Google+ business pages haven’t even been out a week yet and already they’re getting criticisms. Petty criticisms at that.
I’m not saying Robert Scoble is wrong, just petty. I hear that the things he wants Google+ to do are on the way. Should Google have added those features before rolling its pages out publicly? Possibly so. But that’s neither here nor there. Google has a habit of rolling out its products in waves and improving upon them over time. That’s just the way they do things. Right or wrong.
Whether you should rush out and get your own Google+ page right now is a decision you’ll have to make for your company. There are arguments for and against, but if you do, don’t complain about what business pages don’t have. Just enjoy it as it is and wait for developments or don’t use them.
Why complain?
If you want to help improve the product, there are ways to do that. You can send an e-mail to the developers of the product with a suggestion. But complaining about what the service doesn’t have and how you wish you’d never heard of them because it doesn’t do what you want it to do, that’s a waste of time.
I think Google+ business pages have a lot of potential. Right now, that’s all it is. Potential. Take it for what it is.
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There is room for all 3 social networks in my view – peaceful co-existence!
1. Facebook – staying in touch with friends and family (sure, you can now “subscribe” to those beyond the realms of your social influence, but for the time being, it isn’t the primary reason people use Facebook).
2. Twitter – keeping up to date with those beyond your realm of social influence (news services, celebrities, journalists, etc). On Twitter (for the majority of users), even though the majority of people you follow don’t often know you – you still know them (mainly because, quite simply, they have some level of fame).
3. Google+ – keeping in touch and seeing content not from friends and family (Facebook) or from the rich and famous (Twitter) but from everyday, ordinary people who share similar interests to you. Keen photographer? Follow a few “circles” of photographers, and in no time you will have a fantastic stream of new images in no time. Keen gamer? Writer? Into the outdoors? Tech? Science? You name it, there are millions of people out there with similar interests to yourself, sharing or creating interesting content in subject matters that you relate to.
I have left some further thoughts about this topic at http://www.droidappoftheday.com/2011/11/google.html +