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What Does Google Plus Mean?

Google Plus (Google+ or just G+) is a social network built over Web 2.0 standards and specification owned and operated by Google Inc.

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Google Plus is the fourth social product by Google after Google Buzz, Orkut and Google Friend Connect. It was launched in June 2011 and received a lot of hype as a viable competitor to Facebook.

Techopedia Explains Google Plus

Google Plus social network provides the services and capabilities of a typical social network along with some unique features related to Google search. Most notable is users' ability to +1 content, which can boost a page's rank, at least for those who are connected to the person who promoted it.

Google Circle enables you to sort your contacts in custom circles or groups for easy sharing. Hangouts is another key feature that enables 10 users to simultaneously conduct video chat. Google Plus is also available and compatible with most mobile platforms including iPhone, Android and Windows Phone.

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Margaret is an award-winning technical writer and teacher known for her ability to explain complex technical subjects to a non-technical business audience. Over the past twenty years, her IT definitions have been published by Que in an encyclopedia of technology terms and cited in articles by the New York Times, Time Magazine, USA Today, ZDNet, PC Magazine, and Discovery Magazine. She joined Techopedia in 2011. Margaret's idea of a fun day is helping IT and business professionals learn to speak each other’s highly specialized languages.