We Make Nice Websites

With Google+ out for almost two weeks now, there has been much speculation and discussion as to what it is, if it will catch on, and how Facebook feels about all of this.
 
While we’re not pretending to have any strong opinions on the matter, there are a few apparent advantages of Google+ right off the bat.
 
Circles. Let’s, for the sake of argument, go ahead and assume that your mailman’s mom’s best friend’s dog does not particularly care about your recent discovery of some new technology for web development. Likely story. We’ll go ahead and put them in a circle called “Dogs.” Then comes along your college professor who might find that particular link handy (and might even give you bonus points for doing so). We’ll put them in a circle called “Professors.”  Friday night pictures? Might want to leave your grandma out of that one, if she too has jumped on the G+ bandwagon. Circles are great for delivering information exactly to the people who will likely benefit from it most.

Less Clutter. Much similar to Twitter, Google+ allows people to follow others without the Facebook required friend request accept.  It does notify you of their addition in case you feel so inclined to do the same but in order to cut down on the clutter of information pouring in, you’re able to follow just those you’re most interested in hearing from.
 
Video Conferencing This has yet to be determined as a good or bad thing. A week after the launch of Google+ and their new “hangouts” that allow users to video conference with up to 10 people, Facebook answered with the addition of group chat and Skype-powered Video Chat. Both appear to serve similar purposes so far.
 
So what does all of this mean for We Make Nice Websites?
 
Well, we’re going to have to be patient. Really patient, in fact, as they have not yet determined a release date for Google+ for Businesses. But don’t worry, we won’t be twiddling our thumbs over here for too long, Facebook just hit 750 million users so it seems as though that will be around for a while longer.