Social Media: Google+

Google+ (pronounced Google Plus) is a social networking and identity service that is owned and operated by Google Inc.

Google has described Google+ as a "social layer" that enhances many of its online properties, and that it is not simply a social networking website, but also an authorship tool that associates web-content directly with its owner/author.

Google+ profiles are used as the background account for many Google Services including YouTube, Gmail, Google Maps, Android, Google Play, Google Music, Google Voice, Google Wallet, Google Local and more.

A Google+ User profile is used for Google Authorship. It is the public visible account of a user that is attached to many Google properties. It includes basic social networking elements like a profile photo, an about section, a background photo, previous work and school history, interests, places lived and an area to post status updates. It also includes several identity service sections, such as a contributor and other profiles area that let one link their "properties across the web". These section optionally link to other social media accounts one has, any blogs one owns or have written or sites one is a contributor to.

 

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