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Google plus tips and Tricks

1/7/2011

 
Some of the coolest Google plus tricks you might not have known about =)

How to Export your Facebook friends into Google+ ?

Since Google+ doesn't have a way to find friends from Facebook and add them to your circle, no worries ... Install fb-exporter (Facebook Friend Exporter) Chrome Extension, and it will transfer all your Facebook friends (including their emails) from Facebook into Google Contacts! 

There is also another way to do that using your yahoo account.

CSS Tweaks to the Social Bar on Top

Google CSS Tricks Slightly changes the Interface of Google to maximize space & provide the most appropriate usability.

Cool trick to Invite Others into Google+ 

Even though the Notifications are currently temporarily disabled by Google, this simple workaround works and allows you to invite specific people to Google+. Simply create a post and in the sharing settings of this post just type in the E-mail address of the person(s) you would like to invite like the screenshot below. That person will then receive an invitation letter just like the one you received.

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Keyboard Shortcuts

j: Navigates to the next item in the stream
k: Navigates up the stream
Tab: Scrolls through comments/users in a post.
Enter: If a post is selected, it opens up the comment box
Tab+Enter: Post a comment
q: pressing it twice while in the home tab allows you to search and add people to your chat list

Get A Sweet Short URL for your Google+ Profile

GPlus.to allows you to Create your custom short link to your Google+ profile that you can share with others on the web. For example mine is: http://GPlus.to/TjWallas . Hurry up and get yours before it gets crowded and names get taken out!

Check your Google+ Notifications from Chrome

Stay connected to Google+ and receive your notifications, respond to them on the fly right from your browser whenever and wherever you go on the web =). Surplus is a chrome app that enables you to do so =)

Twitter client inside Google+ !!

Google+ Tweet is a chrome app that gives you a full twitter experience inside Google+ and adds a twitter tab right on the top so you can check your twitter stream, tweet, shorten URLs and more right inside Google+ 

Other Cool Tricks

@Name or +Name allows you to mention some one in a post or comment

You can easily share content by dragging videos or photos from your PC into the Share section as in the image below =D

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You can disable comments or re-sharing on your posts by simply clicking the tiny drop down arrow which is on the top right of your post and choosing so. Just like the following screenshot.

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You can Private message (PM) someone by simply creating a post and share it with only him, then disable resharing of that particular post =)

Text formatting in any post/comment:
*This is bold* = This is bold
-Stroked out- =   s̶t̶r̶o̶k̶e̶d̶ ̶o̶u̶t̶
_Italic_  = Italic
** Note that these are commutative. For instance:
*_Bold Italic_* = Bold Italic

You can also use Unicode characters in your posts/comments for example:
U ₡λ₦ ₩łƦŦE $ØMEŦҤł₦G ŁłҞE ŦҤł$


Hope you Enjoyed these tricks ;)
Add me on Google+

If you are in twitter, have you added a twibbon to your profile picture to support Google plus?


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Google+ ... The Facebook killer review

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