do you like Google+ ?

[diggdirectory]

Google+ is not updating his features and styles it is remain same as it was earlier they tried to copy some features of Facebook but that didn't work for them they should update Google+ and make it more users friendly like Facebook

[bettinganalyst]

i don't like it , it is not user friendly and quite boring.

[edgarf76]

It is decent, nothing exciting. I think pintrest is the best currently.

[TheGooner]

It is decent, nothing exciting. I think pintrest is the best currently.

What do you find interesting / useful with Pinterest Edgar?

I have an account - but have little interest in looknig at most peoples picture collections ...
Am I missing something ?

What makes it good for you mate?

[casinovegas]

I definitely think google+ is growing in popularity. I can't ever see it being as big as Facebook no matter how hard it is pushed though.

[chaumi]

Pinterest is reportedly used by many people for researching stuff they need (physical stuff) and/or want to buy. Apparently with a huge female following.

So (from a marketing perspective) it wouldn't appear to be much use to us in our industry (though there will be ways if you think about it deeply enough)...but say you had a site about mobile phones, for example, there could be a lot of value in building an account with images of different mobiles. If it was built well, with great images/info, the community on Pinterest seem to share/pin each other quite freely...and your pins could get traffic/visitors/conversions/sales.

Mobile phones just an off the top of my head example, and maybe not a good one, but the point is valid.

[edgarf76]

What do you find interesting / useful with Pinterest Edgar?

I have an account - but have little interest in looknig at most peoples picture collections ...
Am I missing something ?

What makes it good for you mate?

I like to look at the pictures of women. Its just fun, the other social networks have become intrusive and boring.

[justbookies]

Yes, i thought it was great until they suspended my personal account for 'promoting regulated markets' in my posts apparently. Trying to get it back on, but I wont be losing any sleep over it. Too much of this moronic behaviour from usa companies like google, facebook & twitter.

[Moonlight Cat]

the other social networks have become intrusive and boring.

You may try VK.com

For me, Google + have absolutely unfriendly design.

[sweetbet]

According to google analytics, pinterest sends me more quality traffic than g+.

[ALEX777]

G+ is very strange and boring IMHO, and the design is really bad.

[RacingJim]

I agree it's a bit crap, it's struggling to know what it wants to be.

[Jokerman99]

Totally rubbish, yet another fail by Google. This will be harder for them to dump because they are trying to run their author rank and other algorithmic stuff via G+ but I can't imagine it ever catching on.

[traffickitty]

I hate G+ and stopped using it sometime ago... Google team sent a message warning about the fact that I was violating their policy by promoting stuff (which I did) but then I stopped and never did it again. Anyway they suspended my account and I have 0 patience to fight about it.

I believe the only way G+ is growing its because Google is somehow suggesting webmasters to use it more in benefit of their rankings...

[JackTenSuited]

I refuse to use it, mainly because google keeps pushing it on me, when I was in London for LAC I was lost in the rain and brang up Google maps on my phone, it was then it insisted on me signing up for a gplus account before giving me directions!

[louie.wilson]

The only thing i like about Google+ is their +1 button, apparently good for SEO.
Otherwise, never uses it... Too much work posting on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, etc...

[TravG]

I used it to get new pages cached quickly. If you write a post linking too a new page it gets cached almost immediately.

[justbookies]

I believe the only way G+ is growing its because Google is somehow suggesting webmasters to use it more in benefit of their rankings...

nail on the head. also, and I only speak as someone located in UK as they wouldn't put up with it in the usa, it is desperately slow to load and often just stops loading completely so you have to continually refresh. maybe it's a just problem with the uk servers but it has always been like that.

[Crazyrewards-Morten]

I absolutely love Google+

It's penetration is obviously still a bit limited but if you're looking for top online marketing advice I think that is the single best place for have experts curate the tonnes of sh*t that is spewed to the internet each day.

+ There's the obvious benefit of added search visibility

Gambling-wise there's probably little to no direct benefit or quality traffic coming at the moment because of the low and a bit geeky penetration achieved at the moment, but I use it for my personal development and to keep up to date with best practices, new ideas and great cases from other people.

A few comments to the rest in this thread:
@ultimatepokerbonus - That is a benefit as well, but have you considered that it won't be attractive to any potential followers, as what you're doing is practically just "spamming" content?

@Sweetbet - As mentioned it might be difficult at the moment to bring quality traffic, but have you considered indirect benefits?

[baldidiot]

Never used it...