10. Sharing

The ability to share other people’s posts and information on Google+ is something that the Google team stated as one of the major reasons why it built the platform, and it shows. The blue link to share a post is directly listed at the bottom of every post (see Figure 10-1)—except those where the creator of the post disables sharing. So, within the system, it’s easy to share other people’s interesting finds.

Figure 10-1 The share link in Google+.

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Bringing information into Google+ from the outside is also helpful; sharing other people’s ideas interspersed with your own shows your audience members that you care about their education ...

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