Latest Google+ Exporter Update
Originally shared by Friends+Me
There's a new Google+ Exporter bugfix release 1.7.8
Improved Blogger and WordPress export, images from post comments extracted for download.
Download from https://gplus-exporter.friendsplus.me
* NEW author name tag is used for Blogger exported posts.
* NEW embed.ly link preview is used for WordPress 5 exports since WP do not support link preview natively.
* NEW images are extracted from post comments and available for download.
* FIXED export bug Invalid character in string.
#GooglePlusRefugees #GooglePlus #Google+ #DataLiberation #DataExport
https://gplus-exporter.friendsplus.me
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Friday, February 8, 2019
Sunday, January 27, 2019
Thinking of using Google Groups to replace your G+ Community?
Thinking of using Google Groups to replace your G+ Community?
Google appears to have made another unannounced change concerning the size of a Google Group
Originally shared by Filip H.F. “FiXato” Slagter
Google Groups no longer a viable alternative for large communities
From the original topic on Google Groups: «After speaking with Google support, it appears that Google has changed the rules on large groups (500-1000 users) to implement a deliberate decision (that has apparently not yet been announced) to not support large groups. The change is to simply block messages based on some unspecified criteria, and the rejection message cites spam but is not actually spam related (and the messages do not appear in a spam folder where we could try to recover them, they are just deleted), and the rejection message suggests making the group moderated (but the group is already moderated). Google support wasn't entirely clear on the details, but said that Google will be posting these changes at some point in the future on their site.
Google's suggestion was either:
- remove enough users to bring the group under 500-750 users (it's unclear how we'd do that)
- move the list to a new platform»
See https://groups.google.com/a/isocpp.org/forum/m/#!msg/sg14/FZEWCOSyFlk/MFUXyq1YDAAJ for further details.
#Plexodus #GooglePlus #GoogleGroups #GooglePlusExodus #GooglePlusAlternatives #GPlus
https://groups.google.com/a/isocpp.org/forum/m/#!msg/sg14/FZEWCOSyFlk/MFUXyq1YDAAJ
Google appears to have made another unannounced change concerning the size of a Google Group
Originally shared by Filip H.F. “FiXato” Slagter
Google Groups no longer a viable alternative for large communities
From the original topic on Google Groups: «After speaking with Google support, it appears that Google has changed the rules on large groups (500-1000 users) to implement a deliberate decision (that has apparently not yet been announced) to not support large groups. The change is to simply block messages based on some unspecified criteria, and the rejection message cites spam but is not actually spam related (and the messages do not appear in a spam folder where we could try to recover them, they are just deleted), and the rejection message suggests making the group moderated (but the group is already moderated). Google support wasn't entirely clear on the details, but said that Google will be posting these changes at some point in the future on their site.
Google's suggestion was either:
- remove enough users to bring the group under 500-750 users (it's unclear how we'd do that)
- move the list to a new platform»
See https://groups.google.com/a/isocpp.org/forum/m/#!msg/sg14/FZEWCOSyFlk/MFUXyq1YDAAJ for further details.
#Plexodus #GooglePlus #GoogleGroups #GooglePlusExodus #GooglePlusAlternatives #GPlus
https://groups.google.com/a/isocpp.org/forum/m/#!msg/sg14/FZEWCOSyFlk/MFUXyq1YDAAJ
Friday, October 12, 2018
A starter list of G+ Alternatives...
A starter list of G+ Alternatives...
Just FYI
Originally shared by Kathie “Kat” Gifford
Here are 15 Google+ replacement sites I found with descriptions and links (Tumblr looks really interesting)
Facebook: You probably already have an account there but I had to mention it LOL.
--
Google+ Rewritten: The go-to place for G+ refugees.
A place that’s open to the artists, memers, and everyday users of G+.
We're creating A home for the G+ family
A Public Mighty Network
https://google-rewritten.mn.co/about
--
Tumblr: Tumblr is an excellent Google+ alternative that lets you share and share anything and everything. Extremely flexible, widely enjoyable, ultra-sublime, it lets you post photos, texts, links, quotes, videos, music and the like from your email, PC, browser, phone and others more.
Tumblr made it really, really simple for people to make a blog and put whatever they want on it. Stories, photos, GIFs, TV shows, links, quips, dumb jokes, smart jokes, Spotify tracks, mp3s, videos, fashion, art, deep stuff. Tumblr is 441 million different blogs, filled with literally whatever.
All those great, random blogs your friends send you, those are Tumblr blogs. We’ll help you find and follow blogs like that, and we’ll help other people find and follow yours.
Once you follow a blog, all of its posts show up in your dashboard, just like you’d expect. See something great? Reblog it to your own blog. Add commentary if you like. Make it your own. Other people will do the same to your posts. That’s how you meet people here.
A micro-blogging site like few others, its all fun, and lots more fun. With Tumblr, you’ll more or less be doing cartwheels every day due to how fab it makes you feel! https://www.tumblr.com/
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MeWe: Share anything and everything: photos, videos, voice messages, disappearing content, mail, chat and more. Capture your entire world or just a moment in time. You own your content. You control your interactions. You design your level of privacy. Our breakthrough technology allows you to stay connected to your world through 1:1 communication or in private groups. Save and manage your content in your personal cloud storage, too. We do not spy, track, or share your data. Your personal information and content is yours - not ours.
No Ads. No Spyware. No BS.
Plus, the best chat & texting app, with privacy you trust.
https://mewe.com/
--
Diaspora: Let’s say you get given the godlike power to take apart the likes of Facebook and pump inordinate amounts of steroids into its privacy-seeking muscles, what you get should be Diaspora. With this particular social media site, the fear the majority of us feel about the exposing of our private information is largely eliminated.
Therefore, users get to sleep easy and share anything they like with anyone they want in excellent safety. As a social media site where momentous things happen, it performs excellently and serves as a very viable alternative to Google+ or of any other social media.
Diaspora is a free personal web server that implements a distributed social networking service. Installations of the software form nodes (termed "pods") which make up the distributed Diaspora social network.
Use diaspora as your home base to post to your profiles on other major social services. This way your friends will still be able to keep in touch with what you’re up to, even if they’re not yet on diaspora*. diaspora* currently supports cross-posting to your Twitter, Tumblr, and WordPress accounts, with more to come. https://diasporafoundation.org/
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Pinterest: With Pinterest, you are kind of back in high school, with the corridors populated by all sorts of pin boards advertising or displaying this and that. You get to like the said pics, interact with people who share the same pictorial interests that you do, and give your eyes an orgasm every now and then.
Pinterest is rather picture-focused, but it still provides an excellent all-round performance that puts it solidly in line as a top Google Plus alternative. https://www.pinterest.com/
--
VK: Russian-based, VK is one of the largest social media networks in the world and the biggest in the EU. Just like other social media users get to make, send and share photos, videos, posts and virtually anything else you might expect from a top social media site. Find out more about VK here: https://www.echosec.net/what-is-vk-and-why-should-you-care/
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Minds: Open-source and with an excellent focus on free speech, Minds is a social network that lets you say whatever you like however you like to whomever you like. Which serves to make it a useful tool and a social media site totally worth befriending if you feel like getting an earful of the diverse opinion other people might have on equally diverse issues.
It stands out with a very professional interface and sublimely combines the features and contents of the likes of Facebook and YouTube. Which firmly puts it in the list of the best alternatives to Google+ you can find on this sweet earth. http://www.minds.com
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Mastodon: Another free and open-source micro-blogging social media platform, Mastodon features extreme user customization and is an uber-lovable monster that’s well worth the stress of taming and befriending. Mastadon is just one part of the network, run by the main developers of the project. It is not focused on any particular niche interest - everyone is welcome as long as you follow the code of conduct! With 500 characters at your disposal and support for granular content and media warnings, you can express yourself the way you want to. Multiple apps for iOS, Android, and other platforms thanks to a developer-friendly API ecosystem allow you to keep up with your friends anywhere. Mastodon is not a commercial network. No advertising, no data mining, no walled gardens. There is no central authority.
Few decentralized micro-blogging sites come as sweet and slick as does Mastodon. Rock it and remake the world in the image of your words.
https://mastodon.social/about
--
Movim: Little known but widely admired by people in the know, Movim is an open-source distributed social network that permits users to set up their own servers with which to host content. These servers then work together to share user-generated content.
Due to this, your personal files are far more secure and not sitting pretty somewhere where they can be taken over, hacked, or be ill-used. Let loose on the social media landscape just a couple months ago, it has the potential of growing bigger than ever and is well worth taking a good look at.
Movim is a distributed social network built on top of XMPP, a popular open standards communication protocol that allows you to exchange with many other clients on all devices such as Conversations (Android) or Dino (Desktop). You can easily access and explore the content of the whole network and connect with all other Movim users instantly.. Movim is a free and open source software licensed under the AGPL. It can be accessed using existing XMPP clients and Jabber accounts. The project was founded by Timothée Jaussoin in 2010. https://movim.eu/
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Reddit: Reddit is an American social news aggregation, web content rating, and discussion website. Registered members submit content to the site such as links, text posts, and images, which are then voted up or down by other members. Reddit gives you the best of the internet in one place. Get a constantly updating feed of breaking news, fun stories, pics, memes, and videos just for you. https://www.reddit.com/
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Twister: Decentralized and designed for matchless peer-to-peer microblogging, Twister comes with end-to-end encryption, which ensures nothing but the best confidentiality and privacy. Available on a variety of OS, it borrows components from some top social media sites and the security framework of Bitcoin to provide an ultra-secure and very hack-resistant social network service.
Got something to say, but you fear your government might chop off your head for it? Then, use Twister; it’s far better than Google+! http://twister.net.co/
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GNU Social: Kindly consider it a slightly downgraded version of Twitter, and you might well be right. It’s a free and thankfully open-source communication software that you can host on your own and which lets you seamlessly connect among diverse micro-blogging communities. GNU social is a continuation of the StatusNet project. It is social communication software for both public and private communications. It is widely supported and has a large userbase. It is already used by the Free Software Foundation.
If you’ve heard of Mastodon, that’s an alternative implementation of GNU social. People on one can follow their friends on the other. That’s one of the advantages of federation!
Very customizable and feature-packed for both amateur and professional computer hobbyists, it can be a little awkward for the guy in the street to configure and use. Still, it provides very convenient service that can make it indispensable in the hands of someone who knows what he/she is doing. https://gnu.io/social/
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GAB: Gab is a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based social networking service formerly based in Austin, Texas. It was created as an alternative to Twitter and promotes itself as supporting free speech. It allows its users to read and write messages of up to 300 characters, called "gabs". https://gab.ai/
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Friendica: Friendica users can connect with others via their own Friendica server, but may also fully integrate contacts from other platforms including Twitter, Diaspora, http://Pump.io and StatusNet into their 'newsfeed'. In addition to these two way connections, users can also use Friendica as a publishing platform to post content to Google+, WordPress, Tumblr and Libertree. In addition, e-mail contacts and RSS feeds can be integrated.[4] Because users are distributed across many servers, their "addresses" consist of a username, the "@" symbol, and the domain name of the Friendica instance in the same manner email addresses are formed.
Most functionality from major microblogging and social networking platforms are also available in Friendica, for example tagging users and groups via "@ mentions", direct messages, hashtags, photo albums, "likes", "dislikes", comments and reshares of publicly visible posts. Published items can be edited and updated across the network. Comprehensive settings for privacy and the public visibility of posts allow users to regulate who can read which contributions or see specific information about the user. Users can also create multiple profiles, allowing different groups of people (such as friends, or work mates) to see a different profile entirely when viewing the same page. User accounts can be downloaded or deleted, and can be imported to a different Friendica server if so required. Users can download or delete their own profiles as well as import a profile to another Friendica server. Public forums can be created under different accounts, which can be switched between if the accounts are registered with the same email address.
Many extensions and themes exist for Friendica, including "connectors", which can be used to connect to the platforms mentioned above. However, for the sake of simplicity, a lot of new features are also created as extensions and later incorporated into the "core" of Friendica. https://friendi.ca/
October 12, 2018
#GooglePlus
https://friendi.ca/
Just FYI
Originally shared by Kathie “Kat” Gifford
Here are 15 Google+ replacement sites I found with descriptions and links (Tumblr looks really interesting)
Facebook: You probably already have an account there but I had to mention it LOL.
--
Google+ Rewritten: The go-to place for G+ refugees.
A place that’s open to the artists, memers, and everyday users of G+.
We're creating A home for the G+ family
A Public Mighty Network
https://google-rewritten.mn.co/about
--
Tumblr: Tumblr is an excellent Google+ alternative that lets you share and share anything and everything. Extremely flexible, widely enjoyable, ultra-sublime, it lets you post photos, texts, links, quotes, videos, music and the like from your email, PC, browser, phone and others more.
Tumblr made it really, really simple for people to make a blog and put whatever they want on it. Stories, photos, GIFs, TV shows, links, quips, dumb jokes, smart jokes, Spotify tracks, mp3s, videos, fashion, art, deep stuff. Tumblr is 441 million different blogs, filled with literally whatever.
All those great, random blogs your friends send you, those are Tumblr blogs. We’ll help you find and follow blogs like that, and we’ll help other people find and follow yours.
Once you follow a blog, all of its posts show up in your dashboard, just like you’d expect. See something great? Reblog it to your own blog. Add commentary if you like. Make it your own. Other people will do the same to your posts. That’s how you meet people here.
A micro-blogging site like few others, its all fun, and lots more fun. With Tumblr, you’ll more or less be doing cartwheels every day due to how fab it makes you feel! https://www.tumblr.com/
--
MeWe: Share anything and everything: photos, videos, voice messages, disappearing content, mail, chat and more. Capture your entire world or just a moment in time. You own your content. You control your interactions. You design your level of privacy. Our breakthrough technology allows you to stay connected to your world through 1:1 communication or in private groups. Save and manage your content in your personal cloud storage, too. We do not spy, track, or share your data. Your personal information and content is yours - not ours.
No Ads. No Spyware. No BS.
Plus, the best chat & texting app, with privacy you trust.
https://mewe.com/
--
Diaspora: Let’s say you get given the godlike power to take apart the likes of Facebook and pump inordinate amounts of steroids into its privacy-seeking muscles, what you get should be Diaspora. With this particular social media site, the fear the majority of us feel about the exposing of our private information is largely eliminated.
Therefore, users get to sleep easy and share anything they like with anyone they want in excellent safety. As a social media site where momentous things happen, it performs excellently and serves as a very viable alternative to Google+ or of any other social media.
Diaspora is a free personal web server that implements a distributed social networking service. Installations of the software form nodes (termed "pods") which make up the distributed Diaspora social network.
Use diaspora as your home base to post to your profiles on other major social services. This way your friends will still be able to keep in touch with what you’re up to, even if they’re not yet on diaspora*. diaspora* currently supports cross-posting to your Twitter, Tumblr, and WordPress accounts, with more to come. https://diasporafoundation.org/
--
Pinterest: With Pinterest, you are kind of back in high school, with the corridors populated by all sorts of pin boards advertising or displaying this and that. You get to like the said pics, interact with people who share the same pictorial interests that you do, and give your eyes an orgasm every now and then.
Pinterest is rather picture-focused, but it still provides an excellent all-round performance that puts it solidly in line as a top Google Plus alternative. https://www.pinterest.com/
--
VK: Russian-based, VK is one of the largest social media networks in the world and the biggest in the EU. Just like other social media users get to make, send and share photos, videos, posts and virtually anything else you might expect from a top social media site. Find out more about VK here: https://www.echosec.net/what-is-vk-and-why-should-you-care/
--
Minds: Open-source and with an excellent focus on free speech, Minds is a social network that lets you say whatever you like however you like to whomever you like. Which serves to make it a useful tool and a social media site totally worth befriending if you feel like getting an earful of the diverse opinion other people might have on equally diverse issues.
It stands out with a very professional interface and sublimely combines the features and contents of the likes of Facebook and YouTube. Which firmly puts it in the list of the best alternatives to Google+ you can find on this sweet earth. http://www.minds.com
--
Mastodon: Another free and open-source micro-blogging social media platform, Mastodon features extreme user customization and is an uber-lovable monster that’s well worth the stress of taming and befriending. Mastadon is just one part of the network, run by the main developers of the project. It is not focused on any particular niche interest - everyone is welcome as long as you follow the code of conduct! With 500 characters at your disposal and support for granular content and media warnings, you can express yourself the way you want to. Multiple apps for iOS, Android, and other platforms thanks to a developer-friendly API ecosystem allow you to keep up with your friends anywhere. Mastodon is not a commercial network. No advertising, no data mining, no walled gardens. There is no central authority.
Few decentralized micro-blogging sites come as sweet and slick as does Mastodon. Rock it and remake the world in the image of your words.
https://mastodon.social/about
--
Movim: Little known but widely admired by people in the know, Movim is an open-source distributed social network that permits users to set up their own servers with which to host content. These servers then work together to share user-generated content.
Due to this, your personal files are far more secure and not sitting pretty somewhere where they can be taken over, hacked, or be ill-used. Let loose on the social media landscape just a couple months ago, it has the potential of growing bigger than ever and is well worth taking a good look at.
Movim is a distributed social network built on top of XMPP, a popular open standards communication protocol that allows you to exchange with many other clients on all devices such as Conversations (Android) or Dino (Desktop). You can easily access and explore the content of the whole network and connect with all other Movim users instantly.. Movim is a free and open source software licensed under the AGPL. It can be accessed using existing XMPP clients and Jabber accounts. The project was founded by Timothée Jaussoin in 2010. https://movim.eu/
--
Reddit: Reddit is an American social news aggregation, web content rating, and discussion website. Registered members submit content to the site such as links, text posts, and images, which are then voted up or down by other members. Reddit gives you the best of the internet in one place. Get a constantly updating feed of breaking news, fun stories, pics, memes, and videos just for you. https://www.reddit.com/
--
Twister: Decentralized and designed for matchless peer-to-peer microblogging, Twister comes with end-to-end encryption, which ensures nothing but the best confidentiality and privacy. Available on a variety of OS, it borrows components from some top social media sites and the security framework of Bitcoin to provide an ultra-secure and very hack-resistant social network service.
Got something to say, but you fear your government might chop off your head for it? Then, use Twister; it’s far better than Google+! http://twister.net.co/
--
GNU Social: Kindly consider it a slightly downgraded version of Twitter, and you might well be right. It’s a free and thankfully open-source communication software that you can host on your own and which lets you seamlessly connect among diverse micro-blogging communities. GNU social is a continuation of the StatusNet project. It is social communication software for both public and private communications. It is widely supported and has a large userbase. It is already used by the Free Software Foundation.
If you’ve heard of Mastodon, that’s an alternative implementation of GNU social. People on one can follow their friends on the other. That’s one of the advantages of federation!
Very customizable and feature-packed for both amateur and professional computer hobbyists, it can be a little awkward for the guy in the street to configure and use. Still, it provides very convenient service that can make it indispensable in the hands of someone who knows what he/she is doing. https://gnu.io/social/
--
GAB: Gab is a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based social networking service formerly based in Austin, Texas. It was created as an alternative to Twitter and promotes itself as supporting free speech. It allows its users to read and write messages of up to 300 characters, called "gabs". https://gab.ai/
--
Friendica: Friendica users can connect with others via their own Friendica server, but may also fully integrate contacts from other platforms including Twitter, Diaspora, http://Pump.io and StatusNet into their 'newsfeed'. In addition to these two way connections, users can also use Friendica as a publishing platform to post content to Google+, WordPress, Tumblr and Libertree. In addition, e-mail contacts and RSS feeds can be integrated.[4] Because users are distributed across many servers, their "addresses" consist of a username, the "@" symbol, and the domain name of the Friendica instance in the same manner email addresses are formed.
Most functionality from major microblogging and social networking platforms are also available in Friendica, for example tagging users and groups via "@ mentions", direct messages, hashtags, photo albums, "likes", "dislikes", comments and reshares of publicly visible posts. Published items can be edited and updated across the network. Comprehensive settings for privacy and the public visibility of posts allow users to regulate who can read which contributions or see specific information about the user. Users can also create multiple profiles, allowing different groups of people (such as friends, or work mates) to see a different profile entirely when viewing the same page. User accounts can be downloaded or deleted, and can be imported to a different Friendica server if so required. Users can download or delete their own profiles as well as import a profile to another Friendica server. Public forums can be created under different accounts, which can be switched between if the accounts are registered with the same email address.
Many extensions and themes exist for Friendica, including "connectors", which can be used to connect to the platforms mentioned above. However, for the sake of simplicity, a lot of new features are also created as extensions and later incorporated into the "core" of Friendica. https://friendi.ca/
October 12, 2018
#GooglePlus
https://friendi.ca/
Thursday, October 1, 2015
"Blue Heads" scheduled for termination!
"Blue Heads" scheduled for termination!
At long last - Yay!
Originally shared by Brent Sullivan
The anonymous "blue heads" on G+ are going away!
Anyone who has not uploaded an image for their "avatar" on the Google+ service will now be assigned an initial corresponding to their name. This change will be rolled out slowly, so it may take a while to show up all over. So, if you haven't uploaded some kind of image, will this make you do so?
You can read more about the change on the Google Apps blog:
http://googleappsupdates.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/change-to-default-avatar-for-google.html
#googleapps #googleplus #chromebook
Monday, July 27, 2015
This will probably of interest to members of this community.
This will probably of interest to members of this community.
First G+ removed "Photos", now "YouTube", so............. besides collections; What's left?
h/t Karen V Chin for this share.
Originally shared by Karen V Chin
Interesting read from Social Media Examiner given today's Google news about decoupling YouTube from Google+
Read more from Tech Crunch's "Google Weans Itself Off Of Google+ " post: http://goo.gl/8q4N3B
Pin for later
www.pinterest.com/pin/434104851560579479
#googleplus #youtube #google #socialmedia
http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/the-future-of-google-what-new-research-reveals/
First G+ removed "Photos", now "YouTube", so............. besides collections; What's left?
h/t Karen V Chin for this share.
Originally shared by Karen V Chin
Interesting read from Social Media Examiner given today's Google news about decoupling YouTube from Google+
Read more from Tech Crunch's "Google Weans Itself Off Of Google+ " post: http://goo.gl/8q4N3B
Pin for later
www.pinterest.com/pin/434104851560579479
#googleplus #youtube #google #socialmedia
http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/the-future-of-google-what-new-research-reveals/
Friday, May 1, 2015
Sure to be of interest to members
Sure to be of interest to members
Originally shared by Jaana Nyström
When did you last check your Google+ Settings?
- Control which types of notifications you get
- Choose who can notify you by contacting you directly
- Settings for Photos and videos
- Profile settings
- Location sharing settings
...and more.
Your own settings: http://bit.ly/1AFezec
Learn more about the settings and privacy on Google+: http://bit.ly/1AFezed
#Googleplus #Privacy #Settings #Visibility #TCpost
Monday, March 30, 2015
I thought this was a really informative article especially if you use G+ as a platform to market your business , so...
I thought this was a really informative article especially if you use G+ as a platform to market your business , so I thought I'd share it.
Originally shared by John Skeats
Mistakes to Avoid When Promoting Anything on Google
People who are excited about causes, religious beliefs, their blogs, communities, businesses, or whatever often make serious mistakes that have exactly the opposite effects from what they are trying to achieve. Making those mistakes drive people away from you. They can result in being your being flagged as spammer and even having your profile or page suspended by Google+.
Promotional posts of any kind can violate rule #7 of the Google+ User Content and Conduct Policy (http://www.google.com/+/policy/content.html), which states: Do not spam, including sending unwanted promotional or commercial content, or unwanted or mass solicitation. The word "unwanted" there is key. You are violating the rule if you share a promotional post in a manner that it is delivered to people who do not want to receive it. It does not matter what the subject matter is. For example, a perfectly wonderful religious post becomes spam when the post is delivered to people who do not welcome such posts -- and if a sufficient number of people report such a post as spam, Google will treat the person who shared it as a spammer.
Some of the most common ways people get into trouble are:
-- Sharing in a manner that triggers unwanted notifications
-- Sharing the same or substantially similar content too frequently
-- Sharing to too many communities
-- Sharing too frequently in a single community
-- Sharing posts that violate community rules
-- Sharing "link-litter" posts
-- Using too many hashtags
-- Adding a promotional signature block to your posts and comments
-- Asking for followers
-- Inviting people to communities
-- Sharing religious posts
The remainder of this post consists of discussions about each item in the above list. Note to bloggers: Pay especial attention to the second and sixth items.
Sharing in a manner that triggers unwanted notifications
People generally want to make their own decisions about who they receive notifications from. Google+ offers very effective means for people to control notifications. Still there are two mistakes that people make very frequently that get them reported for unwanted notifications:
-- If you add Extended circles, Your circles, or the names of specific circles when sharing a post with Public, some of the people in the groups you added are likely to receive unwanted notifications. Avoid this by removing all other groups from the To: field when sharing with Public. Your posts will still be visible to the same audience and will appear in the Home streams for the same people either way, but removing the groups prevents unwanted notifications. Note that it would be okay to add a circle if all of the people in it asked you to be notified of your posts.
-- If you select the Also send email when sharing a post with Extended circles, Your circles, or specific circles, some of the people in those groups are likely to receive unwanted notifications. Avoid this by never using that option unless 100% of the people in the groups have asked you to send them email notifications.
I mentioned in both of the cases above that it is okay if people asked you to notify them. That does not mean it is okay to notify them and offer the option to be removed. You are spamming if you add them and only remove them upon request. You are not spamming if you offer them the option to receive notifications and only add people who ask to be added.
Sharing the same or substantially similar content too frequently
Sharing the identical post or a post with very similar content repeatedly with the same audience will get you into trouble. That can include posts with minimally different content in the posts themselves and the same link. It can also include posts that are minimally different and have closely related links (e.g., different posts in the same blog). A key way of avoiding this type of problem is to share a variety of posts. Bloggers who share a variety of Google+ posts in addition to their blog posts are less likely to encounter problems than bloggers who share only their blog posts on Google+.
Sharing to too many communities
Google considers sharing the same or substantially similar posts to multiple communities in a relatively short period of time to be a form of spamming. The Google+ spam filters detect this and flag all instances of the posts. They are put into queues in the communities for the moderators to approve or reject. Posts are not visible to other community members while the posts are in the moderation queue. To avoid this, I recommend never sharing similar material to more than three communities within about a two-hour period.
Sharing too frequently in a single community
No one likes seeing a community stream that is dominated by one individual. I recommend never sharing more than one or two posts in the same community without their being sufficient time for a significant number of other people's posts to appear between yours. Also be aware that some communities have strict limits on the number of posts you may share per day.
Sharing posts that violate community rules
The owners of the communities set the rules for their communities. The only restriction is that the rules for a community cannot override the Google+ User Content and Conduct Policy (referenced above). Many -- perhaps most -- communities do not allow promotional posts of any form. It is extremely important to read and follow the rules for each community before posting in it. Otherwise moderators will remove your posts as spam. Google treats people who demonstrate a pattern of having their posts removed from communities to be spammers because their posts are clearly being shared in a manner that is unwanted in the context where they are being shared.
Sharing "link-litter" posts
Posts that contain little or no meaningful content other than a link are much more likely to be treated as spam than posts that introduce the link with a discussion about the content of the target of the link. Note that simply copying the title of the website or blog post, or adding a one-liner saying something along the lines of the information being important does not a change a post from being link litter. As an aside, studies have shown that the click-through rate on links is dramatically higher when the posts themselves offer readers value than on link-litter posts and posts that simply encourage the reader to go to the target links.
Using too many hashtags
We have not seen concrete evidence that Google has a quota on the number of hashtags you can use in a post, however there is no question that posts that are overwhelmed by hashtags in the content itself -- which is completely unnecessary since Google+ allows virtually unlimited length posts -- or in long lists at the end look spammy. Remember that spam is defined by the eye of the beholder. If the recipients think your posts look like spam, they are spam.
Adding a promotional signature block to your posts and comments
Many people like to add the equivalent of an email signature section with promotional messages and links to their posts and comments on other people's posts. The Google+ spam filters will quickly detect that and start treating you as a spammer. It is fine, of course, to add links where it is appropriate to the context of the post or comment, but adding a standard signature block with links will get you in trouble.
Asking for followers
Asking people to circle your profile or follow your page is not well received on Google+. People will take those actions if you give them value and engage with them. They are much more likely to view you as a spammer if you ask them to circle your profile or follow your page.
Inviting people to communities
Unwanted community invitations are an extremely annoying form of spam. Many community owners or people excited about particular communities want to invite the world to join them. Resist that temptation! In invitation to a community is implicitly promotional, and community invitations trigger notifications. Therefore, invitations sent to anyone who does not want them meet Google's definition of spam. Share invitations only with people you believe to have an interest in a specific community -- and personalize those invitations by adding meaningful content about why you believe they might be interested in the communities. Without that personalization, the posts look like a form of link litter.
Sharing religious posts
Religious posts do not implicitly violate any rules. I call them out separately because they present their own pitfalls. Recipients of religious posts who are not of the same persuasion generally see the posts as promoting religions or specific religious beliefs -- and many people do not welcome such posts. That means religious posts fulfill all of Google's conditions defining spam if the posts are delivered to people who do not want to receive them. I am not saying there is anything wrong with sharing posts about your beliefs. I am merely encouraging people who want to do so to realize that it is very easy to cross the line and become a spammer.
#GooglePlus #GooglePlusTips
Monday, March 2, 2015
Thanks to Ronnie Bincer for this -sure to be of interest to members.
Thanks to Ronnie Bincer for this -sure to be of interest to members.
Originally shared by Ronnie Bincer
Photos and Streams... new directions for Google plus?
There have been some official announcements of change, but not much detail yet as to how this will affect what we now know of Google Plus...
Apparently Hangouts will also be a stand-alone product (perhaps it already is since we have a mobile app named "Hangouts") but more on that as information trickles out to us.
I share with you this comment that Bradley Horowitz made in some of his public replies to people concerned re. the planned changes:
The improvements referenced aren't a step backward - they're a step forward! This is about making sure these products reach more users - and are simple, elegant and delightful to use. I look forward to sharing them with you, and invite you to suspend any concerns you have until you've had a chance to use them yourselves.
Note how nobody is stating that "Streams" (a new name for what we call G+ now?) will no longer contain the things that are also going to stand on their own, so the use of photos and hangouts will likely stay part of Google plus, but may also have their own stand alone functions.
Please join me in welcoming Bradley Horowitz to his new more publicly facing role... http://goo.gl/ei1kfh
h/t: Nazim Beltran for pointing me to this announcement post
http://www.theverge.com/2015/3/2/8131639/google-officially-splits-into-photos-and-streams
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#GooglePlus #Streams #Photos #Hangouts
http://www.theverge.com/2015/3/2/8131639/google-officially-splits-into-photos-and-streams
Originally shared by Ronnie Bincer
Photos and Streams... new directions for Google plus?
There have been some official announcements of change, but not much detail yet as to how this will affect what we now know of Google Plus...
Apparently Hangouts will also be a stand-alone product (perhaps it already is since we have a mobile app named "Hangouts") but more on that as information trickles out to us.
I share with you this comment that Bradley Horowitz made in some of his public replies to people concerned re. the planned changes:
The improvements referenced aren't a step backward - they're a step forward! This is about making sure these products reach more users - and are simple, elegant and delightful to use. I look forward to sharing them with you, and invite you to suspend any concerns you have until you've had a chance to use them yourselves.
Note how nobody is stating that "Streams" (a new name for what we call G+ now?) will no longer contain the things that are also going to stand on their own, so the use of photos and hangouts will likely stay part of Google plus, but may also have their own stand alone functions.
Please join me in welcoming Bradley Horowitz to his new more publicly facing role... http://goo.gl/ei1kfh
h/t: Nazim Beltran for pointing me to this announcement post
http://www.theverge.com/2015/3/2/8131639/google-officially-splits-into-photos-and-streams
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#GooglePlus #Streams #Photos #Hangouts
http://www.theverge.com/2015/3/2/8131639/google-officially-splits-into-photos-and-streams
Sunday, February 15, 2015
Great advice on engagement!
Great advice on engagement!
Originally shared by Stephan Hovnanian
G+ Pro Tip: What to do after you introduce yourself in a community
Community owners and moderators love welcoming new members, it's true. What we love even more, though, is seeing those new members interacting within the community!!
You joined, you said hi, now go do something! Here are three ideas, think of it like being in a big networking event, where you introduce yourself to a group of people and then have to spend the rest of your time interacting with them:
1) Use the search tool to look for a burning question you have, maybe it was asked and answered already. If so, leave a comment on that post so show your appreciation.
2) Browse through the categories and leave comments on posts that interest you.
3) Check out the profiles of community members who pique your interest with their posts and comments. Add them to your circles so you can follow their posts outside the community too, and start to build a relationship.
This place is here for you, make use of it by being social and getting to know each other!
#googleplus #googleplustip #stephanhovprotip
Originally shared by Stephan Hovnanian
G+ Pro Tip: What to do after you introduce yourself in a community
Community owners and moderators love welcoming new members, it's true. What we love even more, though, is seeing those new members interacting within the community!!
You joined, you said hi, now go do something! Here are three ideas, think of it like being in a big networking event, where you introduce yourself to a group of people and then have to spend the rest of your time interacting with them:
1) Use the search tool to look for a burning question you have, maybe it was asked and answered already. If so, leave a comment on that post so show your appreciation.
2) Browse through the categories and leave comments on posts that interest you.
3) Check out the profiles of community members who pique your interest with their posts and comments. Add them to your circles so you can follow their posts outside the community too, and start to build a relationship.
This place is here for you, make use of it by being social and getting to know each other!
#googleplus #googleplustip #stephanhovprotip
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
A supergreat tip from Stephan Hovnanian !
A supergreat tip from Stephan Hovnanian !
Originally shared by Stephan Hovnanian
[TIP] Set a cover photo caption for lead-gen and keyword optimization
This video just broke the 1,000 views mark, which is huge for me, thanks everybody who has watched and learned from it!
The premise here is simple: you can add caption text to your cover photo, which makes links clickable. Do this to help discovery via Google Image search, and also as a way to drive leads when someone clicks on your cover photo (or if you instruct them to).
#googleplus #googleplustips
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrC7DZ8ZxDQ&feature=share
Originally shared by Stephan Hovnanian
[TIP] Set a cover photo caption for lead-gen and keyword optimization
This video just broke the 1,000 views mark, which is huge for me, thanks everybody who has watched and learned from it!
The premise here is simple: you can add caption text to your cover photo, which makes links clickable. Do this to help discovery via Google Image search, and also as a way to drive leads when someone clicks on your cover photo (or if you instruct them to).
#googleplus #googleplustips
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrC7DZ8ZxDQ&feature=share
Saturday, December 13, 2014
Not sure how many saw this but it is sure to be of interest to members of the community!
Not sure how many saw this but it is sure to be of interest to members of the community!
Originally shared by John Skeats
How to Remove Yourself from Someone's Google+ Circles
People often ask if there is a way to remove themselves from someone's circles. Until recently, the answer was no, but that changed. Now when you block someone, you are removed from their circles. Blocking can cause complications, however, so blocking people unnecessarily is not recommended. So what should you do?
The solution is simple: block the person and then unblock them moments later. Blocking will remove you from their circles. Unblocking them will undo the blocking -- but not add you back to their circles again.
To block a person, visit their profile, click the "V" at the end of the row of icons below their name, select the option to Report/Block them, and complete the dialog. To unblock them, start at the same place and remove the block.
#GooglePlusTips #GooglePlus
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