Is Google+ falling apart? [Infographic]
RSS FeedGoogle+ (Google plus) has achieved some outstanding milestones in past but the way its growing now, clicked a question in ma mind “Is Google+ falling apart?”. My love to Google and its services immediately replied this question with a big “NO” but on a second thought I realized that I spend less time on Google+ these days as what I used to spend a month ago.
I started collecting some latest facts and stats about Google+ and here are my findings-
- Google+ has more than 40 Million users as of now (according to Larry Page).
- An average user spends 5 mins 15 seconds on Google+ while on Facebook it is 25 mins.
- An overall decline of 3% total visits of Google+ in US only.
- 41% fall in use of Google+ in last one month according to 89n.com
Expert Opinion
I approached some of industry experts asking them the same question “Is Google+ falling apart?” and was so happy to see their replies back to my inbox. Below are their comments-
Mike Elgan
[CEO at Elgan Media]
Not at all. The big drivers of adoption are still in the future. These include business accounts, API integration, etc.
Right now, Google+ is populated mainly by early adopters. Why? Because it’s early. But Google will bake it into everything, people will publish on Google+ — there are a thousand reasons why people will find themselves using the site even if they’re not members.
Markus Hegi-Nagavkar
[CEO & Founder at Colayer]
I’m skeptical about the success of google+. Great product & great inspiration for the market – but ‘me too’ simply doesnt work against FB – And whatever I have seen up to now, g+ is very much me too! – so why should the masses switch? – and most will not maintain 2 such similar social networks.
Karthick Ravindran Appiya
[Founder at Arkarthick.com]
While the early excitement around Google+ was awesome, it appears to be shedding some of its appeal/momentum now. Main reason, Google+ hasn’t projected us anything new that we weren’t previously getting from it’s competitive services such as Facebook, Twitter, blogs et al. People started to get tired with the service. But, I don’t thing it’s going to dead. I believe, the future of Google+ would rely on what innovations/attractions they will come up with and their clear-cut privacy/user policies.
Pat M. Germelman
[Digital Advocate and Corporate Listener at Fahrenheit Technology]
I don’t think so. And, I think the perceived competition between the two is over-hyped. Google+ is about content curation and conversation with leanings toward the intellectual. Facebook (with its origin as a college online what-are-you-doing-now, who-are-you-dating, want-to-get-a-beer site) chronicles our day-to-day lives..the games we play, our political stances, where we vacation, where we eat, what we’re reading…it mirrors ourselves. Comparing the two is like comparing bananas and kiwi. Both will survive the pseudo-war.
Jackie Bigford
[Social Media Director at Global Village Champions]
I must admit that I don’t spend alot of time on Google+ …I need to go over and spend some time there but my choice of platforms are Facebook and Twitter and for gaming it is Empire Avenue. This is where I spend the bulk of my time and it is where I have the most meaningful relationships.
Michael Q Todd
[Works at Twitter Coach]
Google + is rising fast. If you want content shared it is the place to be. Once business and community pages start there will be a massive rush towards Google+
Aaron Lee Wei-Ren
[Founder at Ask Aaron Lee]
Personally, its loosing its charm on me, I still jump into conversations there from time to time but I’ve gotten less interested recently. However, I think its still new and we should give them a little chance still.
Inger Verheul
[CEO at IDH Business Concepts]
I think that like all new things at first everybody jumps on it… and later it stabilizes. But Google is always inventing new things, so you never know what they might pull out now!
So now you are aware of latest stats about Google+ and also know what experts says about its future, I would love to hear what you say “Is Google+ gonna be a failure like Google Buzz?”
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I have stopped visiting G+ for one reason and one reason only …. I cannot share from my iPhone. I can on everything else … simple really.
It’s a great social zone. I can understand how it’s simpleness gathers a greater male use than female, but it’s still a service that will hold a market for both.
If you build a home that’s nice and modern and can hold a couple of million people then people will move in. Look at Twitter. I expected that to die 2 years ago and it still lives comfortably with a stable userbase.
Google+ is underperforming though. They have a system that has latent power. If they would incorporate the philosophy of “make everything as customization and variable as possible” then they will excel into the promised frontier.
As it is now, comparing the much needed feature to the features that are not arriving, we might think that bureaucracy is stifling innovation… am I far off?
I’m just glad Google’s still got a tattered shred of social responsibility left, making it easy to leave them with their “data liberation front” project. If in fact they do “bake G+ into everything”, that’s exactly what I’ll do. I find them plenty creepy enough already, although not quite as creepy as Facebook, which I will never ever ever use. Didn’t like MySpace, LiveJournal, or Friendster either.
Bottom line: I sure hope Google reconsiders their coercive ‘integration’ stance.