5 Reasons Google+ PartyContinues Even as TrafficDrops

Google+ might have received a
lot of rave reviews and fantastic
response in its early days. So
many people joined up
immediately, that it raced to 10
million users in 2 weeks. It’s
user-interface and features like
hangouts made me even wonder
about the 5 top companies
which Google+ might put out of
business .
Latest numbers from Hitwise,
suggest that visits to Google+
are dropping. They are dropping
fast while overall growth is still
continuing.
So does this mean the Google+
party is over? Not by a long shot
and here are five reasons.
Why the party continues!
1. It could be a temporary
slump. Google Plus is only a few
weeks old and there is no
historical data to really compare
or predict a lack of growth or
downfall of Google Plus.
2. Google Plus is new and it saw a
huge early interest from people.
This interest drops and usually
visits plateau out. Once this
happens, Google will have to
keep putting out new features
and options to see a steady
growth.
3. Google Plus had the ‘by
invitation’ strategy to get people
interested in look at the new
service. Once Google Plus goes
open for all, a lot more people
will obviously join in and start
using it.
4. Also once it is open for sign-up
for everyone we might see
numbers go up. Also new
features like games and easy
share buttons once introduced
will automatically make it more
interactive and shoot up traffic.
5. Finally, this data does not take
into account all the visits from
mobile applications and recently
Google+ has released apps for
both Windows7 and iOS
platforms. This might mean a lot
more people are now using
Google Plus via mobile phones
and not a browser.
What are your views? Should
Google+ be worried with this
drop in visits? Do drop in your
comments.