Google+ Reaches 25 Million Visitors Faster Than Any Other Social Network

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Google+ Draws 25 Million Visitors in a Month

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Google+, started in late June, is the company’s latest effort to compete in social networking with Facebook, which has more than 750 million users.

Google+, started in late June, is the company’s latest effort to compete in social networking with Facebook, which has more than 750 million users. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg

Aug. 2 (Bloomberg) — Lou Kerner, an analyst at Wedbush Securities Inc., talks about the outlook for Twitter Inc. and Google Inc.’s new social-networking service, Google+.
Twitter, the biggest microblogging service has raised $400 million in funding from DST Global, the investment fund led by Russian billionaire Yuri Milner, said a person with knowledge of the transaction. Kerner speaks with Emily Chang on Bloomberg Television’s “Bloomberg West.” (Source: Bloomberg)

Google Inc. (GOOG)’s new social-networking
service drew about 25 million visitors in less than a month,
outpacing Facebook Inc. and MySpace in their early days,
according to market researcher ComScore Inc. (SCOR)

The Google+ service had 6.44 million visitors in the U.S.,
its biggest market, through July 24, said Andrew Lipsman,
ComScore’s vice president for industry analysis, on a call
hosted by Lou Kerner, an analyst at Wedbush Securities Inc. That
was followed by India, with 3.62 million, ComScore said. The
figures don’t include mobile usage.

Google+, started in late June, is the company’s latest
effort to compete in social networking with Facebook, which has
more than 750 million users. Google+, which lets people connect
with and manage groups of friends, added about 5 million
visitors in less than a week to reach about 25 million,
according to ComScore.

Engagement on the site is also increasing, Lipsman said.
The average number of days per week that U.S. visitors used the
service rose 39 percent in the seven days ending July 17. For
the week that ended July 24, usage rose 11 percent.

Google, based in Mountain View, California, fell $14.37 to
$592.40 at 4 p.m. New York time on the Nasdaq Stock Market. The
shares are little changed this year.

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Tom Giles at tgiles5@bloomberg.net

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On Obama’s 50th, share your milestone birthday stories

President Obama, left, and Nick Reck, a Senate intern, right. If being 50 in Washington equates to wisdom, experience and stature, what does it mean to be a 20-something intern? Share your aging story below.
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It’s your first internship. Your first campaign romance. Your year to finally set down some roots. Your first chance to work on something truly meaningful to you. Your family expanding. Your words, in the newspaper or law brief or bill. Your mentorship. Your retirement.

Your birthday.

President Obama turns 50 on Thursday, Aug. 4. In Washington, that’s an age that means wisdom, experience and stature. But with each milestone birthday celebrated in the shadow of the Capitol, Washingtonians can celebrate what they gain, whether that’s measured in political victories, personal growth or professional development. So what makes a milestone birthday especially meaningful in Washington?

Tell us your story of turning 20, 30, 40 or more in D.C.: What you’d do differently, and what you’ve learned since.

And because birthdays aren’t always the happiest of celebrations, vote on which decade is the worst to spend in D.C. Will it be the 50s for Obama? We’ll find out in 2012.

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