Google+ (Google Plus)
E712652
Google+ (Google Plus) was Google’s now-defunct social networking platform designed to compete with Facebook by integrating social features across Google services.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Google+ | 2 |
| Google+ (Google Plus) canonical | 1 |
| Google+ (games) | 1 |
| Google+ Messenger | 1 |
| Google+ social network | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8108756 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Google+ (Google Plus) Context triple: [Google Reader, integratedWith, Google+ (Google Plus)]
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A.
Orkut
Orkut was a social networking service owned and operated by Google that was especially popular in Brazil and India during the mid-2000s.
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B.
OGLE
OGLE (Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment) is a long-term astronomical survey focused on detecting dark matter, exoplanets, and variable stars through gravitational microlensing and photometric monitoring.
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C.
Facebook
Facebook is a major global social networking platform that allows users to connect, share content, and communicate online.
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D.
Google
Google is a multinational technology company best known for its search engine and wide range of internet-related products and services, including Android, YouTube, and cloud computing.
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E.
Goole
Goole is an inland port town in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, known for its significant docks and role in regional maritime trade.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Google+ (Google Plus) Target entity description: Google+ (Google Plus) was Google’s now-defunct social networking platform designed to compete with Facebook by integrating social features across Google services.
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A.
Orkut
Orkut was a social networking service owned and operated by Google that was especially popular in Brazil and India during the mid-2000s.
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B.
OGLE
OGLE (Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment) is a long-term astronomical survey focused on detecting dark matter, exoplanets, and variable stars through gravitational microlensing and photometric monitoring.
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C.
Facebook
Facebook is a major global social networking platform that allows users to connect, share content, and communicate online.
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D.
Google
Google is a multinational technology company best known for its search engine and wide range of internet-related products and services, including Android, YouTube, and cloud computing.
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E.
Goole
Goole is an inland port town in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, known for its significant docks and role in regional maritime trade.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (89)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Google product
ⓘ
defunct online service ⓘ social networking service ⓘ |
| activeUsersRelativeToCompetitors | significantly lower than Facebook ⓘ |
| announcedBy | Vic Gundotra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| availableLanguage |
English
ⓘ
multiple languages ⓘ |
| category |
Google social software
ⓘ
Internet properties disestablished in 2019 ⓘ Internet properties established in 2011 ⓘ defunct social networking platforms ⓘ |
| commercial | true ⓘ |
| competedWith |
Facebook
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Instagram NERFINISHED ⓘ LinkedIn NERFINISHED ⓘ Twitter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| consumerVersionShutdown | 2019-04-02 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dataExportTool | Google Takeout NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developer | Google ⓘ |
| enterpriseVersionContinuation | Google+ for G Suite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| enterpriseVersionRebrandDate | 2020-07-06 ⓘ |
| enterpriseVersionRebrandedAs | Google Currents NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| feature |
+1 button
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Activity stream ⓘ Auto Awesome NERFINISHED ⓘ Auto Backup ⓘ Circles NERFINISHED ⓘ Collections ⓘ Communities ⓘ Content sharing ⓘ Events ⓘ Google+ Pages NERFINISHED ⓘ Hangouts NERFINISHED ⓘ Hangouts On Air NERFINISHED ⓘ Huddles NERFINISHED ⓘ Instant Upload NERFINISHED ⓘ Interest-based communities ⓘ Location sharing ⓘ Mobile apps ⓘ Photo sharing ⓘ Profile pages ⓘ Sparks NERFINISHED ⓘ Streams NERFINISHED ⓘ Video sharing ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Mountain View, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| initialAnnouncementDate | 2011-06-28 ⓘ |
| integratedWith |
Android
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gmail NERFINISHED ⓘ Google Calendar NERFINISHED ⓘ Google Chrome NERFINISHED ⓘ Google Contacts NERFINISHED ⓘ Google Drive NERFINISHED ⓘ Google Hangouts NERFINISHED ⓘ Google Maps NERFINISHED ⓘ Google Photos NERFINISHED ⓘ Google Play NERFINISHED ⓘ Google Search NERFINISHED ⓘ Google Talk NERFINISHED ⓘ Google+ Sign-In NERFINISHED ⓘ YouTube NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| keyExecutive |
Bradley Horowitz
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vic Gundotra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchDate | 2011-06-28 ⓘ |
| loginSystemRole | Google-wide identity layer ⓘ |
| mobileAppPlatform |
Android
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
iOS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Google LLC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parentCompany | Alphabet Inc. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| platformType |
social layer for Google services
ⓘ
social network ⓘ |
| publicLaunchDate | 2011-09-20 ⓘ |
| rebrandedAs | Google+ for G Suite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| registration | required ⓘ |
| securityIncident | exposure of user profile data via API bug ⓘ |
| securityIncidentDisclosureDate | 2018-10 ⓘ |
| shutdownDate | 2019-04-02 ⓘ |
| shutdownReason |
low user engagement
ⓘ
security vulnerabilities ⓘ |
| succeededBy |
Google Chat spaces
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Google Currents NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportStatus | discontinued for consumers ⓘ |
| usedFor |
YouTube comments integration
ⓘ
commenting system on some websites ⓘ single sign-on to third-party sites ⓘ |
| userBasePeakEstimate | hundreds of millions of registered profiles ⓘ |
| webAddress | https://plus.google.com ⓘ |
| YouTubeCommentsIntegrationReversal | 2015-07 ⓘ |
| YouTubeCommentsIntegrationStart | 2013-11 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Google+ (Google Plus) Description of subject: Google+ (Google Plus) was Google’s now-defunct social networking platform designed to compete with Facebook by integrating social features across Google services.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Google+
this entity surface form:
Google+ Messenger
subject surface form:
Google+ Sign-In (legacy)
this entity surface form:
Google+
subject surface form:
Google+ Sign-In (legacy)
this entity surface form:
Google+ social network