The world of technology still has its doubts on the table about Google’s social networking service, Google+, and whether or not it can still rival Facebook. Some say that Google+ has already sunk. Data related to the subject has been very sparse, and much of the more recent information coming out is simple traffic measurement. A more current set of data is showing that Google+ has been slowly declining for nearly a five-month period now. The traffic is said to have dropped in the 11 out of the 21 weeks since the service’s launch in late June – 10% to 20% per week consistently.
Even with that said how ever, Google+ has had its substantial peaks in visitor gains since its initial launch, but the majority of its growth occurred only directly after its release to the public. Before the service was released, its platform was only available to those who had an invitation; A large audience was still an easy achievement, continuing to grow even by the end of its third week. After Google opened its social networking service to the millions of users of its application suite for educational organizations and businesses, Google+ saw another bounce in traffic. Experts really don’t know what to expect at this point – it appears as if Google+ is just lingering, desperately hanging on for life. Users are increasingly accessing Google and its various services through mobile devices, and Google considers this to be a valuable opportunity to create some natural-growth in the service and its current audience.