Google Plus - Notification Settings

Notification settings can be turned on or off according to our convenience. For example, if someone invites us to their community and we are interested in knowing everything about it, then we can turn on notifications. If any community or group discussion is annoying, then notification can be turned off without leaving the group/community.

Google Plus - Circle Settings

Through Circle Settings, we can control who gets to see our profile and posts. People who are in our circle, will see our profile and the posts we share, unless we restrict them. They will even come to know what we are sharing with other people.

Google Plus - Photo & Video Settings

Using this setting, we can control which circle or people can see our videos/pictures. These settings are very easy and can be changed anytime.

How to Enable/Disable Photo or Video Settings

Let’s see how you can enable or disable the photo or video settings in Google+.
Step 1 − Open Google+ account.

Google Plus - Profile Settings

We can change our profile setting and restrict viewers to see the profile information. We can also regulate whether or not our profile should be discoverable to unknown people during search. Our profile includes - the posts by us or the posts that we are tagged in, the communities created by us or the ones we are following, our collection or the collection of others we are following.

Google Plus - Deleting an Account

In case we delete your Google+ account, we can't get back our photos/videos, circles and communities again. They permanently get deleted.
Step 1 − Open the Google+ account.

Google Plus - Insights

Google+ insights help in obtaining a view to our page insights for last month. Insights provide statistical information regarding the numbers of views of our posts, our recent new followers, and information on any recently added community or group.

Google Plus - Optimizing a Page

Google+ is a powerful social engine because of its impressive features, number of powerful tools that are beneficial in a brand that is inimitable by any other social platform. The features of Google+ helps to make it a massive tool for Search Engine Optimization (SEO).
Following are some tips to remember while optimizing the page for search results −

Google Plus - Claiming Vanity URL

A custom URL is a must for giving people a short and easy to remember address of the page to find our Google+ profile. It will be generated with our name added with a few letters/numbers to make it a unique profile name.
Make sure to create a unique custom URL as we will not be able to change it later. These URLs are advanced and easy to recognize.

Google Plus Post Ads

+Post Ads ensures that the content or blog is seen by the users of Google+. It helps to affiliate more people to engage to your posts, videos, etc. These ads reach the entire Google+ network and not merely ours.
Our posts or videos get traffic from the entire Google+ network. People can follow us, give us +1 from the ad directly. The +Posts ads on Google+ displays exactly the same way as normal ads. For example, when we create any hangout or event and promote it, the users who see will directly join even if they aren’t in our network.

Google Plus - Badges

Google+ platform is an efficient platform to integrate with other social networking platforms. Google+ allows interaction with all other platforms such as YouTube, Twitter, etc. We can provide a button of our website/page on our Google+ account that people can use to easily navigate to the page. This generates more traffic to our website/page. If there is a need for google authentication, we can develop our own badges, +1 buttons, and follow buttons.

Google Plus - Creating a Badge

In this chapter, let’s discuss how you can create a badge in Google+.
Step 1 − Log in to Google+ account.

Google Plus - Connecting With YouTube

Google owns the YouTube platform, which is the largest video service provider. We can create a Google+ page through YouTube. Our channel will be connected to Google+ page. Our public videos will appear both on YouTube and Google+ page. This helps in engaging more number of people.

Google Plus - Social Linking

Google+ allows us to connect our Google+ account with other social networks. Without permission, Google won't share our personal things. It provides an opportunity to link with Google+ business page. When people search for us on Google, our profile pops up on the right side of search results.

Google Plus - Quick Guide

Google Plus - Introduction

Google+ (Google Plus) is an interest-based social networking site owned by Google Inc. Launched in 2011, this platform brings together people with similar interest. Such group of people can build a community and share their ideas through photos and posts.

Google Plus - Useful Resources

The following resources contain additional information on Google Plus. Please use them to get more in-depth knowledge on this.

Useful Links on Google Plus

• Google Plus Wiki - Wikipedia Reference for Google Plus.
  

Discuss Google Plus

Google+, since its launch in 2011, has been a potentially important social platform to connect with like-minded people. It has grown beyond just being an interactive platform to share posts and photos, and is now actively used for business marketing and brand awareness.