Social: Google+ traffic surges by 1269 per cent

[rak]

JUST one week after going public to mainstream web users social networking site Google+ is giving Facebook reason to worry.

According to web traffic tracking firm Experian Hitwise growth in visitors to the site has grown by 1269 per cent since the site invited users to join without an invite from a friend.

http://www.news.com.au/technology/so...-1226149614760

[michael1981]

That's unbelievable growth, and so fast. If anyone had an online business with those statistics, they would be over the moon I don't think Google+ will overtake Facebook though. I think Google+ will be more popular among webmasters who believe it will improve their rankings

[rak]

That's unbelievable growth, and so fast. If anyone had an online business with those statistics, they would be over the moon I don't think Google+ will overtake Facebook though. I think Google+ will be more popular among webmasters who believe it will improve their rankings

I think FB will always be #1 with social networking. It has carved itself into that niche... it might lose users, but how many of those users come back... because all their friends are there?

[davemerry]

I may be crazy here, but that is not a massive percentage at all.

When you start a brand new site (with marketing) analytics always report ridiculous growths based on previous months as the previous statistics are pretty much non-existent. If they are achieving even half that growth in 3 months time then I'll be surprised.

Google+ will be non-existent in 3 years I think....

Just my 2 cent