How GOOGLE+ works

Google+

+1 – Google’s +1 button is similar to Facebook’s Like. When you like a blog post or photo and click on Google’s +1 icon, your status box on Google+ will appear so that you can share the post or photo you liked, write a comment, and share your comments on Google+. You can learn more about the +1 and find the html code to include on your website here: http://www.google.com/+/learnmore/+1/

Center Stage – This is the main video window during a Hangout that shows which person is currently speaking.

Chat – Similar to Facebook’s chat feature, you can send short, instant messages to other Google+ users.

Circle – The Circle is equivalent to a Facebook list. Use this feature to target your messaging to your readers, editors, designers, and critique group members, and to maintain privacy on the very wide open Web.

Hangout – This is a group video chat feature used to lead a Web-based discussion on Google+.

Home – Your home page is your news feed where you see updates from people you follow.

Notifications – These are the short updates Gmail users receive about their Google+ profiles. They occur whenever a user has a new connection or shares a comment. They will fly into your Gmail inbox, which makes replies convenient, efficient, and easy.

Profile – This is where you can see all of your updates and edit your information.

Share – On Facebook, you click on the blue and white Post button to send your Status Update onto your friends’ homepages. On Google+, you click on the green and white Share button to activate an update.

Stream – This is the term used for the display of posts by your connections on Google+.