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 8 +1s)

Meanwhile in... India (and China)

A unique Sino-Indian relationship that goes beyond politics.

2013-05-21 09:34:28 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 7 +1s)

For those impacted by the devastating tornado in Oklahoma, the Google Crisis Response team has published a map with shelters, traffic, weather and other useful information. Share this map by clicking the "Share" button and grabbing either the map URL or the HTML provided. View the map here:

http://google.org/crisismap/2013-oklahoma-tornado

2013-05-21 09:29:14 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Last week, we had a lot of exciting Google+ news. This week, we've one more to add from APAC - the recent launch of the official Google Hong Kong +page! Follow this official +page to stay up to date on the latest news from our friends in Hong Kong, such as the upcoming series of Google Hong Kong stories which show how Google has made a profound impact in the lives of both consumers and business owners."

#google   #googleplus   #googleplusupdate   #hongkong  

2013-05-21 06:54:09 (10 comments, 0 reshares, 21 +1s)

Morning all.

2013-05-20 22:40:39 (9 comments, 3 reshares, 8 +1s)

Today we're introducing The Engagement Project: http://goo.gl/cRsMN. It’s Google’s effort to push further in understanding, refining, debunking, and proving the value of "engagement" in our industry.

Over the course of 2013, we’re going to be writing, studying and talking with industry leaders and influential thinkers about what it truly means to engage audiences today.

Tell us what you think about engagement here: http://goo.gl/cRsMN. And, of course, in the comments below....

2013-05-20 17:01:12 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 10 +1s)

This Week on GDL: ‘Twas Google I/O & How Google Sets Goals
#gdl #developers #io13 #startups  

What a week! +GDL took Google I/O by storm, transplanting our on air studio to the second floor of Moscone. With the live streaming of technical sessions to exclusive interviews with expert Googlers and top developers, GDL gave you on-the-ground access to all of the goings-on at I/O. And, the fun doesn’t stop here.

All of the Google I/O content, brought to you by Google Developers Live, can be watched and rewatched on GDL (https://developers.google.com/live/). This includes the keynote, all the exclusive programming with hosts +Louis Gray and +Daniel Sieberg and more!

But we're not taking the week off to recuperate. We're excited to start hosting content from the +Google Ventures Startup Lab. At 1 p.m. today, don't miss a focused workshop on howGoogle ... more »

2013-05-20 15:11:13 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 14 +1s)

Here's why Vic couldn't sleep last night!  A fresh new Google+ Android build that incorporates all of last week's goodness... and more.   Enjoy.

#googleplusupdate

2013-05-20 13:09:19 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

Speed + Data.

2013-05-20 12:54:12 (0 comments, 3 reshares, 24 +1s)

Word-of-mouth Marketing

Great cartoon by +Tom Fishburne. As he writes: "We need to remember that advocates are every bit a part of the marketing team as the marketers themselves.

Via goo.gl/q2SxY

2013-05-20 10:44:53 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 9 +1s)

2013-05-20 09:56:01 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Keeping on top of the data in your campaigns is key to a good ROI in AdWords. This Tuesday, Sinead and Rosie from the UKI support team will be taking us through some reports, tools and features such as ad extensions to keep your ads relevant to your customers. 

This is the third hangout in a 4-part weekly series for new advertisers. The next hangout in this series will cover how to measure your ROI using tools like conversion tracking and some basics on Google Analytics. 

Tune in to our profile page and be sure to bring your questions, we would love to answer them. 

2013-05-20 09:08:25 (7 comments, 1 reshares, 22 +1s)

Google+ Hangouts with more than 10 million app downloads

After being launched at Google #io13  last week, the new communication tool Google+ Hangouts now has passed 10 million installs on Google Play. Google+ Hangouts is also available via iOS and web browsers.
So far 41.000 people have rated the Android app with an average rating of 3.5. 18.700 people have given it 5 stars, while 9.200 have given it 1 star.

2013-05-20 07:18:14 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

+John Battelle with some interesting thoughts on why Yahoo! would want to buy Tumblr.

Great read.

2013-05-20 06:51:18 (13 comments, 0 reshares, 24 +1s)

Morning all.

2013-05-19 08:51:37 (17 comments, 3 reshares, 17 +1s)

Thoughts?

2013-05-19 07:57:03 (9 comments, 1 reshares, 22 +1s)

Morning all.

A sunny Sunday in Devon, UK.

2013-05-18 21:47:36 (3 comments, 4 reshares, 13 +1s)

+Colin Walker's latest thoughts on Google+.

2013-05-18 07:08:25 (11 comments, 0 reshares, 24 +1s)

Morning all.

2013-05-17 14:43:48 (11 comments, 2 reshares, 13 +1s)

Offer posts in Google+: Easily save and share offers with your circles

Millions of people follow brands they love on Google+ to keep tabs on them, get the latest news on products, join in on the conversation or simply to be entertained. Many people also engage with businesses to get great deals and discounts. Starting today, we’re making it easier to discover, save and share offers right from Google+.

We’re beginning with a select group of brands like +ZAGAT , +Hello Kitty , +Art.com , +NOOK , +Adafruit Industries  who can now share offers with their followers. If you follow any of these brands, you'll soon see offers from them in your stream.  You can save these offers directly from the post. Once saved, you can use the Google Offers app or simply follow the email confirmation on how to easily redeem the offer online or in-store. 

And just like in reallife, if y... more »

2013-05-17 11:39:43 (7 comments, 1 reshares, 14 +1s)

This post discusses the new Google+  #hashtags  and goes over their triggering, classification and potential uses in research. Notice the blue and grey colour coding.

2013-05-17 09:43:11 (5 comments, 12 reshares, 26 +1s)

Two black holes merge to become a supermassive black hole. It is thought that the first supermassive black hole was created 13 billion years ago, 1 billion years after the Big Bang.

More info here: http://bit.ly/13X174J

Image credit: Ohio State University

2013-05-17 09:09:01 (6 comments, 5 reshares, 15 +1s)

2013-05-17 08:32:45 (4 comments, 2 reshares, 14 +1s)

Meanwhile in... Manila, Philippines:

A vendor recovers items as a firefighter directs a water hose towards a burning shopping mall.

Photograph: Francis R. Malasig/EPA

(source: http://goo.gl/62XA1)

2013-05-17 08:29:25 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

Evolution: It's complicated...

2013-05-17 07:26:25 (4 comments, 3 reshares, 14 +1s)

Collaborative Sensemaking: Google and Google+

Relevancy
"Social emerges out of interaction, individual agency, inference, information, insights & interdependence."
-- +John Kellden

+ConversationLab  Value Tea House Sequence:
Conversations, Anecdotes, Stories, Listening, Narrative

Through story we cocreate relevancy
I believe it is possible to think structure here. A middle layer.
Google is the enabling infrastructure. We, as brands of various sizes, are nodes adding content out of which Google extracts relevancy.

Through semantic search Google extracts relevancy
All patterns of play, all strategies that takes into account and better still, helps and augments this co-evolving dynamic, will be successful.

Data and Story
Narrative Science is but one of the manyen... more »

2013-05-17 06:16:23 (10 comments, 0 reshares, 12 +1s)

Morning all.

2013-05-16 15:49:42 (12 comments, 7 reshares, 27 +1s)

For those of you who said you wanted SMS integration with Hangouts

2013-05-16 15:24:53 (7 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

Meanwhile in... Svalbard, Norway.

The governor's office has advertised for a bear spotter to on a three-week posting, starting on 8 July... Although firearms skills are desirable, the governor's office insists that the polar bear spotter should not need to use a gun "as long as they have a loud voice" to frighten off any bears.

2013-05-16 14:32:49 (23 comments, 2 reshares, 9 +1s)

David Beckham retires from football http://bit.ly/12DML83

2013-05-16 13:12:10 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 12 +1s)

You should join this community if you like Android Gaming. We're 100% spam free and share lots of awesome content about actual games. But don't tell anyone... shhh.

(testing community shares)

2013-05-16 10:53:10 (0 comments, 4 reshares, 39 +1s)

Meanwhile in... Obertrum, Austria:

A freshly-shorn alpaca stands in a pasture at Alpaca-Land farm

Photograph: Kerstin Joensson/AP

(source: http://goo.gl/HqDVU)

2013-05-16 10:28:15 (6 comments, 0 reshares, 26 +1s)

Did someone say there were some bugs in the new layout?

#bugs #newlayout

2013-05-16 07:30:10 (6 comments, 1 reshares, 14 +1s)

Google Design: Evolution.

2013-05-16 07:11:28 (14 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

OK, on my Chromebook, using the new Hangouts chat pops up a small new window and minimises the main window. 

Has anyone worked out how to have it on top like the old chat? Really don't want to keep jumping around between windows...

EDIT: uninstalling the Chrome app brought things back to "normal".

2013-05-16 06:39:29 (5 comments, 3 reshares, 14 +1s)

New Google+ Users: Meet The New Google+
Everything "+" on one post (expand the post)

1. The new Google+
Meet the new Google+: A stream with style and smarts 
Google+: Related Hashtags
Hangouts: Conversations that last, with the people you love
More: googleplusproject.blogspot.com/2013/05/new-google-stream-hangouts-and-photos.html

2. How-To Google+ Videos
Google+: How to get started 
Google+: About circles
Google+: Fun with Hangouts
Google+: Reading and responding
Google+: Sharing
Google+: Set Up Your Profile
Google+: Find people you know
Google+ Communities: A place for whatever you're into
Google+ Events: Introducing a new way to get together
Google+ Photos: Great photos, in less time
Bring your conversations to life with Hangouts

3. LearnM... more »