Introduction 1 1 Introducing Google+ 3 Exploring Google+ 3 Signing Up for Google+ 5 Signing In to Google+ 12 Navigating Google+ 13 Accessing Popular Google+ Features 14 Getting Help 15 Sending Feedback 16 Summary 17 2 Working with Google+ Profiles 19 Understanding Google+ Profiles 19 Adding a Profile Cover Photo 21 Adding a Single Cover Photo 21 Adding a Photo Scrapbook to Your Profile 23 Deleting a Photo 25 Changing Your Profile Photo 26 Editing Your Name 26 Editing Your Profile''s About Tab 27 Specifying Profile Privacy by Section 30 Adding Links on Your Google+ Profile 32 Specifying Your Contact Settings 36 Specifying the People to Display on Your Profile 37 Viewing Your Profile as Others See It 39 Adding a Google+ Profile Button to Your Website 40 Summary 40 3 Creating a Google+ Page for Your Business 41 Understanding Google+ Pages Versus Google+ Profiles 41 Creating a Google+ Page 42 Using Google+ as a Page 48 Managing Your Google+ Page Settings 49 Specifying Who Can Interact with You and Your Posts 50 Specifying Your Notification Delivery Preferences 50 Managing Your Email Subscriptions 50 Specifying Notification Preferences 50 Customizing Your Circles 51 Managing Photo Settings 51 Deleting a Google+ Page 51 Adding Google+ Page Managers 52 Removing a Google+ Manager 53 Transferring Ownership of a Google+ Page 54 Summary 55 4 Managing Your Network with Circles 57 Understanding Google+ Circles 57 Creating New Circles 59 Adding People to Circles 60 Adding People to Circles from the Find People Tab 61 Adding Your Email Contacts 63 Adding People and Pages that Google+ Suggests 66 Adding People from the Notifications Menu 66 Adding People from Their Google+ Profile 68 Managing Circles 69 Viewing People in Your Circles 69 Viewing People Who Added You to Their Circles 69 Moving People from One Circle to Another 70 Removing People from Circles 71 Editing a Circle''s Name and Description 71 Deleting a Circle 72 Sharing a Circle 72 Summary 74 5 Managing Google+ Settings and Privacy 75 Understanding Google+ Privacy 75 Managing Your Google Account Settings 75 Deleting Your Google+ Profile 77 Deleting Your Google Account 78 Managing Your Security 79 Managing Your Privacy Settings 80 Managing Privacy Settings for Your Google+ Profile 81 Managing Google+ Sharing 81 Managing Other Google+ Privacy Options 82 Managing Google+ Settings 83 Specifying Who Can Interact with You and Your Posts 83 Setting Notification Delivery Preferences 84 Managing Email Subscriptions 84 Specifying Notification Preferences 85 Enabling +1 Personalization 86 Adding Google+ Pages to Your Circles 86 Displaying Content About Google+ Games 87 Customizing Your Circles 87 Managing Google+ Photo Settings 87 Managing Your Products 87 Specifying Your Preferred Languages 88 Backing Up Your Data 89 Summary 91 6 Sharing Content on Google+ 93 Using the Share Box . 93 Formatting Your Posts 98 Mentioning Other People in Your Posts 99 Sharing Photos 100 Sharing Videos 103 Sharing Links 105 Summary 107 7 Viewing Your Google+ Stream 109 Exploring Your Stream 109 Accessing Your Stream 110 Viewing a Sample Post 110 Filtering Your Stream 113 Participating in the Stream 114 Liking a Post Using the +1 Button 114 Commenting on Posts 116 Sharing Posts 117 Managing Your Posts in the Stream 120 Editing a Post 121 Deleting a Post 122 Disabling Comments 122 Locking a Post 123 Reporting or Deleting Comments 123 Managing Your Circles'' Posts in the Stream 125 Linking to a Post 125 Reporting Abuse 126 Muting a Post 127 Viewing the Explore Page 128 Summary 129 8 Searching on Google+ 131 Searching Google+ Content 131 Filtering Google+ Search Results 133 Saving a Google+ Search 133 Summary 134 9 Viewing and Managing Notifications 135 Understanding Google+ Notifications 135 Viewing Your Notifications on Google+ 136 Viewing the Notifications Page 139 Receiving Notifications via Email and Text Message 140 Specifying Who Can Send You Notifications 141 Summary 141 10 Working with Photos 143 Exploring Google+ Photo Options 143 Uploading Photos to Google+ 143 Exploring the Photos Page 144 Creating and Managing Photo Albums 145 Creating a Photo Album 146 Viewing Your Photo Albums 147 Sharing an Album 148 Updating Album Sharing Settings 150 Organizing an Album 151 Deleting an Album 152 Adding Photos to an Existing Album 153 Working in the Photo Lightbox 154 Exploring the Lightbox 155 Tagging Photos 156 Editing Photos Using Creative Kit 161 Summary 162 11 Chatting on Google+ 163 Understanding Google+ Chat 163 Exploring the Chat List 163 Specifying Your Chat Availability 164 Specifying Your Chat Privacy Settings 165 Chatting on Google+ 166 Participating in a Chat 166 Sending a File 169 Using Voice and Video Chat 170 Chatting Off the Record 174 Signing Out of Chat 176 Summary 176 12 Using Hangouts for Video Chat 177 Understanding Hangouts 177 Preparing to Use Hangouts 177 Viewing the Hangouts Page 178 Starting a Hangout 178 Inviting People to a Hangout 184 Joining a Hangout 184 Adding Group Text Chat to a Hangout 186 Adding Apps to Your Hangouts 188 Using Screenshare During a Hangout 188 Adding YouTube Video to Your Hangout 189 Applying Google Effects to Your Hangout 191 Using Google Docs During a Hangout 191 Adding Other Apps 191 Muting During a Hangout 191 Ending a Hangout 192 Summary 192 13 Playing Games 193 Exploring Google+ Games 193 Playing a Game 193 Summary 198 14 Using Google+ Mobile 199 Exploring Google+ Mobile 199 Using the Google+ Android App 200 Using the Google+ iPhone App 201 Using the Google+ Mobile Web App 203 Using the Google+ Mobile Basic Web App 203 Summary 204 Index 205.