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Is there any historical evidence that a meteoric rise in traffic, of this magnitude, has translated into a long term success? I am not making any prediction on
by zacman85 15y ago
Is there any historical evidence that a meteoric rise in traffic, of this magnitude, has translated into a long term success? I am not making any prediction on Google+'s future; I am just interested if there are examples that I am not able to recall.
Facebook, Twitter, and Foursquare had to earn their traffic along the way. The evolutionary process of going from 100K users to 750M users must be an important component in their success.
If these statistics for Google+ are correct, they seem to be leap-frogging the entire process that happens when growing your user base from nothing to something. I cannot decide if this is a benefit or a detriment to the eventual success of the product. I would love to hear examples or counter-examples of this.
- rglullis 15y agoWhat about Orkut and Buzz? I'd say that G+ is, in essence, another iteration of products they already had.
- dekayed 15y agoI feel like G+'s success is related to Facebook's past success. Ever since G+ came out, I've seen many posts on my FB feed for people giving out and wanting G+ invites. The me-too mentality inherent in FB (and other social networking sites) means that people will want to join whatever site their friends are on. That being said, it will be interesting to see if G+ can keep these people around or if it is going to just be a passing fad.
- gregable 15y agoDefinitely. The can happen whenever a company with a large user base launches a new product. Google Maps, Apple iPhone, a new series on HBO, etc.