Google+ (Google Plus)

E712652

Google product defunct online service social networking service

Google+ (Google Plus) was Google’s now-defunct social networking platform designed to compete with Facebook by integrating social features across Google services.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Google+	6
Google+ for G Suite	2
Google+ (Google Plus) canonical	1
Google+ (games)	1
Google+ Messenger	1
Google+ Pages	1
Google+ social network	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8108756 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Google+ (Google Plus)
Context triple: [Google Reader, integratedWith, Google+ (Google Plus)]

A. Orkut
Orkut was a social networking service owned and operated by Google that was especially popular in Brazil and India during the mid-2000s.
B. OGLE
OGLE (Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment) is a long-term astronomical survey focused on detecting dark matter, exoplanets, and variable stars through gravitational microlensing and photometric monitoring.
C. Facebook
Facebook is a major global social networking platform that allows users to connect, share content, and communicate online.
D. Google
Google is a multinational technology company best known for its search engine and wide range of internet-related products and services, including Android, YouTube, and cloud computing.
E. Goole
Goole is an inland port town in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, known for its significant docks and role in regional maritime trade.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Google+ (Google Plus)
Target entity description: Google+ (Google Plus) was Google’s now-defunct social networking platform designed to compete with Facebook by integrating social features across Google services.

A. Orkut
Orkut was a social networking service owned and operated by Google that was especially popular in Brazil and India during the mid-2000s.
B. OGLE
OGLE (Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment) is a long-term astronomical survey focused on detecting dark matter, exoplanets, and variable stars through gravitational microlensing and photometric monitoring.
C. Facebook
Facebook is a major global social networking platform that allows users to connect, share content, and communicate online.
D. Google
Google is a multinational technology company best known for its search engine and wide range of internet-related products and services, including Android, YouTube, and cloud computing.
E. Goole
Goole is an inland port town in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, known for its significant docks and role in regional maritime trade.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (89)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Google product ⓘ defunct online service ⓘ social networking service ⓘ
activeUsersRelativeToCompetitors	significantly lower than Facebook ⓘ
announcedBy	Vic Gundotra ⓘ
availableLanguage	English ⓘ multiple languages ⓘ
category	Google social software ⓘ Internet properties disestablished in 2019 ⓘ Internet properties established in 2011 ⓘ defunct social networking platforms ⓘ
commercial	true ⓘ
competedWith	Facebook ⓘ Instagram ⓘ LinkedIn ⓘ Twitter ⓘ linked to: Twitter, Inc.
consumerVersionShutdown	2019-04-02 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
dataExportTool	Google Takeout ⓘ
developer	Google ⓘ
enterpriseVersionContinuation	Google+ for G Suite ⓘ linked to: Google+ (Google Plus)
enterpriseVersionRebrandDate	2020-07-06 ⓘ
enterpriseVersionRebrandedAs	Google Currents ⓘ
feature	+1 button ⓘ Activity stream ⓘ Auto Awesome ⓘ Auto Backup ⓘ Circles ⓘ Collections ⓘ Communities ⓘ Content sharing ⓘ Events ⓘ Google+ Pages ⓘ linked to: Google+ (Google Plus) Hangouts ⓘ linked to: Google Hangouts Hangouts On Air ⓘ linked to: Google Hangouts Huddles ⓘ Instant Upload ⓘ Interest-based communities ⓘ Location sharing ⓘ Mobile apps ⓘ Photo sharing ⓘ Profile pages ⓘ Sparks ⓘ Streams ⓘ Video sharing ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Mountain View, California, United States ⓘ
initialAnnouncementDate	2011-06-28 ⓘ
integratedWith	Android ⓘ Gmail ⓘ Google Calendar ⓘ Google Chrome ⓘ Google Contacts ⓘ Google Drive ⓘ Google Hangouts ⓘ Google Maps ⓘ Google Photos ⓘ Google Play ⓘ linked to: Google Play Store Google Search ⓘ Google Talk ⓘ Google+ Sign-In ⓘ linked to: Google+ sign-in (legacy) YouTube ⓘ
keyExecutive	Bradley Horowitz ⓘ Vic Gundotra ⓘ
launchDate	2011-06-28 ⓘ
loginSystemRole	Google-wide identity layer ⓘ
mobileAppPlatform	Android ⓘ iOS ⓘ
ownedBy	Google LLC ⓘ linked to: Google
parentCompany	Alphabet Inc. ⓘ
platformType	social layer for Google services ⓘ social network ⓘ
publicLaunchDate	2011-09-20 ⓘ
rebrandedAs	Google+ for G Suite ⓘ linked to: Google+ (Google Plus)
registration	required ⓘ
securityIncident	exposure of user profile data via API bug ⓘ
securityIncidentDisclosureDate	2018-10 ⓘ
shutdownDate	2019-04-02 ⓘ
shutdownReason	low user engagement ⓘ security vulnerabilities ⓘ
succeededBy	Google Chat spaces ⓘ linked to: Google Chat Google Currents ⓘ
supportStatus	discontinued for consumers ⓘ
usedFor	YouTube comments integration ⓘ commenting system on some websites ⓘ single sign-on to third-party sites ⓘ
userBasePeakEstimate	hundreds of millions of registered profiles ⓘ
webAddress	https://plus.google.com ⓘ
YouTubeCommentsIntegrationReversal	2015-07 ⓘ
YouTubeCommentsIntegrationStart	2013-11 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited