Google+

Also known as Google Plus, G+

Google+ (sometimes written as Google Plus, stylized as G+ or g+) was a social network owned and operated by Google until it ceased operations in 2019. The network was launched on June 28, 2011, in an attempt to challenge other social networks, linking other Google products like Google Drive, Blogger, Google AdSense, and YouTube. The service, Google's fourth foray into social networking, experienced strong growth in its initial years, although usage statistics varied, depending on how the service was defined. Three Google executives oversaw the service, which underwent substantial changes that

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Google+ was a social networking service launched by Google in 2011 that attempted to compete with other major social networks by integrating with Google's other products like YouTube and Google Drive. The service shut down in 2019 after experiencing strong initial growth but ultimately failing to achieve lasting prominence in the social media landscape.

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Website.name: Google+
Website.logo: Google+ logo.svg
Website.logo_size: 139px
Website.registration: Required; no longer available
Website.language: Multilingual
Website.num_users: 200 million (2019)
Website.programming_language: Java, JavaScript

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Google+
Official website: plus.google.com
Motto: Real life sharing, rethought for the web

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Stack Exchange tag: stackoverflow.com/tags/google-plus
IPA transcription: ˈɡuːɡəl plʌs
inception: 2011-06-28
official blog URL: blog.google/products/google-plus
equivalent class: rdf.freebase.com/ns/authority.google.google_plus
discontinuation date: 2019-04-02
number of registered users/contributors: 111000000
dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 2019-04-02
minimum age: 13
WordLift URL: data.thenextweb.com/tnw/entity/google_
Commons category: Google+
review score: 3.6/5 (Average)
exact match: rdf.freebase.com/ns/authority.google.google_plus
described at URL: marketplace.sshopencloud.eu/tool-or-service/FbcON4
DuckDuckGo bang: gplus

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Contents

History
Release
Growth
Changes in management and product direction
Redesign
Shutdown of consumer version
Shutdown of business version
User demographics
Features and functions
User profile
Circles
Identity services
Public
+1 button
Google+ Pages
Communities
Events
Discover
Google Local
Photography
Additional features
Collections
Deprecated features
Technologies
Censorship
Controversies
Obama's election campaign
Nymwars
Commenting on YouTube
Legal issues
Class-action lawsuit
In popular culture
References
External links

Due to low user engagement and disclosed software design flaws that potentially allowed outside developers access to personal information of its users, the Google+ developer API was discontinued on March 7, 2019, and Google+ was shut down for business and personal use on April 2, 2019.