18. More Social Networking with Google+, Pinterest, LinkedIn, and Twitter

In This Chapter

• Using Google+

• Using Pinterest

• Using LinkedIn

• Using Twitter

• Using Social Networks—Smartly and Safely

Facebook might be the biggest social network on the Web today, but it’s not the only one. There are several other social networks that help you keep in touch with friends and family—and, in some cases, focus on specific types of users or interests.

The most popular of these social networks are Google+, Pinterest, LinkedIn, and Twitter. We’ll look at each in this chapter.

Using Google+

Google+ is a relatively new social network run by the folks at Google. Like Facebook, Google+ lets you post status updates for your friends to read, and enables you ...

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