Boston, MA 09/23/2014 (wallstreetpr) – Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) seems to have received a major beating on it’s push to compete directly against Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) with Google+. The project looks to have been a total failure after head of the unit, Vic Gundotra, left the company with other employees reportedly following suit, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Google+ Maybe Closed
Google had initially made it mandatory for people to sign up for Google+ when signing up for a Gmail account. Google Inc.(NASDAQ:GOOG) wanted to use Google+ to compete against Facebook but looks to have received a beating in terms of the number of people who visited the network to share content. The massive walk-out of employees on the division is sparking speculation that the giant search engine company might opt to close the network altogether.
Google Inc.(NASDAQ:GOOG) is reported to have dropped the signing up requirement for Google+ after it was found it deterred people from signing up for the company’s other services that are thought to be more lucrative. The failure of the service highlights Facebook’s popularity as a social network for connecting millions of people around the world.
Changes on google Plus
Despite the profile of Google+ going down, it is’ still used when one wants to comment on a video on YouTube or for writing reviews on the company’s Local business listings. Google Inc.(NASDAQ:GOOG) opted to drop the requirement in which people were required to have a Google+ account in order to create a Calendar event or a Drive account for storing files.
Google Inc.(NASDAQ:GOOG) relies heavily on people signing up for various accounts freely so that it can be able to track them easily for purposes of advertising. Google+ was thought to be hampering this process consequently reducing the number of sign-ups to various services on the network, a price that Google was not ready to pay.
