Google+ (Google Plus)
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Google+ (Google Plus) was Google’s now-defunct social networking platform designed to compete with Facebook by integrating social features across Google services.
Observed surface forms (4)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Google+ | 2 |
| Google+ (games) | 1 |
| Google+ Messenger | 1 |
| Google+ social network | 1 |
Statements (89)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Google product
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defunct online service ⓘ social networking service ⓘ |
| activeUsersRelativeToCompetitors | significantly lower than Facebook ⓘ |
| announcedBy | Vic Gundotra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| availableLanguage |
English
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multiple languages ⓘ |
| category |
Google social software
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Internet properties disestablished in 2019 ⓘ Internet properties established in 2011 ⓘ defunct social networking platforms ⓘ |
| commercial | true ⓘ |
| competedWith |
Facebook
NERFINISHED
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Instagram NERFINISHED ⓘ LinkedIn NERFINISHED ⓘ Twitter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| consumerVersionShutdown | 2019-04-02 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| dataExportTool | Google Takeout NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developer | Google ⓘ |
| enterpriseVersionContinuation | Google+ for G Suite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| enterpriseVersionRebrandDate | 2020-07-06 ⓘ |
| enterpriseVersionRebrandedAs | Google Currents NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| feature |
+1 button
NERFINISHED
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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
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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
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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 ⓘ |
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