Google+, Google’s new (and awesome) social media attempt complete with Circles, Hangouts, Huddle, Sparks, and so much more, is Google’s latest stab at entering the social market. Social networking has been the one field that Google has yet to get right. Search? Awesome. Gmail? Awesome. The list goes on. But Google Buzz and Google Wave, Google’s last two social networking projects, both failed pretty miserably. So the Google Team has really gone all out on Google+ in an effort to take people away from other social networking sites, more specifically, Facebook. So, you would assume Mark Zuckerberg wouldn’t be too happy about Google+, right? He certainly shouldn’t be shaking in his boots, but it’d be reasonable to assume that Mr. Zuckerberg would try to steer clear of Google+, correct? WRONG. In what I see as a pretty genius plan to clear the tension between Google+ and Facebook and undermine Google’s efforts, Mark Zuckerberg has created a Google+ profile. But that certainly isn’t all. Not only has Mark Zuckerberg updated his profile, created circles, and all that jazz, he has also become the most popular person on the site. Wow. Not bad. Zuckerberg, with 34,759 followers on Google+, leads Larry Page (a founder of Google!) who has 23,633 followers and is the second most popular person on Google+. See the rest of the list here. Granted, 34,759 followers is nothing compared to his 4.6 million friends on Facebook, but it is still very impressive that he has become the most popular person on a rival’s website. All I know is that, for a multi-billionaire, Mark Zuckerberg could have definitely found a better profile picture for his Google+ account.
What do you think about Mark’s popularity? Any reactions to Google+? Leave questions, comments, or thoughts below!
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