Index
Symbols
+1, enabling on non-Google sites, 78
+1 personalization, enabling, 86-105
+1’s tab, 36
2-step verification, 77
A
accessing
Google+ features, 14
streams, 110
Account, 15
account settings, managing, 75-78
Accounts page, privacy, 75
acquaintances, 58
Add Account, 15
adding
circles to pages, 48
cover photos to profiles, 21
Google effects to hangout, 191
Google+ profile button to websites, 40
group text chat to hangouts, 186-188
pages to circles, 87
from Notifications menu, 66-68
with suggestions, 66-2001
photo scrapbooks to profiles, 23-24
to existing photo albums, 153-154
to pages, 45
to profiles, 8
single cover photos to profiles, 21-22
YouTube video to hangout, 189-190
albums, creating, 101
alternate email addresses, 78
apps, adding to hangouts, 189-191
availability, chat list, 164-165
B
blocking people, 124
bragging rights, 28
buying virtual goods in games, 197
C
Change Password link, 76
Change Recovery Options link, 77
chat
privacy settings, 166
signing out of, 176
color-coded icons, 164
check-ins, Google+ Mobile, 200
adding people to
with suggestions, 66
from Notifications menu, 66-68
deleting, 72
editing names and descriptions, 71-72
Extended Circles, 63
moving people from one circle to another, 70
removing people, 71
viewing
people in your circles, 69
people who added you to their circles, 69-70
color-coded icons, chat list, 164
commenting on posts, 116
comments
disabling, 122
connecting pages to websites, 48
contact settings, profiles, 36-37
Contributor To, profiles, 30
Creative Kit, editing photos, 161-162
D
deleting
circles, 72
people from Find People tab, 63
posts, 122
disabling comments, 122
displaying
content about games, 87
posts in real-time, 133
E
Edit Profile link, 76
editing
circles, names and descriptions, 71-72
posts, 121
education, profiles, 29
email, receiving notifications, 140-141
email contacts, adding people to circles, 63-66
email subscriptions
managing, 85
pages, 50
ending hangouts, 192
Explore page, viewing, 128
Extended Circles, 63
F
family, 57
files, sending during chat, 169-170
filtering
search results, 133
Find People tab
adding people to circles, 61-62
deleting people, 63
following, 58
formatting posts, 98
friends, 57
G
buying virtual goods, 197
displaying content about games, 87
invitations, 195
notifications, 196
personal data, 195
removing permissions, 197
sharing on Games stream, 197
Games stream, sharing game activity, 197
Gender, profiles, 30
Google accounts, deleting, 79-80
Google docs, 191
Google effects, adding, 191
Google+, 3
Google+ features, accessing, 14
basic web app, 203
Google+ Mobile web app, 203
Google+ Mobile basic web app, 203
Google+ Mobile web app, 203
Google+ profile button, adding to websites, 40
Google+ Ripples, 120
group text chat, adding to hangouts, 186-188
H
adding
ending, 192
inviting people to, 184
screenshare, 188
Hangouts page, viewing, 178
Home, profiles, 29
Hotmail, adding contacts to circles, 64
I
Google+ Mobile, 200
introductions, 28
invitations
for games, 195
signing up for Google+, 7
inviting people to hangouts, 184
J-K
L
languages, specifying preferred, 88-89
lightbox view, removing tags, 159
liking posts with +1 button, 114-115
linking to posts, 125
links
locking posts, 123
Looking For, profiles, 30
M
managers
managing
photo settings, 87
on pages, 51
for profiles, 81
products, 87
+1 personalization, 86
adding pages to circles, 87
displaying content about games, 87
photo settings, 87
setting notification delivery preferences, 50, 84
specifying notification delivery preferences, 50, 85-86
specifying who can interact with you and your posts, 50, 84
mentioning other people, posts, 99
messenger, 5
Messenger, Google+ Mobile, 199
moving people from one circle to another, 70
multiple sign-in, 78
muting
N
names, editing in profiles, 26-27
notification delivery preferences
specifying, 50
notification preferences
notifications, 135
games, 196
receiving via email and text message, 140-141
specifying who can send to you, 141
Notifications menu, adding people to circles, 66-68
Notifications page, viewing, 139-140
O
occupation, 28
organizing photo albums, 151-152
Other Names, profiles, 30
Other Profiles, 30
P
circles, adding, 48
connecting to websites, 48
email subscriptions, 50
notification preferences, 50-51
photo settings, managing, 51
photos, adding, 45
specifying notification delivery preferences, 50
specifying who can interact with you and your posts, 50
transferring ownership of pages, 54
participating
in video chat, 174
people
from Notifications menu, 66-68
with suggestions, 66-2001
blocking, 124
deleting from Find People tab, 63
inviting to hangouts, 184
moving from one circle to another, 70
removing from circles, 71
specifying who to display on profiles, 37-39
viewing
those who added you to their circles, 69-70
in your circles, 69
permissions, removing game permissions, 197
personal data, games, 195
phones, uploading photos, 102
photo albums, 145
adding photos to existing albums, 153-154
updating sharing settings, 150-151
photo options, 143
photo scrapbooks, adding to profiles, 23-24
photo settings
managing, 87
pages, managing, 51
adding
to existing photo albums, 153-154
to pages, 45
albums, creating, 101
editing with Creative Kit, 161-162
single cover photos, adding to profiles, 21-22
from phones, 102
Photos tab, 35
Picasa Web Albums, 143
Places Lived, profiles, 29
commenting on, 116
comments
deleting, 124
deleting, 122
disabling comments, 122
displaying in real-time, 133
editing, 121
formatting, 98
liking with +1 button, 114-115
linking to, 125
locking, 123
mentioning other people, 99
viewing
Explore page, 128
Posts tab, 35
preferred languages, specifying, 88-89
Privacy, 15
privacy, 75
managing account settings, 75-78
chat, 166
for profiles, 81
Profile Discovery, profiles, 30
adding
cover photos, 21
photos, 8
people, specifying who to display, 37-39
privacy settings, 81
viewing as others see it, 39
R
receiving notifications via email and text message, 140-141
Recommended Links, profiles, 30-39
relationships, profiles, 30
removing
game permissions, 197
people from circles, 71
reporting
Ripples, 120
S
saving searches, 133
screenshare, hangouts, 188
search results, filtering, 133
searches, saving, 133
sending
+1 personalization, 86
adding pages to circles, 87
displaying content about games, 87
email subscriptions, 85
photo settings, 87
setting notification delivery preferences, 84-85
specifying notification delivery preferences, 85-86
specifying who can interact with you and your posts, 84
Share, 15
sharing
game activity, on Games stream, 197
signing in
multiple sign-in, 78
signing out, 15
of chat, 176
accessing, 110
commenting on, 116
deleting, 122
deleting comments, 124
disabling comments, 122
editing, 121
liking with +1 button, 114-115
linking to, 125
locking, 123
viewing Explore page, 128
What’s Hot stream, 128
adding people to circles, 66
T
tabs, displaying on profiles, 34-36
taglines, 28
tags
text messages, notifications, receiving, 140-141
transferring ownership of pages, 54
U
updating album sharing settings, 150-151
uploading
from phones, 102
videos, 103
V
participating in, 174
videos
uploading, 103
Videos tab, 35
View Profile, 15
viewing
Explore page, 128
moving people from one circle to another, 69-70
people in your circles, 69
profile, 39
virtual goods, buying in games, 197
W
websites
adding Google+ profile button, 40
connecting to pages, 48
What’s Hot stream, 128
work, profiles, 29
X-Y-Z
Yahoo! Mail, adding contacts to circles, 64-65
YouTube
uploading photos, 104