7/6/11

Google+ Tips & Tricks

Here are the most useful shortcuts and tricks for Google+ that we have come across. Please share your best tips if you can’t find them in the list in our comments section.

1/ Remember to make some of your posts “public” not just “limited” (limited means shared with your selected circles). Otherwise the public view of your profile will show no posts!
remember add "public" (green) button to share with everyone

2/ To see how the public (and people who are not following you) will see your profile click “view profile as” and select “anyone on the web”. You can also see what your profile looks like to particular people or circles of people.
view your public profile

3/ If you want to send a message for the attention of one person in particular type +name or @name and they should appear in a list for you to select.
send to an individual person only

4/ There is an option to disable sharing. But remember if you want to keep a secret don’t put it online! Everything – even if you disable sharing – is sharable by screen grab! To disable share click on the little arrow top right of your post and select “disable reshare.”
you can disable reshare but remember you secrets are only a screen grab away from being public!

5/ Your contacts cannot see the names of the circles you put them in.

6/ However people can see with whom a limited post is shared! Click on the word limited on someone’s post and you can see who they shared the post with.

7/ Your time-line is affected by how many comments a post has and how many +1’s it has.

8/ Click on Notifications in the left sidebar and you’ll see a chronological listing of all your Google+ notifications. Clicking the “More” link at the upper right of that stream gives you some useful filtering options:
more button in notifications view

  • Added to Circles – See everyone who has added you,
  • Posts by You – Not all the posts you’ve written (those are in your Profile), but those you’ve written that have been shared by others.
  • Posts by Others – Posts written by others that you’ve commented on.
  • Mentions – Posts in which you’ve been tagged. When someone in your circles types a “+” and your name, you are tagged
  • Photo tags – Posts with photos in which you’ve been tagged.

9/ If you click on Incoming (found in the left hand menu from the home screen) You can see all the posts from people who are following you even if you are not following them! If they seem interesting enough you can add them to your circles

10/ If you click on one of your photographs you can access some Picasa-lite image editing tools. When the Google+ iPhone app launches you’ll also be able to upload photos straight from your phone (Android users can already get the native app). In the meantime the Google+ iPhone web app is a sleek way to use Google+ on the move – but this doesn’t allow photo uploads.

11/ If you have commented on a post you will get updates every time someone else comments. If you are getting too many updates you can mute the post to stop this. Click on the word “post” in your notifications.
click on the word post

click mute this post

12/ Keyboard shortcuts
J – Lets you skip to the next post in your stream without scrolling
K – lets you jump upwards post by post
If you click on a post and hit return your comment box will open ready for your comment.
If you hit tab and return you will send your comment
13/ Type Tips
_ italic text _     will look like     italic text
* bold text *    will look like    bold text
- strikethrough text -    will look like  strikethrough text




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