Get a Healthy Dose of Google+ Buzz From PC Magazine, SME ,TechCrunch and More…

The Google+ project has been taking the internet by storm and many articles have been written on the topic from different angles:

1. Google+ is the bomb and here’s why…
2. Facebook is still the king
3. Let’s get practical! How to use Google+

Today’s post is “a flower from every garden” intended to shed light on the latest Google+ buzz from different resources, including PC Magazine, SME, TechCrunch, WebProNews, Copyblogger and Garious.

PC Magazine

PC magazine gave Google+ a real kick by showcasing 6 Things Google+ Can Do That Facebook Can’t

1. Easy-to-use photo sharing and posting with select friends
2. Group video chat (Is The latest Facebook-Skype alliance a counterattack? you bet!)
3. Real-time YouTube Video tuning with friends
4. Interest-based content curation that’s easy to share with friends (Google+ Sparks)
5. Cloud uploading photos and videos privately
6. Easy deletion of your Google+ account (Facebook is lousy in that regard)

WebProNews

On the other hand, WebProNews focused on the 10 obstacles that Google+ need to overcome . Here is a brief list of them:

1. Most users won’t leave Facebook easily
2. People are drawn to Twitter
3. Google’s past anti-social reputation is not promising!
4. The impact of “Google Buzz fiasco” on Google’s privacy reputation (Facebook is not the ultimate privacy king either! In fact, I strongly believe that Google+ will outperform Facebook is this area in particular. Please refer to “Garious take” section for more details…)
5. People perceive Google as a search engine
6. The Like Button
7. The Retweet Button
8. Bing
9. Yahoo
10. Complexity (people are raving about the clean design, the drag and drop functionality and the overall easy-to-use feel of Google+. I must disagree with this point)

Social Media Examiner

SME took a practical approach and provided a complete Google+ startup guide covering:

• How to create a profile
• How to integrate your photo album to Google+
• How to make connections and create circles
• How to change your settings
• How to +1 a post you the same way you “like” a Facebook post
• How to video chat with your friends using hangouts
• How to get feeds of your topics of interests using Sparks
• And more…

TechCrunch

I love how TechCrunch decided to be the answer to your prayers and show you how to transfer you Facebook friends to Google+. They believe that The Only Backdoor Left To Sneak Your Facebook Friends Into Google+ Is Yahoo!

According to TechCrunch, Facebook made it super-hard for users to transfer their friends’ info to Google+:
Over the weekend, Facebook blocked a Google Chrome extension called the Facebook Friend Exporter. And in fact, Facebook changed its OAuth 2.0 API in such a way that it “suddenly removed email addresses from the queries without warning,” says Owen Mundy, creator of Give Me My Data. Other data can still be exported, just not your friends’ email addresses.

So what’s the way out?

You can import your Facebook friends’ contact information, including emails, just fine into Yahoo. (First, you link your Facebook and Yahoo accounts, and then you import your contacts from Yahoo Mail).

Copyblogger

Copyblogger gave Facebook so much love and gave 5 good reasons why NOW is the time to create a Facebook page. Here is a brief list of them:

1. Ongoing connection with your community
2. Building expert’s authority
3. Branding
4. Visibility
5. Share-ability

Garious

In Thanks Google+! The Facebook-Google War Is Heated And The Winner Is…YOU! post, I started by giving a brief overview of Google+ main features and then focused on highlighting the strength points of each party as summed up in this table:

Speaking of privacy, here’s a detailed article that backups our belief that Google+ will outperform Facebook privacy wise.

Final Thoughts

There’s no doubt that Google+ is on to a big start and I’m sure that everyone is eager to check it out.

Still, Facebook is hard nut to crack and people will NOT let go of it easily. The 700 million happy Facebook users awe something to their beloved destination.

On a personal level, I’m writing this article today because of a Facebook event that I attended back in 2009.

As for Garious, It was the Lady Gaga and Guy Kawasaki Facebook tips post that landed Garious a precious spot in AllTop.com Holly Kaw!

Do you have a similar Facebook success story to share? Would you ever leave Facebook for Google+’s sake or you’re planning to get the best of both worlds? I can’t wait to find out