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Google+ For Dummies Portable Edition
Author(s): Jesse Stay (Author)
- Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
- Publication Date: 25 Nov. 2011
- Edition: Portable
- Language: English
- Print length: 144 pages
- ISBN-10: 1118181298
- ISBN-13: 9781118181294
Book Description
Google+ is Google’s new social network and from day one it has had the social media world abuzz with excitement. Early fans claim it’s easier to use than Facebook and Twitter and has a wealth of creative new features. If you want to learn how to navigate this new social neighborhood, take along Google+ For Dummies as your guide. Early Google+ adopter and social media consultant Jesse Stay shows you how to get started, create a profile, set up privacy settings, chat, post, control who sees what, and much more.
- Explains how to join Google+, protect your information, and make the most of this new social network
- Explores cool new features, such as Circles, which allows you to drag and drop friends into different circles
- Covers creating a profile, finding friends, adding people to Circles, chatting with others in Hangouts, importing photos, controlling who sees what, and more
- Conveys helpful information in the clear, friendly, easy-to-follow language that has defined the Dummies series for two decades
Confidently enter the exciting new Google+ social neighborhood with Google+ For Dummies Portable Edition.
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From the Back Cover
Google+ is designed to let you control how you socialize. This quick-and-easy guide helps you get started with Google+, find followers and people you want to follow, manage your contacts with circles, set up a hangout, get just the news feeds you’re interested in with sparks, protect your photos and data, and much more.
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Share with those who care — group people in circles so you can share information with only those who are interested
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Choose your audience — see how to post to circles, individuals, or e-mail addresses
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The privacy thing — control who can see your profile and posts
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Just hangin’ out — set up a hangout for those you chat with most often
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Strike some sparks — use sparks to quickly find news you care about
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Google+ to go — use Google+ on your iPhone®, Android device, and the mobile web
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Picture perfect — upload your photos to Picasa Web and share them to Google+
Open the book and find:
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A guide to setting up your account
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How to share links and media
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Hints for administeringa hangout
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When to tag other people —and when not to
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What to do about trolls
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How to back up your data
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Ten cool third-party apps
Learn to:
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Create your profile and configure privacy settings
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Group contacts into circles for easier communication
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Establish a hangout to chat with specific friends
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Share photos and YouTube® videos
