Plus fades away

The current (global) Google Trends chart for ‘Google Plus’ - a clear indication of how it is sliding away into irrelevance. A pity, in a sense, since (as Scoble shows) there is something there, around socialised blogging or something, pe… — The current (global) Google Trends chart for ‘Google Plus’ - a clear indication of how it is sliding away into irrelevance. A pity, in a sense, since (as Scoble shows) there is something there, around socialised blogging or something, perhaps a little like Tumblr. But it isn’t Facebook or Twitter (or even Tumblr), and for all the pretty UI features the actual product is very ropey.

We’ll have to see if the Larry Page crusade for Social keeps pushing away at this or relaunches/rebrands/changes direction…

Benedict Evans14 March 2012

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