Exploring Google+

Breaking out of your Shell with Google+

Exploring Google+ was very breathing taking and refreshing for me because I discovered so many different features that connected me to many people across the world. Navigating through Google+ was not entirely new research for me because quite a few of my friends communicate with this social media site on daily basis. The features reminded me a lot of connecting with users as I do on my facebook account.

On Google+ you are allowed to create basic posts from your owner page and the ability to constantly interact with one another. I think it is very common for users to post things throughout their page and use the +1 for posts because it is really convenient when you want to share things and bond freely with others.

One of the most interesting features that I revealed on Google+ was the circles. The circles allows users to coordinate friends, family, organizations, interests, news, and etc. was a feature that took me by surprise. By creating the unique feature circles I think Google+ does a great of coordinating who you are following and those who are interested in being in your circles.  This allows only those in your circle to post and create subjects to share with you only.

Even health organizations can utilize Google+ to categorize their target audiences by using circles that would allow they reach their users easier. Aside from the circles, users can apply the +1 option similar to a like button to bookmark a variety of articles from researching that are interesting to them. This can be a key component for health organizations to also use this feature to bookmark important articles that they would like to share with their users. The great thing about this feature is the article is always refreshed and available for usage at any time for both the users and organization.

The health organization that I found on Google+ was the World Health Organization. This was a very interesting organization to research because they have over 15,000 followers and their posts are currently updated. These posts share information about public health issues and concerns that bring awareness to people all across the world that allowed to be publicly shared. 

The goal of this organization is to create and share content that will protect, promote healthy, enforce drug safety and contribute to the equity of health services for users. By allowing users to +1 post, share links, and comment on topics is great for users to connect with the health organization on a regular basis. Because this organization is worldwide it is very popular for users to stay update on bettering their health and the many different programs they can participate in to increasing health in their areas.

One very important health program put on by the health organization was World Blood Donor Day that allowed users and people to donate blood to save others life. The purpose of this event was to show people that one blood donation would save three lives and they highly encourage people to be apart of changing the world. I thought the organization World Blood Donor Day Banner design was very helpful in attracting users to their page and a way to spread the world globally.

Overall, I admire Google+ creative features to connect users with organizations and ways to personalize your direct communication with others. Clearly Google+ is on the rise fast and will be giving facebook some serious competitive when it comes to keeping users interested. With this social media platform you are allowed to explore a variety of features and through Google+ you will always be connected to your Gmail account and blogger whenever you log in. In my opinion Google+ is what you make of it and actually a creative way to unique in social media now today.