Google+ (pronounced and sometimes written Google Plus, often abbreviated as G+) is a social networking service operated by Google Inc. The service launched on June 28, 2011 in an invite-only ""field testing"" phase. The following day, existing users were allowed to invite friends, who are above 18 years of age, to the service to create their own accounts. However, this was quickly suspended a day after there was ""insane demand"" for accounts. Google+ integrates social services such as Google Profiles and Google Buzz, and introduces new services Circles, Hangouts, Sparks, and Huddles. Google+ will also be available as a desktop application and as a mobile application, but only on Android and iOS operating systems. Sources such as The New York Times have declared it Google's biggest attempt to rival the social network Facebook, which had over 750 million users in 2011. This book is your ultimate resource for Google+. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, analysis, background and everything you need to know. In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Google+ right away, covering: Google+, Google 3D Warehouse, Ad Manager, AdSense, Google Advertising Professionals, AdWords, Google AJAX APIs, Google Alerts, Google Analytics, Google Questions and Answers, Google App Engine, Google App Inventor, Google Apps, Google Apps Script, Google Art Project, Google Audio Indexing, Blogger (service), Google Body, Google Books, Google Books Library Project, Google Bookmarks, Google Building Maker, Google Business Solutions, Google Buzz, Google Calendar, Google Chart API, Checker Plus for Google Calendar, Google Checkout, Chrome Web Store, Google Cloud Print, Google Code, Google Code Search, Google Contacts, Google Current, Google Custom Search, Google Data Liberation Front, Google Dictionary, History of Google Docs, Google Cloud Connect, Google Docs, Google eBooks, Google Fast Flip, Google Finance, Google Friend Connect, Google Gadgets, Google Gadgets API, Gizmo5, Gmail, Gmail interface, Google Grants, Google Groups, Google Health, IGoogle, Google Image Labeler, Google Images, Google Image Swirl, Google IME, Google Insights for Search, Jaiku, Google Labs, List of Google products, Living stories, Google Map Maker, Google Maps, Google Mars, Google Moderator, Google Moon, Music Beta by Google, Google News, Google News Archive, Google Offers, Google One Pass, Orkut, Google Person Finder, Google Personalized Search, Picasa, Google Plugin for Eclipse, Google Product Search, Google Public Data Explorer, Google Public DNS, Google Reader, Google Real-Time Search, Satellite map images with missing or unclear data, Google Scholar, Google Scholar and academic libraries, Google Script Converter, Google Sidewiki, Sitemaps, Sitemap index, Google Sites, Google Sky, Google Squared, Google Street View, Supplemental Result, Google Sync, Google Translate, Google Translator Toolkit, Google transliteration, Google Trends, Vevo, Google Videos, Google Wallet, Apache Wave, WDYL (search engine), Google Web History, Google Webmaster Tools, Google Website Optimizer, Google WiFi, YouTube This book explains in-depth the real drivers and workings of Google+. It reduces the risk of your technology, time and resources investment decisions by enabling you to compare your understanding of Google+ with the objectivity of experienced professionals.