If you’ve been off-planet for the past month, you may not be aware that there’s a new kid on the Social Media block: Google Plus (or Google+). It’s been compared to Facebook, but also has something in common with Twitter, Tumblr and other Social Network systems, as well as providing text and video chat. It wraps a lot of social features together into one package.
A hugely important but often overlooked feature is the Profile page, which provides a public view of you in the same way that a blog does: you have your posts, and also an “about” page. And an obvious question is to what extent this displaces the need for a separate blog. I think it does, but then I’ve never been an obsessive blogger. Certainly I’ve written more words on Google+ in the past six weeks than I have here.
There are limitations with Google+ : you can’t, for example, embed images with your text, so if you have an image-heavy blog, this may not be for you. But I’m giving it a try.
So, six weeks after joining Google+, I’m spring-cleaning my online house, starting with this blog. Well, at least, I’ll be locking the doors and windows and leaving it shut up. Maybe forever.
Follow me on Google+ if you want to.
