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Friday, July 22, 2011

Google+ pulls in 20 million in three weeks

Any bets whether Google will ever be viewed as evil as Microsoft, or Wal-Mart?

Web-traffic watcher, comScore, using a Nielsen-like methodology, estimated earlier this week that Google+, a social network play to challenge Facebook, has had 20 million unique visitors since its launch three weeks ago. Data regarding quality of views were not readily available. What's particularly impressive about Google+'s growth is that access has been by invite only. Google+ allows sharing with various "circles of friends," or the public. Like other social network sites, content includes sharing of comments/status, articles, photos, and videos. Google is expected to use its other services (search engine, Gmail, YouTube, Blogger?) to integrate features and market Google+.