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Slodive.com I have been reading in Google+ stream feed that it is not being used very much and the other most common comment seemed to be that Google+ is the same as Facebook. Or at least it seemed to be trying to be a rival social network. I would disagree with the intent of g+ being one of direct competition to the company of Facebook. The platform so far seems to be much better than Facebook mainly because of app integration. Sure there are hundreds of appy type things on FB but they are from Zynga et al and the apps connected to FB have been, IMO, redesigned and I find it difficult to use. The google+ photo share is pretty powerful so I'm extra careful when downloading photo's. Now here is something that I have found! After +1 my blog posts I have had an increase in readership and by that I mean from about 7-20 page views a day to pretty much 80 a day. What g+ has done is taken me out of my comfort zone with the circle thing (not sure I use it properly) and ...

I want to say right up front that I really do appreciate the fine people involved in developing the new platforms that sites such as   AND amongst (what this is not somehow a word?)  a hundred others who try to better the user's online interface experience at their various sites. That does not mean there were no disappointments. Facebook:        What have you  Done to My Friends? The auto screen feature is not very good or I do not know how to use it. I do know how it functions and I kinda wished they wouldn't have screwed with the logarithmic stuff but whatever. On the other hand   has to be applauded for the new + format.  I have just started and so far it is very easy to use now let's see if it is used. If my blog page views are any indication it is. For 2012 I am going to become a twit! Yes I am going to try The bird is so damn cute it has me all a twitter. A friend o...