GOOGLE+ : THE MISSING MANUAL  (PURDY)

If you want to gain more control over your social networking activities with Google+, this jargon-free guide helps you quickly master the ins and outs of the site. Learn how to organize your contacts, hold video chats with as many as ten people, and determine exactly who may learn what about you. With this book, you’ll navigate Google+ with ease.

The important stuff you need to know

• Massage your profile. Control what the public, specific groups, or certain individuals can see about you.
• Move in the right circles. Assign folks to different groups and share the right stuff with the right people.
• Jump into streams. Get all the updates, pictures, and links from people you know.
• Host hangouts. Organize and attend group video chats.
• View and share photos. Make them available to whomever you like—whether or not they’re Google+ members.
• Get notifications. Monitor what others do (and share about you) on Google+.
• Go mobile. Use Google+ on your Android, iPhone, or mobile web browser.

About the Author
Kevin Purdy is a freelance writer, which means he attends fewer meetings, but pays more taxes, more often. He recently left his almost-full-time gig as contributing editor at Life hacker, and now he's trying to write other stuff for different people. He lives physically in Buffalo, NY, and virtually on Google+.

Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Getting Started

•     Signing In and Joining Up
•     Fleshing Out Your Profile

Chapter 2 Managing Contacts with Circles

•     How Circles Work
•     Adding People to Circles
•     Creating Circles
•     Editing and Organizing Circles
•     Sharing Circles

Chapter 3 Streams, Sharing, and Privacy

•     Viewing Your Stream
•     The Anatomy of a Stream
•     Writing a Google+ Post
•     Choosing Who Sees Your Posts
•     Interacting with Posts
•     Editing, Deleting, and Controlling Your Posts

Chapter 4 Notifications

•     Where You Get Notifications
•     Controlling Which Notifications You Receive
•     Making Notifications Less Intrusive

Chapter 5 Sharing Photos and Videos

•     Viewing Photos
•     Sharing Photos
•     Getting Photos onto Google+
•     Tagging Photos
•     Editing and Deleting Photos
•     Adjusting Overall Photo Settings
•     Sharing Videos

Chapter 6 Hanging Out

•     Starting a Hangout
•     Hanging Out
•     Hangouts on Mobile Devices
•     Tips for Better Hangouts

Chapter 7 Searching and Sparks

•     Searching Google+
•     Getting Better Results
•     Saving Searches
•     Throw Your Post into the Mix with Hashtags

Chapter 8 Google+ Mobile

•     Getting Google+ onto Your Phone
•     Streams, Posts, and Circles
•     Viewing Photos
•     Starting a Messenger Session (Apps Only)
•     Mobile Notifications
•     Posting to Google+ via Text Message
•     Sending Things to Google+ from Other Apps (Android Only)

Chapter 9 Playing Games

•     Getting into Games
•     Starting a Game
•     Joining a Game.