Have you had a chance to check out Google+, the new Social Network from Google? What do you think? Are you ready to dump facebook yet? ;-)
If you are not yet sure, here are 9 Reasons to switch from facebook to Google+. There is no farmville yet, but don’t worry, Google+ Games could be in the works.
Anyway, here are some great tips for a better Google plus experience.
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Invite your friends and family
Not being able to invite your friends or relatives? Here is a trick to invite them : Create a circle with all the people you want to invite. Create a new post and share it with the circle you just created. If you see a message saying that they are not in google plus, click share button again.
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Turn Google+ into facebook!
Google+ looks similar to facebook in many ways. With the stylish extension and Google+ : Facebook style, you can now actually make your Google+ look like facebook. (Tip from TechCrunch)
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Don't want your data to be public?
- Change who can see your contacts. Go to https://plus.google.com/me/about/edit/nv and select “Your circles” instead of “Anyone on the web”.
- When you edit your profile, choose who can see individual fields.
- When sharing a post, choose “Your circles” (all circles) or specific circles
- Disable reshare : Click the arrow at the top-right of the post and choose “Disable reshare”.
- Use “View Profile As” to view the profile as someone else to see what they see.
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Importing facebook contacts.
You can't directly import facebook contacts. but you can import your facebook friends via Yahoo. See Facebook Friends: Meet Yahoo! Contacts
Then connect your yahoo account to Google+ here: http://plus.google.com/circles/find
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Using Evernote?
Add your Evernote Email address as a Circle when posting to Google+ and it will automatically archive the post to Evernote.
Extra : 20 Google+ Tips to Enhance Your Google Plus Experience
