Google+ will outpace Facebook in sharing of online content among U.S. users by February 2016, according to a new study from search and social analytics firm Searchmetrics.
The study projected forward the average growth in shares on the competing social networks from November 2012 to April 2013. During this period, shares on Facebook shares by nearly 10 percent; +1′s on Google+ grew nearly twice as fast.
“While it still has a relatively small base, Google+ activity and users are growing at an insane speed. And the unthinkable is possible – in terms of the important area of sharing activity at least, our data shows it could actually catch up with Facebook if the trend continues,” Marcus Tober, founder and CTO of Searchmetrics, said in a statement.
Indeed, the study found that Google+ has increased its number of users largely by forcing users of other Google services to create accounts and that just a quarter of all users with Google+ accounts have ever used them. Even so, Google’s strategy is resulting in more activity on its social platform. Full story...
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The study projected forward the average growth in shares on the competing social networks from November 2012 to April 2013. During this period, shares on Facebook shares by nearly 10 percent; +1′s on Google+ grew nearly twice as fast.
“While it still has a relatively small base, Google+ activity and users are growing at an insane speed. And the unthinkable is possible – in terms of the important area of sharing activity at least, our data shows it could actually catch up with Facebook if the trend continues,” Marcus Tober, founder and CTO of Searchmetrics, said in a statement.
Indeed, the study found that Google+ has increased its number of users largely by forcing users of other Google services to create accounts and that just a quarter of all users with Google+ accounts have ever used them. Even so, Google’s strategy is resulting in more activity on its social platform. Full story...
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