New Features of Google +1 (Plus One) Button: "Sharing" & "+Snippets"

Google has launched the +1 button for websites in June, 2011. As we already know that Google +1 (pronounced "plus one") is a recommendation button similar to Facebook Like button, making it easier to recommend content across the web.

Enthuasiasm of its users to use Google +1 button on their website/blog was very high. Even Google released a report that in July, the +1 button crossed 2 billion daily views. And today the +1 button appears on more than a million sites, with over 4 billion daily views! Absolutely they are extremely excited about this momentum.

To get more satisfactions of their users, they're launching two more features that make +1 buttons more useful for users and publishers alike: Sharing and +Snippets.

Let's discuss more about this new features:

Google+ Online Games Has Arrived!

Finally Google released online games to play in Google+!

This is really a big move toward mainstream adoption today, integrating web-based games within the brand new social network. Games also have been expected since the earlier launch of Google+ by millions of users.

Unlike Facebook which shows Games updates all in "Top News" and "Most Recent" pages, games related updates won't appear on Google+ streams. But rather would show up separately on Games Page. Vic Gundotra, senior VP of engineering of Google reported on Google's Official Blog. So your main homepage stream will only show usual conversations, not games notification.

"Games in Google Plus are there when you want them and gone when you don't," Google says. "If you're not interested in games, it's easy to ignore them."

A Month Google+ Attract 25 Million Members

Google+, Google's social networking media, capable of attracting 25 million users. That number makes Google+ as the fastest social network site that can hook the user in large quantities.

This achievement through Google+ in less than a month. Launched in late June, 25 million visitors already use social media recorded on July 24. From the results of comScore's research, as noted by Reuters, Google+ visitors on average to reach one million visitors every day.

United States became the country with the most visitors, which is 6 million people. Followed by India with more than 3.6 million users. Canada and the UK has about 1 million visitors, more than 920 thousand in Germans, and Brazil more than 780 thousand members. France and Taiwan each have about 500 thousand users.

Google Menutup Google Labs

Google Plus Info - Belum lama merilis Google+, kini Google kembali mengeluarkan kejutan baru.

Adalah Google Labs, sebuah situs web yang mendemonstrasikan proyek-proyek baru Google yang "belum siap untuk dipublikasikan", kini ditutup oleh Google.

Google Labs memang selama ini dikenal sebagai tempat dimana semua orang bisa melihat semua hal terbaru yang sedang dikembangkan di 'dapur' developer Google. Lewat situs ini, Google menjaring saran dan kritik para pengguna dari sebuah proyek yang sedang dikerjakan sebelum versi final dirilis.

Temui Wapres Boediono, Bos Google Naik Taksi

Google Plus Info - Ada satu kisah yang menarik dari pertemuan Eric Schmidt, Chairman Executive Google Inc, dengan Wakil Presiden RI, Boediono, di Istana Wapres hari Jum'at kemarin (22/7/2011).

Sebagai bos situs raksasa di jagad internet, Eric ternyata tak serta-merta menunjukkan "keperkasaannya" dengan menunggang mobil mewah nan berkelas untuk menemui orang nomor dua di Republik ini. Malah, bos Google ini menunjukkan kesederhanaannya dengan menumpangi sebuah taksi.

Taksi Silver Bird Alphard bernomor polisi B 1061 SUA, tiba di Istana Wapres, Jalan Medan Merdeka Selatan, Jakarta sekitar pukul 10.48 WIB. Sebuah pemandangan yang sangat tidak biasa ketika taksi masuk ke kawasan istana negara!