Google+ (English Wikipedia)

Hruska, Joel (July 27, 2015). "Google kills mandatory Google Plus identity policy, rolls back YouTube changes". ExtremeTech. ExtremeTech. Retrieved July 30, 2015. The idea that the company just 'learned' that it was a bad idea to enforce such restrictions is false, since after Google announced the policy, hundreds of thousands of people signed petitions to reverse the move.

firstpost.com

"What's the Fuss about YouTube Comments Linking to Google Plus?". Firstpost. November 14, 2013. Archived from the original on November 21, 2013.

forbes.com

Helft, Miguel (February 26, 2015). "Exclusive: Sundar Pichai's Plan To Keep Google Almighty". Forbes. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
Cooper, Steve (October 8, 2013). "The One Reason Every Blogger Should Use Google+". Forbes.

ghostarchive.org

"Me at the zoo". YouTube. Archived from the original on October 30, 2021. Retrieved October 4, 2014.

gizmodo.com

Google+ No Longer Requires You Use Your Real Name.

google-plus.com

"Google Plus: Google plus social games is awesome, done the right way!". Google Plus News. Archived from the original on January 10, 2013. Retrieved October 4, 2014.

google.com

"Google +1 Button". Archived from the original on March 31, 2011. Retrieved July 21, 2011.

googleandyourbusiness.blogspot.com

"Help your business shine with Google My Business". Retrieved June 11, 2014.

googleblog.blogspot.ca

"Search, plus Your World". Google Official Blog. January 10, 2012. Retrieved November 11, 2013.

googleblog.blogspot.co.uk

Horowitz, Bradley (July 27, 2015). "Everything in its right place".

googleblog.blogspot.com

"Introducing the Google+ project: Real-life sharing, rethought for the web". Official Google Blog.
Gundotra, Vic Gundotra (June 28, 2011). "Introducing the Google+ project: Real-life sharing, rethought for the web". Retrieved November 26, 2020.
Gundotra, Vic (November 7, 2011). "Official Google Blog: Google+ Pages: connect with all the things you care about". Googleblog.blogspot.com. Retrieved January 23, 2012.
Urs Hölzle (November 22, 2011). "More spring cleaning out of season".
"Official Google Blog: Google+: Popular posts, eye-catching analytics, photo fun and..." Official Google Blog. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
"Search in Google+". September 20, 2011. Retrieved October 3, 2011.
"Games in Google+: Fun That Fits Your Schedule". Official Google Blog. Retrieved August 11, 2011.

googleblog.com

gsuiteupdates.googleblog.com

"Introducing Currents, the newest G Suite app". G Suite Updates Blog. April 10, 2019. Retrieved June 20, 2019.

googlemobile.blogspot.com

"Google+: 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107... - Official Google Mobile Blog". googlemobile.blogspot.com.

googleplusdaily.com

"The Future of Google+ Games". Google Plus Daily. January 31, 2013. Archived from the original on June 2, 2013. Retrieved June 10, 2013.

googleplusplatform.blogspot.com

Todd Volkert (November 9, 2011). "Google+ badges: Drive Engagement with Your Users on Google+, Right from Your Own Website". Google+ Platform Blog.

huffingtonpost.com

Alexis Kleinman (November 8, 2013). "YouTube Founder Says What We're All Thinking About Google+". The Huffington Post.

huffpost.com

Bosker, Bianca (March 10, 2012). "Vic Gundotra, Google's Social Chief, Explains What Google+ Is (But Not Why To Use It)". Huffington Post. Retrieved November 26, 2020.

idownloadblog.com

"Google updates Picasa, adds Google+ Auto Backup standalone Mac tool". idownloadblog. December 30, 2013. Retrieved October 4, 2014.

investor.google.com

"Google Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2011 Results". google.com. Archived from the original on March 9, 2012.

ip6net.net

"Google+ Draws 25 Million Visitors in a Month, ComScore Says". August 3, 2011. Archived from the original on September 15, 2011.

iranian.com

"Iran Tightens Online Censorship To Counter US 'Shadow Internet'". iranian.com. Retrieved July 29, 2011.

marketingland.com

McGee, Matt (October 29, 2013). "Google+ Hits 300 Million Active Monthly "In-Stream" Users, 540 Million Across Google". MarketingLand. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
Osmeloski, Elisabeth (February 13, 2013). "How Much Buzz Did 'The Internship" Movie Trailer Get During Google+ Hangout?". Marketing Land. Retrieved December 14, 2016.

marketingpilgrim.com

Cynthia boris (April 2, 2014). "Google Plus adds view counter to profile pages". marketingpilgrim. Archived from the original on April 3, 2014.

mashable.com

Lytle, Ryan (October 27, 2013). "The Beginner's Guide to Google+". Mashable. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
Wasserman, Todd (August 2, 2011). "Google+ Hits 25 Million Visitors; Users Are Spending More Time There [STUDY]". Mashable. Retrieved August 29, 2011.
Wasserman, Todd (June 27, 2012). "Google+: A Year of Missed Opportunities". Mashable. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
Wasserman, Todd (May 10, 2013). "Report: Google+ Visitors Spent an Average of About 7 Minutes on the Site in March". Mashable. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
"13 Creative Google+ Cover Photo Hacks". Mashable. June 4, 2012.
"Google+: The Complete Guide". Mashable. July 16, 2011.

medium.com

Levy, Steven (May 28, 2015). "Bradley Horowitz Says That Google Photos is Gmail for Your Images. And That Google Plus Is Not Dead…". Medium. Retrieved May 30, 2015.

mirror.co.uk

Wynick, Alex (November 7, 2013). "YouTube Switches to Google+ to Clean Up Comments Section – But Not All Users Are Happy". The Daily Mirror. London.

moz.com

"Google Announces the End of Author Photos in Search: What You Should Know". MOZ. June 26, 2014.

neotericuk.co.uk

"End of Google Authorship from Search Results". neotericuk. August 29, 2014. Archived from the original on May 1, 2015.

newsday.com

Chase, Melvin (November 20, 2013). "YouTube comments require Google+ account, Google faces uproar". Newsday. Archived from the original on November 23, 2013.

nytimes.com

Miller, Claire Cain (February 14, 2014). "The Plus in Google Plus? It's Mostly for Google". The New York Times. Retrieved November 26, 2020.

bits.blogs.nytimes.com

"In a Switch, Google Plus Now Allows Pseudonyms". The New York Times. January 23, 2012. Archived from the original on January 24, 2012.

orkut.com

en.blog.orkut.com

"Tchau Orkut". Orkut Blog. June 30, 2014. Archived from the original on July 23, 2014.

paidcontent.org

"Zagat goes free with launch of Google+ Local". paidContent. Archived from the original on May 30, 2012. Retrieved May 30, 2012.

pcmag.com

uk.pcmag.com

Murphy, David (January 21, 2012). "Will The Real Google+ Engagement Figures Please Stand Up?". PC Magazine. Retrieved November 26, 2020.

pcmag.com

Mlot, Stephanie (November 27, 2013). "YouTube Admits Google+ Comment Integration Boosted Spam". pcmag.com. Ziff Davis. Retrieved July 20, 2015.

plus.google.com

Page, Larry. "Here is my Google earnings remarks I just gave and the quote from our press…". plus.google.com. Archived from the original on November 4, 2011.
"Google will not show authorship in search results". August 29, 2014. Archived from the original on February 17, 2019.
"Introducing Hashtag Auto-complete". Archived from the original on October 9, 2012. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
"Google+ announcement by Wen-Ai Yu describing the verified name program". Archived from the original on May 28, 2018. Retrieved October 4, 2014.

readwriteweb.com

Mitchell, Jon (August 1, 2011). "Who Used Google Plus First? Male Geeks from the US [Infographic]". ReadWriteWeb (blog). Archived from the original on September 24, 2011. Retrieved August 29, 2011.

searchengineland.com

DeJarnette, Rick (June 4, 2012). "The Definitive Guide To Google Authorship Markup". searchengineland.
"As Deal With Twitter Expires, Google Realtime Search Goes Offline". Google Official Blog. July 4, 2011. Retrieved November 11, 2013.

socialtimes.com

Khan, Azam (November 7, 2011). "Google Launches Business Pages". socialtimes.com. Archived from the original on November 9, 2011.

support.google.com

"Google Accounts basics". Google Inc. Retrieved November 11, 2013.
"Create & manage events – Computer – Google+ Help". support.google.com. Archived from the original on March 14, 2013. Retrieved May 11, 2018.
"Get a custom URL for your Google+ profile – Google+ Help". support.google.com. Archived from the original on November 22, 2018. Retrieved May 11, 2018.
"What's changing with Google+ - Google+ Help". support.google.com. Archived from the original on September 28, 2016. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
"Shutting down Google+ for consumer (personal) accounts on April 2, 2019". Google+ Help. January 30, 2019. Retrieved February 1, 2019.
"Use circles on Google+ - Computer – Google+ Help". support.google.com. Retrieved May 11, 2018.
Find people and create circles – Google+ Help. Support.google.com. Retrieved on November 29, 2013.
"Auto Enhance". Archived from the original on February 18, 2014. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
"What's happening to Google+ Games?". Google Inc. Archived from the original on August 23, 2013. Retrieved May 15, 2013.

techcrunch.com

Linden, Ingrid (March 1, 2015). "Bradley Horowitz is Now Running Google+". TechCrunch.
Siegler, M.G. (June 28, 2011). "Google+ Project: It's Social, It's Bold, It's Fun, And It Looks Good — Now for the Hard Part". TechCrunch. Retrieved June 30, 2011.
Perez, Sarah (May 5, 2015). "Google+ Turns Users Into Content Curators With New "Collections" Feature". TechCrunch. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
Wauters, Robin (June 29, 2011). "China Is Already Blocking Google+". TechCrunch.

techwhack.co

"Sparks removed in G+". Archived from the original on June 3, 2013. Retrieved April 25, 2013.

theguardian.com

Arthur, Charles (June 30, 2011). "Google+ 'Blocked in China'". The Guardian. London. Retrieved July 1, 2011.
Arthur, Charles (June 30, 2011). "Google+ 'Blocked in China'". The Guardian. London. Retrieved July 20, 2011.
GrrlScientist (July 25, 2011). "Google's Gormless 'No Pseudonym' Policy". The Guardian. London. Retrieved August 23, 2011.
Hern, Alex (November 8, 2013). "YouTube co-founder hurls abuse at Google over new YouTube comments". The Guardian. Retrieved November 11, 2013.

thenextweb.com

Yeung, Ken (October 29, 2013). "Two years later, Google+ is growing, with 540 m active users worldwide, 1.5b photos uploaded each week". The Next Web. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
"Google+ starts offering custom URLs to accounts that are 30+ days old, have 10+ followers and a profile photo". thenextweb. October 29, 2013.
Swanner, Nate (May 29, 2015). "Here's why Google+ and Google Photos are now separate services". The Next Web. Retrieved May 11, 2018.

theverge.com

Kastrenakes, Jacob (May 28, 2015). "Google announces unlimited picture and video storage with new Photos app". The Verge. Vox Media. Archived from the original on May 29, 2015. Retrieved May 28, 2015.
Welch, Chris (April 10, 2019). "Google's new Currents app is its enterprise replacement for Google+". The Verge. Retrieved June 20, 2019.
Porter, Jon (July 12, 2019). "Google takes another run at social networking with Shoelace". The Verge. Retrieved July 31, 2019.
Porter, Jon (April 29, 2020). "Google shuts down event organizing experiment as local meetups disappear". The Verge. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
Clark, Mitchell (February 10, 2022). "Google will shut down Currents, the work-focused Google Plus replacement". The Verge. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
Welch, Chris (July 27, 2015). "Google+ and YouTube are finally splitting up". The Verge. Retrieved December 21, 2017.

thinq.co.uk

"Google Carries Out Account Cull on Google+". Thinq.co.uk. Archived from the original on May 25, 2012. Retrieved July 21, 2011.

usatoday.com

Snider, Mike (February 1, 2019). "Google sets April 2 closing date for Google+, download your photos and content before then". USA Today. Retrieved February 1, 2019.
Barr, Alistair (October 29, 2013). "Google's social network sees 58% jump in users". USAToday. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
"Google to shut down Google+ early due to bug that leaked data of 52.5 million users". USA Today. Retrieved December 12, 2018.
Graham, Jefferson (August 4, 2020). "Did you use Google+? You may be owed some money from class-action privacy settlement". USA Today. Retrieved August 5, 2020.

vanityfair.com

Garcia Martinez, Antonio (June 3, 2016). "How Mark Zuckerberg Led Facebook's War to Crush Google Plus". Vanity Fair. Retrieved June 4, 2016.

variety.com

Roettgers, Janko (July 27, 2015). "Google Separates YouTube from Google+, Refocuses Social Network". Variety. Retrieved July 28, 2015.

venturebeat.com

Hardawar, Devindra (July 25, 2011). "Google VP Offers Up Fixes to Google+ Name Policy, Debunks Myths". VentureBeat (blog). Retrieved August 23, 2011.

vox.com

Gannes, Liz (April 24, 2012). "Google+ Head Vic Gundotra Leaving Company". Vox. Retrieved November 26, 2020.

web.archive.org

"Tchau Orkut". Orkut Blog. June 30, 2014. Archived from the original on July 23, 2014.
Page, Larry. "Here is my Google earnings remarks I just gave and the quote from our press…". plus.google.com. Archived from the original on November 4, 2011.
"Google Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2011 Results". google.com. Archived from the original on March 9, 2012.
"Google+ Draws 25 Million Visitors in a Month, ComScore Says". August 3, 2011. Archived from the original on September 15, 2011.
Kastrenakes, Jacob (May 28, 2015). "Google announces unlimited picture and video storage with new Photos app". The Verge. Vox Media. Archived from the original on May 29, 2015. Retrieved May 28, 2015.
"Create & manage events – Computer – Google+ Help". support.google.com. Archived from the original on March 14, 2013. Retrieved May 11, 2018.
"Get a custom URL for your Google+ profile – Google+ Help". support.google.com. Archived from the original on November 22, 2018. Retrieved May 11, 2018.
"What's changing with Google+ - Google+ Help". support.google.com. Archived from the original on September 28, 2016. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
"Circle Count Google+ Gender Stats". Archived from the original on October 2, 2011. Retrieved November 11, 2013.
Mitchell, Jon (August 1, 2011). "Who Used Google Plus First? Male Geeks from the US [Infographic]". ReadWriteWeb (blog). Archived from the original on September 24, 2011. Retrieved August 29, 2011.
"Google+ May Pass Twitter Among U.S. Adults Online". Bloomberg. August 5, 2011. Archived from the original on September 27, 2011. Retrieved August 29, 2011.
"Google will not show authorship in search results". August 29, 2014. Archived from the original on February 17, 2019.
"Google +1 Button". Archived from the original on March 31, 2011. Retrieved July 21, 2011.
Khan, Azam (November 7, 2011). "Google Launches Business Pages". socialtimes.com. Archived from the original on November 9, 2011.
"Google+ Pages: All you need to do to make your blog famous on this new Social Network". Blogominded. Archived from the original on May 31, 2012. Retrieved December 18, 2011.
"Zagat goes free with launch of Google+ Local". paidContent. Archived from the original on May 30, 2012. Retrieved May 30, 2012.
"Introducing Hashtag Auto-complete". Archived from the original on October 9, 2012. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
"Google+ announcement by Wen-Ai Yu describing the verified name program". Archived from the original on May 28, 2018. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
"Sparks removed in G+". Archived from the original on June 3, 2013. Retrieved April 25, 2013.
"The Future of Google+ Games". Google Plus Daily. January 31, 2013. Archived from the original on June 2, 2013. Retrieved June 10, 2013.
"What's happening to Google+ Games?". Google Inc. Archived from the original on August 23, 2013. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
Starting today, the Ripples feature in Google+ is no longer available. Retrieved May 20, 2015
Hangouts On Air moved to YouTube Live. Retrieved October 26, 2016.
""گوگل پلاس" در ایران فیلتر شد (persian)". Archived from the original on July 13, 2011. Retrieved July 12, 2011.
Chase, Melvin (November 20, 2013). "YouTube comments require Google+ account, Google faces uproar". Newsday. Archived from the original on November 23, 2013.
"In re Google Plus Profile Litigation District Court N.D. California". courtlistener.com. Free Law Project. July 22, 2020. Archived from the original on August 6, 2020. Retrieved August 5, 2020.

wired.com

Pierce, David (February 3, 2015). "Google+ as We Knew It Is Dead, But Google Is Still a Social Network". Wired.com. Retrieved November 26, 2020.

worldcat.org

MacMillan, Douglas; McMillan, Robert (October 8, 2018). "Google Exposed User Data, Feared Repercussions of Disclosing to Public". The Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved October 8, 2018.

wsj.com

MacMillan, Douglas; McMillan, Robert (October 8, 2018). "Google Exposed User Data, Feared Repercussions of Disclosing to Public". The Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved October 8, 2018.

yahoo.com

news.yahoo.com

"Google announces new Google+ Communities as social network tops 500 million users". Yahoo News. Retrieved December 8, 2012.

youtube-global.blogspot.com

"Keeping the conversation going". Official YouTube Blog. Retrieved July 28, 2015.

youtube.com

"Me at the zoo". YouTube. Archived from the original on October 30, 2021. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
My Thoughts on Google+ on YouTube
My Thoughts on Google+ [2018 EDITION] on YouTube

zdnet.com

Blue, Violet (July 23, 2011). "Google Plus Deleting Accounts En Masse: No Clear Answers". Pulp Tech (blog of ZDNet). Retrieved October 12, 2011.