04-29-2014, 04:46 AM
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80/20 Rule
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Another Google Flop - Google+ Is Walking Dead
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Today, Google?s Vic Gundotra announced that he would be leaving the company after eight years. The first obvious question is where this leaves Google+, Gundotra?s baby and primary project for the past several of those years.
What we?re hearing from multiple sources is that Google+ will no longer be considered a product, but a platform ? essentially ending its competition with other social networks like Facebook and Twitter.
A Google representative has vehemently denied these claims. ?Today?s news has no impact on our Google+ strategy ? we have an incredibly talented team that will continue to build great user experiences across Google+, Hangouts and Photos.?
According to two sources, Google has apparently been reshuffling the teams that used to form the core of Google+, a group numbering between 1,000 and 1,200 employees. We hear that there?s a new building on campus, so many of those people are getting moved physically, as well ? not necessarily due to Gundotra?s departure.
As part of these staff changes, the Google Hangouts team will be moving to the Android team, and it?s likely that the photos team will follow, these people said. Basically, talent will be shifting away from the Google+ kingdom and towards Android as a platform, we?re hearing.
We?ve heard Google has not yet decided what to do with the teams not going to Android, and that Google+ is not ?officially? dead, more like walking dead: ?When you fire the top dog and take away all resources it is what it is.? It will take copious amounts of work for it to un-zombie, if that?s even a possibility.
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