Google Plus, Google's social network, says goodbye

2019 is already starting with his first farewell and it is none other than that of Google Plus, the social network that Google launched in 2011. Which also brought forward his departure due to a new ruling security system discovered that has affected the personal information of 52.5 million people.

July 28, 2011 Google makes inroads again in the world of social networks, This time it fixed all the bugs presented in the past by Orkut and Google Buzz. And to its new creation is called Google+ or Google Plus.

Accelerated growth and a precipitous decline

Since its launch Google Plus achieved accelerated growth, positioning itself from the beginning until 2015 in one of the main social networks. But its popularity was quickly overshadowed by the presence of Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

Most of the Google Plus users hardly ever visited this social network since it was automatically created when opening a Gmail account. In addition to the fact that its Android app came preinstalled on all phones. that had this operating system.

On the one hand YouTube's high popularity helped a little with the growth of Google Plus.. However, this strategy was not sufficient because most of the users registered often did not know about the presence of Google Plus, Therefore, many accounts were created with no activity.

The decline of Google Plus

During 2018 the closure of Google Plus was strongly rumored., but it was only until October of the same year that the Mountain View giant announced its closure. This decision is taken after discovering a vulnerability that exposed the personal data of “hundreds of thousands of users”.

But in early 2019 Google is forced to move up the closing date to April 2, 2019. This is thanks to a new bug found that compromised the personal information of 52.5 million people. As a result, the company recommended to its users make a backup copy of all data published on this social network.

An entrepreneurial place

In the press release the company explains that the closure of Google+ will only be present in personal accounts, but the users with G Suite accounts or business and education accounts will be able to continue using this social network.

The closure of Google Plus will not affect other Google services, but yes to developers as the Google+ API will need to be updated in some applications and websites.

Farewell to Google Plus is also due to the lack of user attention on this social network. and to the strength of the growth of social networks such as Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

Since its launch to date Google+ reached a total of 111 million active users. Some of these users still have G Suite, business and educational accounts, and this social network will focus heavily on improving its service for this type of user.

Tell us in the comments if you knew about the Google Plus Closure and how you used this social network.

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