Contents

Introduction

1 Introducing Google+

Exploring Google+

Signing Up for Google+

Signing In to Google+

Navigating Google+

Accessing Popular Google+ Features

Getting Help

Sending Feedback

Summary

2 Working with Google+ Profiles

Understanding Google+ Profiles

Adding a Profile Cover Photo

Adding a Single Cover Photo

Adding a Photo Scrapbook to Your Profile

Deleting a Photo

Changing Your Profile Photo

Editing Your Name

Editing Your Profile’s About Tab

Specifying Profile Privacy by Section

Adding Links on Your Google+ Profile

Specifying Your Contact Settings

Specifying the People to Display on Your Profile

Viewing Your Profile as Others See It

Adding a Google+ Profile Button to Your Website

Summary

3 Creating a Google+ Page for Your Business

Understanding Google+ Pages Versus Google+ Profiles

Creating a Google+ Page

Using Google+ as a Page

Managing Your Google+ Page Settings

Specifying Who Can Interact with You and Your Posts

Specifying Your Notification Delivery Preferences

Managing Your Email Subscriptions

Specifying Notification Preferences

Customizing Your Circles

Managing Photo Settings

Deleting a Google+ Page

Adding Google+ Page Managers

Removing a Google+ Manager

Transferring Ownership of a Google+ Page

Summary

4 Managing Your Network with Circles

Understanding Google+ Circles

Creating New Circles

Adding People to Circles

Adding People to Circles from the Find People Tab

Adding Your Email Contacts

Adding People and Pages that Google+ Suggests

Adding People from the Notifications Menu

Adding People from Their Google+ Profile

Managing Circles

Viewing People in Your Circles

Viewing People Who Added You to Their Circles

Moving People from One Circle to Another

Removing People from Circles

Editing a Circle’s Name and Description

Deleting a Circle

Sharing a Circle

Summary

5 Managing Google+ Settings and Privacy

Understanding Google+ Privacy

Managing Your Google Account Settings

Deleting Your Google+ Profile

Deleting Your Google Account

Managing Your Security

Managing Your Privacy Settings

Managing Privacy Settings for Your Google+ Profile

Managing Google+ Sharing

Managing Other Google+ Privacy Options

Managing Google+ Settings

Specifying Who Can Interact with You and Your Posts

Setting Notification Delivery Preferences

Managing Email Subscriptions

Specifying Notification Preferences

Enabling +1 Personalization

Adding Google+ Pages to Your Circles

Displaying Content About Google+ Games

Customizing Your Circles

Managing Google+ Photo Settings

Managing Your Products

Specifying Your Preferred Languages

Backing Up Your Data

Summary

6 Sharing Content on Google+

Using the Share Box

Formatting Your Posts

Mentioning Other People in Your Posts

Sharing Photos

Sharing Videos

Sharing Links

Summary

7 Viewing Your Google+ Stream

Exploring Your Stream

Accessing Your Stream

Viewing a Sample Post

Filtering Your Stream

Participating in the Stream

Liking a Post Using the +1 Button

Commenting on Posts

Sharing Posts

Managing Your Posts in the Stream

Editing a Post

Deleting a Post

Disabling Comments

Locking a Post

Reporting or Deleting Comments

Managing Your Circles’ Posts in the Stream

Linking to a Post

Reporting Abuse

Muting a Post

Viewing the Explore Page

Summary

8 Searching on Google+

Searching Google+ Content

Filtering Google+ Search Results

Saving a Google+ Search

Summary

9 Viewing and Managing Notifications

Understanding Google+ Notifications

Viewing Your Notifications on Google+

Viewing the Notifications Page

Receiving Notifications via Email and Text Message

Specifying Who Can Send You Notifications

Summary

10 Working with Photos

Exploring Google+ Photo Options

Uploading Photos to Google+

Exploring the Photos Page

Creating and Managing Photo Albums

Creating a Photo Album

Viewing Your Photo Albums

Sharing an Album

Updating Album Sharing Settings

Organizing an Album

Deleting an Album

Adding Photos to an Existing Album

Working in the Photo Lightbox

Exploring the Lightbox

Tagging Photos

Editing Photos Using Creative Kit

Summary

11 Chatting on Google+

Understanding Google+ Chat

Exploring the Chat List

Specifying Your Chat Availability

Specifying Your Chat Privacy Settings

Chatting on Google+

Participating in a Chat

Sending a File

Using Voice and Video Chat

Chatting Off the Record

Signing Out of Chat

Summary

12 Using Hangouts for Video Chat

Understanding Hangouts

Preparing to Use Hangouts

Viewing the Hangouts Page

Starting a Hangout

Inviting People to a Hangout

Joining a Hangout

Adding Group Text Chat to a Hangout

Adding Apps to Your Hangouts

Using Screenshare During a Hangout

Adding YouTube Video to Your Hangout

Applying Google Effects to Your Hangout

Using Google Docs During a Hangout

Adding Other Apps

Muting During a Hangout

Ending a Hangout

Summary

13 Playing Games

Exploring Google+ Games

Playing a Game

Summary

14 Using Google+ Mobile

Exploring Google+ Mobile

Using the Google+ Android App

Using the Google+ iPhone App

Using the Google+ Mobile Web App

Using the Google+ Mobile Basic Web App

Summary

Index