Google+ gaat hard. Toch wel handig?

Brian Solis heeft wat (eigenhandig) onderzoek gecombineerd met daarin toch wel opmerkelijke resultaten. 23% van de ondervraagden zegt over te willen stappen naar het sociale netwerk van Google ten nadele van Facebook. De aanleiding van het onderzoek was de toch wel turbulente groei van Google+. Ook al is het niet te vergelijken met de start van Facebook en Twitter (dat waren immers volledige onbekende start ups) zegt onderstaande vergelijkingsgrafiek misschien toch wel iets over de potentie van Google+:

Binnen en maand telde Google+ al 25 miljoen gebruikers, de VS is goed is voor 6,5 miljoen, India is tweede met ruim 3,5, daarna volgen Canada en de UK met een miljoen. comScore onderzoek in de VS wijst uit dat vrouwen domineren op Google plus, wat opmerkelijk is namelijk tegen de cijfers in op andere netwerken. Facebook bijvoorbeeld heeft 57% vrouwelijke gebruikers.
Solis zette polls uit die door een kleine tweeduizend mensen werden ingevuld. Zijn belangrijkste conclusies:

Uit het onderzoek blijkt ook dat vrouwen minder dan mannen geneigd zijn Facebook in te wisselen voor Google+.

Motivatie
Tot slot heeft Solis de ondervraagden ook om uitleg gevraagd. Daar zitten mogelijk leerzame commentaren tussen, over de usp’s van beiden netwerken. En Twitter moet zich ook zorgen maken:

Ja, ik ruil Facebook in Voor Google+
Steven Streight – Facebook is a cesspool of rogue apps, spammy games, phishing exploits, and disrespect for user privacy. It has very trivial content compared to Google+. I permanently deleted my account a long time ago. Twitter seems cold, lifeless, hard to manage, no Circles or ways to quickly see what my close pals are saying. Google+ is way better than both. I am spending a lot less time on Twitter now.
@MiguelAngelArce – I voted Yes!, I like circles and as long as I can see, G+ is taking the best of fb and twitter, and making it better. Google absolutely are responding to the question: How will be a social networking service if it was invented today?, using all the power, tech, tools, and apps of Google.

No way, ik blijf bij Facebook!
Chad Brack – No – I believe that, over time, FB will be the primary location for sharing with family and most non-technical friends. A ‘lightweight’ sharing. G+ will be a spot for more involved dialogue and twitter/rss-style ‘following’ of topics that interest me.
Bruce Scherer – No. Google+ will be a ghetto for wonks for a while, and is not tight enough to persuade regular people to stake new territory. I’ll keep feet in both places, though.
@AiDBusiness – It would be almost impossible to give up Facebook once established there. I may spend less time on FB, for a while, however.

Ik ga beiden gebruiken
Jeremy D’Hoinne – It’s hard to tell now. None of my non-geek friends are on G+ yet. I use Facebook mostly for close friends and family. I’ll abandon it if they use Google+, otherwise I’ll keep both. But I’ll probably give up on Twitter as soon as Google+ find a way to manage collapsed comment by default and smart choice for displaying shared post (no more than once per circle for example or just mention the re share)
@Aaron_Emig Personally I will use both. I will use FB more for the business pages and other apps like events, notes, etc. Google+ is great for most FB users who just chat, post pics, ask for recommendations, etc. because G+ is a lot more user-friendly than FB.
Jean Martell Ames – No..i like the separation between fb and g+…friends and family on fb…work network on g+…i know that will change when more people join g+ but it’s so refreshing to be on g+ right now
Jennifer Stavros – I will use both because both serve different purposes for me. I will also not be abandoning twitter for any of these services either. For me, Google+ is a great way to moderate the various “personalities” I have on the web in one place. Its a place for me to be more serious with my colleagues and still remain the creative with those that share those interests as well. It’s for business conversations and shared innovations. Facebook stands as a platform for connections with my closer network family of sorts. These are people whom I know personally and who can understand/enjoy the dual personality of corporate & creative. Twitter is for art and free flowing thoughts. My stream is not always as business oriented as some, depending on the hour, but it is meant to be the place where my thoughts are able to spill over a bit.