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Google+ Followers

As I have noted in recent blog comments on my blogs, Google+ followings have increased for me somewhat and it appears the overall activity on the service has increased so that it no longer appears as below...

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Even though Facebook still has larger membership, Google+ appears to have gained membership as of late with the abundance of for example motion capture clips, which can be shared.

As well there are high definition photographs which of course are also available on Facebook.

According to wikipedia:

Google+

In regard to Google+

 'As of May 2013, it had a total of 500 million registered users, of whom 235 million are active in a given month.'

Facebook

In regard to Facebook

'As of September 2012, Facebook has over one billion active users,[10] of which 8.7% are fake.'

Fake 'Friends' on Facebook.

Not difficult to imagine at all...

Of course I have never had anyone involved in bodybuilding show any fake friend tendencies in the past (1990s) whatsoever.

With Google+ becoming interesting to browse, now cutting a little bit into my Facebook time because I am not going to increase my social networking allocation, I have more so considered on how to potentially gain Google+ Followers. As well, as noted previously in posts I reason Google (Blogger) Friend Connect may very well be a redundant application and may eventually be terminated as it has already been eliminated from WordPress blogs.

Google may keep two competing 'Follower' applications in existence connected with Blogger because one requires membership to Google+ and one requires membership to Blogger but my deduction is that with Google/Blogger the future is more likely with Google+.

So, if Google+ is cancelled in the future and Google Friend Connect stays this is now in print...

Oh wait, I just covered myself. As an academic I like to present more than one perspective at times.

Personally, as noted, I would like to see the applications merged, perhaps free Google+ membership could be provided automatically with those with Google Friend Connect.

That would solve the issue.

But, as noted, perhaps two applications may stay in existence and therefore I still look for reciprocal followings for both.

From:

InkThemes

'9 Tracks To Increase Google+ Followers'

Selected

'#1 Bring Out Your Circle'

'You can create a Google plus circle which group into your family, friends, relatives, customers, online circle, following, team members or VIPs'

Personally, I just 'Friend' everyone. I am not interested in categorizing everyone. I do not see how it is really going to assist me. The important thing is to make the social contacts and not so much the circle.

Besides, the more important actual life categories I would keep private and in my head anyway...

Do I really need an online application to separate this for me as if I am some kind of dummy that cannot separate a relative from a stranger?

A 90 year granny from a 18-40 year old female?

'#2 Acquire The Habit To Circle Back'

Reciprocal.

Agree totally.

Extremely rarely I would refuse.

'#3 Stick Google+ Badge On Your Website'

Done.

But I have a complaint with Captain Google and that is for whatever reason the plus, as in the connected 'Like' number on both of blogs has decreased seemingly arbitrarily at times.

Not exactly good public relations when competing with Dr. Facebook which has been less problematic to deal with.

'#5 Gain Audience Interest'

And in the markets of Theology, Biblical Studies and Philosophy of Religion on both blogs and on this blog Satire as well it has taken me several years of learning with 'trials' and error to gain what I would state is moderate success. By that to be in the top approximately 2% of blogs based on links and Technorati ranking and receive 15,000 to 34, 000 pageviews a month, my pageviews included according to Blogger each month.

But my amount of followers is only average. I think this has more to do with with the types of blogs I have as opposed to the quality of material, but that is my professional opinion.

'#8 Launch Google+ Page'

Totally no offense to those of you that have Google+ or Facebook pages, perhaps you are far more popular than I, and I wish you well and I support my friends when asked and when I am aware, but for me personally, I just do not consider myself known enough to have my own 'fan' page.

Unless I could have thousands of followers I would not set-up a 'fan' page. And this would be public fans, not anonymous secret fanclub lurkers. These are very good for pageviews but obviously I would not want to set up a fan page and have it look sort of like Google+ in the beginning, a desert...

'#9 Open A Comment Door'

Since I started I always have had comments with Blogger and Google on my blogs and others.

 Road To Blogging

 '10 Tips to Get More Followers on Google Plus'

The last tip suggests 'Buying Google+ Followers'

I have to admit this puts a smirk on my face, as in why would someone want to do this? Who makes enough money with an online business that it would eventually be profitable, worth the investment, to use a legitimate service and purchase Google+ Followers.

Very few I would think...

And if it was profitable would it not still be more financially valuable to buy Facebook Friends?

Speaking of friends, back to the 1990s and my bodybuilding friend, one day Uncle Chuck visited Bobby Buff and I out at Columbia Bible College and we observed Bobby with his entire routine on campus. I think I arrived with the concept and Chuck and I ran with it of 'Rent A Friend'. That being Mr. Buff could rent himself out as a friend for special events such as skipping chapel to play pool...

I think I attended chapel about as many times as I have fingers at CBC and TWU. I just never made the large spiritual separation between spiritual academia and spiritual chapel and always wanted to relax after hearing lectures, not go listen to a sermon.

I generally really enjoy and learn from sermons otherwise.

Vancouver-August 25, 2013

Vancouver-August 25, 2013