Google+ Now Halfway to Critical Mass
Scott Moritz
Scott Moritz
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- After its first month, Google+ has flown by a few huge milestones, but it hasn't achieved its ultimate goal as the clear successor to Facebook.
Google+, Google's(GOOG) social networking site that allows Gmail users to sort friends and share photos, rocketed to 25 million users in less than a month. This rapid rise makes it the "fastest start" of any social Web service, according to Comscore.
But as Wedbush analyst Lou Kerner and others point out, the early rush of curiosity seekers isn't necessarily a sign of a well-woven social web. While Google+ has "captured the imagination of the digital cognoscenti, engagement remains relatively low," Kerner said at the start of a Google+ discussion he hosted Tuesday.
During the conference call with social Web experts, Kerner and his crew established a few key points about Google+:
- Guys prefer Google+ twice as much as females...
