Sams Teach Yourself Google(TM)+ in 10 Minutes gives you straightforward, practical answers when you need fast results. Work through its 10-minute lessons to jumpstart your Google+ experience...and then use today's hottest social network to connect with everyone and everything you care about!

Introduction 1Chapter 1 Introducing Google+ 3Exploring Google+ 3Signing Up for Google+ 5Signing In to Google+ 13Summary 14Chapter 2 Working with Google+ Profiles 15Understanding Google+ Profiles 15Editing Your Google+ Profile 17Editing Your Profile's About Tab 17Specifying the Tabs to Display on Your Profile 25Specifying Who Can Send You an Email 26Specifying the People to Display on Your Profile 27Viewing Your Profile as Others See It 29Adding a Google+ Profile Button to Your Website 30Summary 31Chapter 3 Managing Your Network with Circles 33Understanding Google+ Circles 33Creating New Circles 34Adding People to Circles 36Adding People to Circles from the Find People Tab 37Adding Your Email Contacts 40Adding People from the Google+ Suggestions Section 44Add People from the Notifications Menu 45Adding People from Your Incoming Stream 47Adding People from Their Google+ Profile 48Sending Invitations to Friends 49Managing Circles 51Viewing People in Your Circles 51Viewing People Who Added You to Their Circles 51Moving People from One Circle to Another 52Removing People from Circles 53Editing a Circle's Name and Description 53Deleting a Circle 54Summary 55Chapter 4 Managing Google+ Settings and Privacy 57Understanding Google+ Privacy 57Managing Your Google Account Settings 57Using Multiple Sign-In 60Deleting Your Google+ Profile 62Deleting Your Google Account 64Managing Your Privacy Settings 65Managing Privacy Settings for Your Google+ Profile 66Managing Google+ Sharing 67Managing Other Google+ Options 68Managing Google Privacy Options 68Managing Google+ Settings 69Setting Delivery Preferences 70Specify Notification Preferences 71Enabling +1 Personalization 72Specifying Your Preferred Languages 73Backing Up Your Data 75Managing Your Connected Accounts 77Showing Connected Account Links on Your Google+ Profile 78Connecting More Accounts 78Allowing Google+ to Search for Connected Accounts 79Summary 79Chapter 5 Sharing Content on Google+ 81Using the Share Box 81Formatting Your Posts 85Mentioning Other People in Your Posts 86Sharing Your Location 87Sharing Photos 87Sharing Videos 90Sharing Links 93Summary 95Chapter 6 Viewing Your Google+ Stream 97Exploring Your Stream 97Accessing Your Stream 98Viewing a Sample Post 99Filtering Your Stream 101Viewing Your Incoming Stream 102Viewing Notifications 104Participating in the Stream 106Liking a Post Using the +1 Button 106Commenting on Posts 108Sharing Posts 109Managing Your Posts in the Stream 112Editing a Post 113Deleting a Post 114Disabling Comments 115Reporting or Removing Comments 115Locking a Post 116Managing Your Circles' Posts in the Stream 117Linking to a Post 117Reporting Abuse 118Muting a Post 119Blocking a Person 119Searching for Posts in Your Stream 120Summary 122Chapter 7 Exploring the Google+ Bar 123Viewing Your Notifications 124Accessing Popular Google+ Features 128Sharing Content 129Getting Help 130Sending Feedback 130Signing Out 132Summary 133Chapter 8 Working with Photos 135Exploring Google+ Photo Options 135Uploading Photos to Google+ 135Exploring the Photos Page 136Creating and Managing Photo Albums 137Creating a Photo Album 138Viewing Your Photo Albums 140Sharing an Album 141Deleting an Album 143Adding Photos to an Existing Album 144Working in the Photo Lightbox 145Exploring the Lightbox 146Tagging Photos 148Editing Photos 152Working with Photo Scrapbooks 153Adding a Photo Scrapbook to Your Profile 154Deleting a Scrapbook Photo 156Summary 156Chapter 9 Chatting on Google+ 157Understanding Google+ Chat 157Exploring the Chat List 157Specifying Your Chat Availability 159Inviting People to Chat 159Chatting on Google+ 163Participating in a Chat 163Sending a File 165Using Voice and Video Chat 168Chatting Off the Record 173Starting a Group Chat 175Blocking and Unblocking People on Chat 177Signing Out of Chat 179Summary 180Chapter 10 Using Hangouts for Video Chat 181Understanding Hangouts 181Preparing to Use Hangouts 181Starting a Hangout 182Inviting People to a Hangout 187Joining a Hangout 188Adding Group Text Chat to a Hangout 190Adding YouTube Video to Your Hangout 192Muting During a Hangout 194Ending a Hangout 196Using Hangouts with Extras 196Using Google+ Hangouts on Air 197Summary 198Chapter 11 Playing Games 199Exploring Google+ Games 199Playing a Game 200Sending Game Invitations and Requests 204Viewing and Responding to Game Notifications 205Sharing Game Activity on the Games Stream 207Buying Virtual Goods 210Removing Game Permissions 211Summary 213Chapter 12 Using Google+ Mobile 215Exploring Google+ Mobile 215Using the Google+ Android App 216Using the Google+ iPhone App 218Using the Google+ Mobile Web App 219Using the Google+ Mobile Basic Web App 220Summary 221Chapter 13 Using Google+ Extensions and Add-Ons 223Exploring Google+ Extensions and Add-Ons 223Exploring Google+ Chrome Extensions 224Extended Share for Google Plus 224G+me for Google Plus 225Replies and More for Google+ 226Google Plus Manager 226+Photo Zoom 226Exploring Google+ Add-Ons for Mozilla Firefox 227Exploring Other Google+ Tools 229Summary 230Index 231