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Darren Rowse shared this poster and a few others on G+ yesterday. Why don’t you check ‘em out for yourself?

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Great post by Paul Allen (the lesser, according to his header) on the growth he suspects or anticipates that Google + will have and the reasoning behind it.

Over the weekend I conducted an extensive analysis comparing surname and population data from the US Census Bureau to the Google Plus user base profiles. My conclusion was that as of July 4^th there were 511,000 users in the U.S. and 1.2 million outside of the U.S. for a total of 1.7 million users.

But where it gets really interesting is when he starts discussing his own company’s path alongside Facebook.

The “business opportunity” Kopelman referenced is largely gone. Web sites may use Facebook Connect to slightly improve their conversion rates and to generate some re-engagement loops with Facebook, but Connect hardly helps third party applications grow virally. Facebook has seriously restricted its viral effect for new apps, which was the #1 reason why great entrepreneurs and developers wanted to build there in the first place.

This is deep insight into social networking from a developer/industry point of view and I’m 100% sure you will appreciate it.

Read the full article on Paul Allen’s site. 

Great post on TechCrunch, a must-read if you are into the G+ vs FB debate. A quote from Zuckerberg from last night’s boring announcement of videochat (wasn’t that available 3 years ago on google talk?).

The definition of groups is . . . everyone inside the group knows who else is in the group

If you don’t understand this jab you should definitely read the post on Techcrunch!

The Google+ marketing has been so successful that even Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has opened a Google+ account. “Why are people so surprised that I’d have a Google account?” Zuckerberg recently texted to tech blogger Robert Scoble.

Many people are wondering: Will Google+ dethrone Facebook just like Facebook dethroned MySpace?

1. Facebook so big it will fail (IPO & valuation)
2. Another nail in Facebook’s coffin (FB Games & Credits)
3. First sign’s of Facebook’s stagnation (lack of growth)

All signs tell us the same thing; the only reason to turn down a $6 billion offer from Google is if you’re looking for more. But who’s going to pay up? Traders! After successfully raising another round of $950 million, Groupon will be looking to settle the bill with an IPO. One indicator of this would be hiring Jason Child as their first CFO. So it’s just a matter of time before we will see Groupon on the market, next to Facebook.

According to a post on Vator.tv our favorite search-engine is buying Groupon, the fast-growing organisation that offers one deal per day, for $2.5 billion! Venturebeat theorizes that the next wave in e-commerce will be social and this would be Google’s move into that market. I am very glad I did not join this company last month! Venturebeat has a great perspective on the transaction:

Nor is it time for Groupon to sell. That’s because Groupon really doesn’t have much to do with group buying, despite the name. It’s about giving small, local businesses, which depend on acquiring new customers, a cheaper, more effective way to do so, through cleverly written, deeply discounted offers distributed mostly by old-fashioned email.

Read the full article at Venturebeat.com