Sams Teach Yourself Google+ in 10 Minutes

Description

Sams Teach Yourself Google™+ in 10 Minutes gives you straightforward, practical answers when you need fast results. Work through its 10-minute lessons to jumpstart your Google+ experience...and then use today's hottest social network to connect with everyone and everything you care about!

Tips point out shortcuts and solutions.

Cautions help you avoid common pitfalls.

Notes provide additional information.

Plain English definitions explain new terms.

10 minutes is all you need to learn how to...

* Create a great Google+ profile
* Take control of your privacy on Google+
* Use Circles to share exactly what you want, with only the people you want to see it
* Manage conversations with Google+ Stream
* Upload your photos to share with friends and family
* Hold group video chats for free on Google+ Hangouts
* Take your social network wherever you go with Google+ Mobile
* Play games on Google+: from Angry Birds to Sudoku and beyond
* Quickly access the best Google+ features with the Google+ bar
* Have more fun and get more productive with Google+ add-ons and extensions

CONTENTS:

Introduction 1
Chapter 1 Introducing Google+ 3
Exploring Google+ 3
Signing Up for Google+ 5
Signing In to Google+ 13
Summary 14
Chapter 2 Working with Google+ Profiles 15
Understanding Google+ Profiles 15
Editing Your Google+ Profile 17
  Editing Your Profile's About Tab 17
  Specifying the Tabs to Display on Your Profile 25
  Specifying Who Can Send You an Email 26
  Specifying the People to Display on Your Profile 27
  Viewing Your Profile as Others See It 29
Adding a Google+ Profile Button to Your Website 30
Summary 31
Chapter 3 Managing Your Network with Circles 33
Understanding Google+ Circles 33
Creating New Circles 34
  Adding People to Circles 36
  Adding People to Circles from the Find People Tab 37
  Adding Your Email Contacts 40
  Adding People from the Google+ Suggestions Section 44
  Add People from the Notifications Menu 45
  Adding People from Your Incoming Stream 47
  Adding People from Their Google+ Profile 48
  Sending Invitations to Friends 49
Managing Circles 51
  Viewing People in Your Circles 51
  Viewing People Who Added You to Their Circles 51
  Moving People from One Circle to Another 52
  Removing People from Circles 53
  Editing a Circle's Name and Description 53
  Deleting a Circle 54
Summary 55
Chapter 4 Managing Google+ Settings and Privacy 57
Understanding Google+ Privacy 57
Managing Your Google Account Settings 57
  Using Multiple Sign-In 60
  Deleting Your Google+ Profile 62
  Deleting Your Google Account 64
Managing Your Privacy Settings 65
  Managing Privacy Settings for Your Google+ Profile 66
  Managing Google+ Sharing 67
  Managing Other Google+ Options 68
  Managing Google Privacy Options 68
Managing Google+ Settings 69
  Setting Delivery Preferences 70
  Specify Notification Preferences 71
  Enabling +1 Personalization 72
Specifying Your Preferred Languages 73
Backing Up Your Data 75
Managing Your Connected Accounts 77
  Showing Connected Account Links on Your Google+ Profile 78
  Connecting More Accounts 78
  Allowing Google+ to Search for Connected Accounts 79
Summary 79
Chapter 5 Sharing Content on Google+ 81
Using the Share Box 81
  Formatting Your Posts 85
  Mentioning Other People in Your Posts 86
  Sharing Your Location 87
Sharing Photos 87
Sharing Videos 90
Sharing Links 93
Summary 95
Chapter 6 Viewing Your Google+ Stream 97
Exploring Your Stream 97
  Accessing Your Stream 98
  Viewing a Sample Post 99
  Filtering Your Stream 101
  Viewing Your Incoming Stream 102
  Viewing Notifications 104
Participating in the Stream 106
  Liking a Post Using the +1 Button 106
  Commenting on Posts 108
  Sharing Posts 109
Managing Your Posts in the Stream 112
  Editing a Post 113
  Deleting a Post 114
  Disabling Comments 115
  Reporting or Removing Comments 115
  Locking a Post 116
Managing Your Circles' Posts in the Stream 117
  Linking to a Post 117
  Reporting Abuse 118
  Muting a Post 119
  Blocking a Person 119
Searching for Posts in Your Stream 120
Summary 122
Chapter 7 Exploring the Google+ Bar 123
Viewing Your Notifications 124
Accessing Popular Google+ Features 128
Sharing Content 129
Getting Help 130
Sending Feedback 130
Signing Out 132
Summary 133
Chapter 8 Working with Photos 135
Exploring Google+ Photo Options 135
Uploading Photos to Google+ 135
Exploring the Photos Page 136
Creating and Managing Photo Albums 137
  Creating a Photo Album 138
  Viewing Your Photo Albums 140
  Sharing an Album 141
  Deleting an Album 143
  Adding Photos to an Existing Album 144
Working in the Photo Lightbox 145
  Exploring the Lightbox 146
  Tagging Photos 148
  Editing Photos 152
Working with Photo Scrapbooks 153
  Adding a Photo Scrapbook to Your Profile 154
  Deleting a Scrapbook Photo 156
Summary 156
Chapter 9 Chatting on Google+ 157
Understanding Google+ Chat 157
  Exploring the Chat List 157
  Specifying Your Chat Availability 159
Inviting People to Chat 159
Chatting on Google+ 163
  Participating in a Chat 163
  Sending a File 165
  Using Voice and Video Chat 168
  Chatting Off the Record 173
  Starting a Group Chat 175
  Blocking and Unblocking People on Chat 177
  Signing Out of Chat 179
Summary 180
Chapter 10 Using Hangouts for Video Chat 181
Understanding Hangouts 181
Preparing to Use Hangouts 181
Starting a Hangout 182
Inviting People to a Hangout 187
Joining a Hangout 188
Adding Group Text Chat to a Hangout 190
Adding YouTube Video to Your Hangout 192
Muting During a Hangout 194
Ending a Hangout 196
Using Hangouts with Extras 196
Using Google+ Hangouts on Air 197
Summary 198
Chapter 11 Playing Games 199
Exploring Google+ Games 199
Playing a Game 200
Sending Game Invitations and Requests 204
Viewing and Responding to Game Notifications 205
Sharing Game Activity on the Games Stream 207
Buying Virtual Goods 210
Removing Game Permissions 211
Summary 213
Chapter 12 Using Google+ Mobile 215
Exploring Google+ Mobile 215
Using the Google+ Android App 216
Using the Google+ iPhone App 218
Using the Google+ Mobile Web App 219
Using the Google+ Mobile Basic Web App 220
Summary 221
Chapter 13 Using Google+ Extensions and Add-Ons 223
Exploring Google+ Extensions and Add-Ons 223
Exploring Google+ Chrome Extensions 224
  Extended Share for Google Plus 224
  G+me for Google Plus 225
  Replies and More for Google+ 226
  Google Plus Manager 226
  +Photo Zoom 226
Exploring Google+ Add-Ons for Mozilla Firefox 227
Exploring Other Google+ Tools 229
Summary 230
Index 231