Guest post by Julia Rider
In the last few years Twitter has become quite the popular site for micro blogging but as far as what the specific functions of the site are, that it just what it really is, a micro blogging site.
While Twitter makers may have originally intended for the site to be used for communicating between friends and other types of contacts that is hardly what the site is used for today, at least not in a social sense.
To be sure, there is definitely communication going on between Twitter users but many of those users have something to sell, whether it is a product, service, or even information. This is not to say that Twitter is not useful but it is useful more in a sense of marketing than staying in contact with important individuals in your life, which is the key function of Facebook and the soon to be launched Google Plus as well.
But communicating with leads and other professionals similar to yourself is surely important and Twitter is a great way to do this. The thing is, though, Google Plus will be a great method for communicating with these types of individuals as well when it is launched and it has a feature that neither Facebook nor Twitter has that can allow you to do all of your social networking in one place, while still being able to retain your privacy. That’s right, PRIVACY! And who wouldn’t appreciate that after dealing with all of Facebook’s privacy issues?
So what makes Google Plus more private than other social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter? A simple little feature called Circles… This may be one of the most innovative features to come to social networking yet and it completely changes the rules regarding communication through social networking platforms.
The great thing about communicating with Google Plus Circles is that you can separate your friends from your family and your friends and family from your colleagues and even all of those individuals from other users that you want to build marketing relationships with, and it is even simple to do. You can easily make separate circles of friends by dragging them into the circle in which you want to put them, and then when you post updates you can determine which circle, or circles, get to see them.
Another great way to communicate using Google Plus is with the Huddle feature which allows users to turn multiple text chats all into one streamlined conversation. This makes planning with friends, family, or colleagues a whole lot easier as well as much quicker. And of course don’t forget that Google Plus users also get to use the video chat feature that it part of the Hangout application, which no other social networking sites have yet to come up with.
So, I guess the first question should not be which social networking site is better to communicate with, but rather who you want to communicate with. After that you can then determine whether Twitter or Google Plus is the best social networking site for you to communicate with.
About the author:
An article is written by Julia Rider who likes social networks and web trends, Site2You website builder, anime, seo and rock music.
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Twitter is a micro blogging site where only communication can be done but Google plus is a social media sites where product can be marketing as well as.
Twitter: tlmarketing_net
May 18, 2012 at 9:04 am
Hi adumpaul! Thanks for commenting.Both sites are very useful, I only recently started using Google+ and can already see the benefits.
Twitter also can be used for marketing of product. But twitter doesn’t provide too much feature like Google Plus.
surely google plus is better than twitter, google plus, gives you
the ability to have more privacy with their posts and photos.
good post.
Twitter: tlmarketing_net
May 18, 2012 at 5:07 pm
Google+ allows you to make things private, you don´t have to make everything public as in Twitter.I think that is a good thing.But for business, then you really need to make as much as possible public or the search engines will not be able to index it.Thanks for commenting!
Twitter: JanBierens
May 18, 2012 at 7:41 pm
IMO Twitter still rules, despite the limited message length of 144 characters. That has it pro’s and cons. The messages are to the point.
While building a network on Twitter, it’s relatively easy to sort the good from the bad users by making your private lists of preferred users. Makes it easier to manage. Plus Twitter allows for different front-ends, like Hootsuite and Bottlenose.
Excellent post!
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Twitter: tlmarketing_net
May 19, 2012 at 5:17 am
Hi Jan! I also like Twitter but as you mentioned everything has it´s pros and cons.Thanks for commenting.
Google + is Better than Twitter, I think.Google + Fan Page is also great. In Google + You share photo, link and Video.
Twitter is wonderful for marketing for our brands but twitter does not provide too much feature like Google Plus and Google+ gives the ability to have more privacy with their posts and photos. For me Google+ is best compare to Twitter. Good post, thanks for sharing.
I think google plus is better than twitter, google plus, gives you the ability to have more privacy with their posts and photos Twitter is a micro blogging site where only communication can be done but Google plus is a social media sites where product marketing can be done. Nice comparison, thanks for sharing.