So on Friday (Friday 28th June 2013), we saw the anniversary of it being two years since the launch of Google+ (see Wikipedia) along with people claiming that it has over 359 million actual users – but is this the case?
So, here is something interesting to throw into the mix…..
How many are actual users?
I had a computer crash a few months ago and lost my bookmarks which is a real pain, as this means a link here would be great for this topic, as the link was stating that actual users is a much lesser figure even below 100 million!
The link in summary, laid claim to their reason in stating this figure, being that everything “Google” is linked. So – from memory – if you look at this:-
- – many people log on to view things on YouTube, because Google owns it and you have an account, these figures are counted
- – many people log on to view things on Gmail, because Google owns it and you have an account, these figures are counted
- – many people log on to view things on Google Maps, because owns it and you have an account, these figures are counted
Despite been asked by many industry researchers, Google refuses to actually disclose how many actual users they have using just Google+.
Therefore, Google‘s figures have been classed as number which is very misleading whereas transparency is disclosed by Facebook v. Instagram, Twitter v. Vine, Yahoo v. Tumblr, etc, etc,
So really “Google” maybe number two but where actually is Google+? We wait with bated breath to see when and if Google will release the true breakdown of the elements that make up the Google figures…….
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