Google+: The Missing Manual

✍ Scribed by Kevin Purdy

• Publisher: O'Reilly Media
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 231
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

If you want to gain more control over your social networking activities with Google+, this jargon-free guide helps you quickly master the ins and outs of the site. Learn how to organize your contacts, hold video chats with as many as ten people, and determine exactly who may learn what about you. With this book, you’ll navigate Google+ with ease. The important stuff you need to knowMassage your profile. Control what the public, specific groups, or certain individuals can see about you. Move in the right circles. Assign folks to different groups and share the right stuff with the right people. Jump into streams. Get all the updates, pictures, and links from people you know. Host hangouts. Organize and attend group video chats. View and share photos. Make them available to whomever you like—whether or not they’re Google+ members. Get notifications. Monitor what others do (and share about you) on Google+. Go mobile. Use Google+ on your Android, iPhone, or mobile web browser.

✦ Table of Contents

The Missing Credits......Page 9
How Google+ Works......Page 13
What You Can Do on Google+......Page 14
About This Book......Page 16
The Very Basics......Page 17
About the Online Resources......Page 18
Safari® Books Online......Page 19
Getting Started......Page 21
Signing In and Joining Up......Page 22
Fleshing Out Your Profile......Page 29
Managing Contacts with Circles......Page 39
How Circles Work......Page 40
Adding People to Circles......Page 43
Creating Circles......Page 50
Editing and Organizing Circles......Page 53
Sharing Circles......Page 55
Streams, Sharing, and Privacy......Page 59
The Anatomy of a Stream......Page 60
Writing a Google+ Post......Page 66
Choosing Who Sees Your Posts......Page 72
Interacting with Posts......Page 80
Editing, Deleting, and Controlling Your Posts......Page 85
Notifications......Page 93
Where You Get Notifications......Page 94
Controlling Which Notifications You Receive......Page 105
Making Notifications Less Intrusive......Page 110
Sharing Photos and Videos......Page 113
Viewing Photos......Page 114
Sharing Photos......Page 118
Getting Photos onto Google+......Page 120
Tagging Photos......Page 133
Editing and Deleting Photos......Page 136
Adjusting Overall Photo Settings......Page 143
Sharing Videos......Page 145
Hanging Out......Page 149
Starting a Hangout......Page 150
Hanging Out......Page 156
Hangouts on Mobile Devices......Page 166
Tips for Better Hangouts......Page 167
Searching and Sparks......Page 171
Searching Google+......Page 172
Getting Better Results......Page 178
Saving Searches......Page 181
Throw Your Post into the Mix with Hashtags......Page 184
Google+ Mobile......Page 189
Getting Google+ onto Your Phone......Page 190
Streams, Posts, and Circles......Page 194
Viewing Photos......Page 201
Starting a Messenger Session (Apps Only)......Page 203
Mobile Notifications......Page 207
Posting to Google+ via Text Message......Page 208
Sending Things to Google+ from Other Apps (Android Only)......Page 209
Playing Games......Page 211
Getting into Games......Page 212
Starting a Game......Page 213
Joining a Game......Page 219
Index......Page 223