15 Google Plus Tips for Newbies

Google Plus is a new social network, so at this point we can be considered as newbies at Google Plus. Now I would like to introduce 15 G+ tips which will help you use it with its all functions.   

1.     Add friends. Add friends from Suggestions. There is a Suggestions area highlighting friends you can easily add. Add friends from Yahoo Mail. This option is available, if you are a Yahoo Mail user. Add friends from Hotmail. Block friends. 

2.    If you have a friend in the photo you can tag them by using the actions option just below the photo.

3.    Mobile photo. Once you have Google+ installed on the phone, uploading to your Google+ Photos account is instant.

4.     Google chat security settings. It allows you to select the circles you wish and enables chat for Google+.

5.     Hardware settings in Google chat. Selecting settings allows you to configure and verify your microphone and webcam are working to your liking.

6.    The notifications window lets you comment on status updates right within the notifications dropdown and scroll through notifications newer or older than the one you are viewing.

7.     You can select to mute a given post, from the notifications window as well.

8.     Google bar share button: Click this and the status Google plus stream update box pops up.

9.    Your Name on the Google bar Gives a dropdown with links to take you directly to your profile page, circles page, account settings and privacy.

10. Surplus. It’s the notification bar from the browser toolbar, so you can leverage the notification bar regardless of what site you are on. Also has desktop notifications.

11. Private messages. You can send a private message to someone by typing in their name in the destination field.

12.  Adding multiple people to a circle. You can add people to a circle by creating an empty circle, and then single-clicking people in your contact list, and dragging them into the circle.

13. You can format your text, make something bold or italic.

14. Handling mail notifications. G+ will automatically send you emails when you’re added, mentioned, and something is shared with you. There are two ways to handle it. If you want the emails turned off, you click the gear icon in the upper right hand corner of your G+ window and select “Google+ Settings”. There, you can select which types of emails you want sent. If you want the emails but not in your main stream, create a filter in gmail.

15. Send feedback. You can highlight or block pieces of the page you’re on when sending feedback which will help in their understanding of the problem. You don’t have to add everyone back.

Google+ definitely is needed, because I feel like Google+ will be a permanent addition to the social media landscape, regardless of whether or not it takes the crown from other social networks