Chapter 4

Embracing the “Google” in Google+

In This Chapter

arrow Using the Google bar

arrow Connecting Google+ with search

arrow Understanding Google+ and Contacts

arrow Integrating other products

Google lets you create connections and link people together using different Google products, and soon, if the trend of updates to Google+ continues, you’ll be able to associate with people you know in every product they own. Google+ isn’t just a website. It’s an entire platform intended to link together all Google products, and eventually the World Wide Web, in a social manner. In this chapter, I show you how this connection is already happening and where it’s headed.

remember.eps The future of Google+ is just Google.

Exploring the Google Bar

If you ask me, the heart of the Google+ experience is the little bar that follows you from Google site to Google site. I’ve been told that Googlers (Google employees) call this the sandbar. Figure 4-1 shows my Google bar.

Figure 4-1: The Google bar looks something like this on most Google ...

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