Facebook has nothing to worry about from boring competitor: Farhad Manjoo
(NEWSER) - Did you think that Google+ was one of the hottest, fastest-growing phenomena on the Internet? Well, that was so last September. Just five months after Google launched its social media challenge to Facebook, signing up about 40 million users in record time, Farhad Manjoo of Slate is declaring Google+ to be in its death throes. "The search behemoth might not realize it yet, but its chance to compete with Facebook has come and gone," writes Manjoo. Google+ created a terrible first impression, particularly by flubbing brand pages, and "in the social-networking business, a bad first impression spells death." More»
