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.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Google+ 2
Google+ (games) 1
Google+ Messenger 1

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

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Google Reader integratedWith Google+ (Google Plus)
Playfish platform Google+ (Google Plus)
this entity surface form: Google+ (games)
Wildfire Interactive supportedPlatform Google+ (Google Plus)
this entity surface form: Google+
Google Hangouts replaced Google+ (Google Plus)
this entity surface form: Google+ Messenger
Google+ sign-in (legacy) authenticationProvider Google+ (Google Plus)
subject surface form: Google+ Sign-In (legacy)
this entity surface form: Google+
Google+ sign-in (legacy) integratedWith Google+ (Google Plus)
subject surface form: Google+ Sign-In (legacy)
this entity surface form: Google+ social network