I posted about 'Who sees your post?' and the feedback from both Google and my Circleverse was great!
Who sees the content you post in the stream?
Remember: Your public posts show also in the streams of all who have you in their circles, depending on their settings. No need to post limited unless you really don't want anyone not in your circles or outside Google+ to see your content.
Public = Everyone
- who has circled you, looks at your profile, stumbles upon your content in Google+ search or elsewhere...
If you tick the Send also email to -box when sharing to Circles then your post is pushed to those people you are sharing the post with. This is very close to spamming, so be careful. Read more about this feature here.
When you share something, you can identify exactly who you want to send that content to by specifying specific circles or people. You can also choose to share with your extended circles or share publicly OR share to a Community. The people in your Communities won't be able to see your posts to circles unless they belong to those. The Community posts will show up in your own profile; The private groups' posts are only visible to the people in those Communities.
When you post publicly, anyone can see your posts when visiting your profile. Any people or pages who've added you to one of their circles will see your update in their stream unless the circle you're in is muted, in which case they have to visit that circle's stream or your profile to see what you post about.
The circlers have control over how much they see from any given circle by adjusting the sliders in the Circle stream.
Your posts will be displayed on the Posts tab of your profile and are visible to anyone who you have granted the access to see them (Persons, circles, extended circles, Communities or public). If you share a post to your empty Later -circle, only you can see that post in your stream / profile. Still you can reshare your own posts to public even if they have been shared to circles or Drafts circle originally.
If someone else shares a limited post with you, that cannot be reshared in public.
Public posts may appear in search results. If your public post is very popular then it may appear on the Explore stream, also known as What's Hot. Then anyone who has not muted that stream may see it in their Home stream.
Some Community posts may also be shown in all the people's Home stream who belong to that community, as a reminder from Google.
The posts you share in Communities will be seen on your profile page:
- Private Communities posts will be seen only by those who belong to the same community
- Public Communities posts can be seen by anyone taking a look at your profile
If you have a post you'd like to be well spread also outside your circles, then it's time to think about how best to make the post searchable.
Keywords and hashtags are the obvious answer.
But also nice formatting of the post and the use of images will help to catch the eye of your 'audience' or circles and help with potential re-shares. More about formatting and images.
Using your own hashtag on posts and comments is a good thing: This way people can save that search and take a look at your posts even if they're not in your circles. Good way to promote your Communities, too.
Original post and all the comments are here.
Extended Circles = All the people who you have circled and all the people who they have circled etc...
RSS from Google+ feed
"I think of G+ as a blog with an RSS feed. People only see your posts if they subscribe to your RSS feed or stumble across you via a search. Sharing circles is posting your blogroll."
- +Doug Tyrrell
"The circles you post to basically are 'access rights'. So only people that are in the circles you post to can see that particular post. In case you post to "Your circles" that will be everyone in your circles now or later if you add them after you made the post."
"Note: if someone searches something or goes to your profile they only see your particular post if they have 'access' based on who you shared it with."
- +Tino Kremer
"I have always just assumed extended circles was pretty much worthless.. meaning you never really know who has who in their circles, so if a post isn't going to be "limited", then it might as well be "public".
I have also assumed that fewer people than you think will see your posts due to the nature of the G+ stream and how many people someone is following."
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| If the circle you're in is muted, then that person will not see your posts in their Home stream |
If you have a post you'd like to be well spread also outside your circles, then it's time to think about how best to make the post searchable.
Keywords and hashtags are the obvious answer.
But also nice formatting of the post and the use of images will help to catch the eye of your 'audience' or circles and help with potential re-shares. More about formatting and images.
Using your own hashtag on posts and comments is a good thing: This way people can save that search and take a look at your posts even if they're not in your circles. Good way to promote your Communities, too.
Original post and all the comments are here.
I'd like to pick some tidbits from the comment thread:
"But it makes extended circles a bit weird. If I post to extended circles, the friends of my friends can see my posts, but only if they follow me (have me in their circles). How often does that happen? If I allow other people than my friends to read my post, then I post publicly. In what situations would you limit your post to extented circles?"
- +Riemer ThalenExtended Circles = All the people who you have circled and all the people who they have circled etc...
RSS from Google+ feed
"I think of G+ as a blog with an RSS feed. People only see your posts if they subscribe to your RSS feed or stumble across you via a search. Sharing circles is posting your blogroll."
- +Doug Tyrrell
"The circles you post to basically are 'access rights'. So only people that are in the circles you post to can see that particular post. In case you post to "Your circles" that will be everyone in your circles now or later if you add them after you made the post."
"Note: if someone searches something or goes to your profile they only see your particular post if they have 'access' based on who you shared it with."
- +Tino Kremer
"I have always just assumed extended circles was pretty much worthless.. meaning you never really know who has who in their circles, so if a post isn't going to be "limited", then it might as well be "public".
I have also assumed that fewer people than you think will see your posts due to the nature of the G+ stream and how many people someone is following."
-+Bernard Katz
"I think current system works quite well.
1) Only people who follow you "can see" your public posts.
2) People who are in your circles "can see" your circles only posts.
3) People "subscribe" to your postings by following you."
- +Pasi Ääpälä
If they would look you up (your profile), it would make a difference how many posts they can see, based on whether you shared to circles or extended circles. This could in turn make a difference in whether they choose to circle you or not."
- +Hayo Jongbloed
What an interesting discussion and great answers, thank you all!
It's important that we ponder about all things Google+, so that people will truly understand what it's all about.
Unless there is a reason to post to circles or extended circles, like privacy issues, not wanting to show up in search, niche topic or controversial subject; Then it's better to share in public.
"I think current system works quite well.
1) Only people who follow you "can see" your public posts.
2) People who are in your circles "can see" your circles only posts.
3) People "subscribe" to your postings by following you."
- +Pasi Ääpälä
If they would look you up (your profile), it would make a difference how many posts they can see, based on whether you shared to circles or extended circles. This could in turn make a difference in whether they choose to circle you or not."
- +Hayo Jongbloed
My summary:
What an interesting discussion and great answers, thank you all!
It's important that we ponder about all things Google+, so that people will truly understand what it's all about.
Unless there is a reason to post to circles or extended circles, like privacy issues, not wanting to show up in search, niche topic or controversial subject; Then it's better to share in public.
To grant an access for everyone. Remember, use #hashtags !
For instance I use #jaanatip and #googleplustip (In Finnish #jaanavinkki ) and try to remember adding those to posts about Google+ advice / etiquette etc. This way people can find more about the topic by clicking on the tag in the post.
Good example is #finlandinyourstream which I use for my posts about Finland.
Also for newcomers from your own country or language specific area it'd be nice to use the name of the country or language because that's a word a lot of newbies search for. Like #Suomi (Finland).
Other good hashtags are #googleplusupdate #googleplustips #chrometip
Hashtags work also in comments, so you can use your own unique ones to search for them, later.
Now you can also post a link to your hashtagged posts thanks to +Jari Huomo, like this
Just exchange my G+ ID and hash from the end of the URL with your own.
My dear Circleverse; What do you think?
Would you like to add something?
All your saved searches and the saved hashtags can be found here
For instance I use #jaanatip and #googleplustip (In Finnish #jaanavinkki ) and try to remember adding those to posts about Google+ advice / etiquette etc. This way people can find more about the topic by clicking on the tag in the post.
Good example is #finlandinyourstream which I use for my posts about Finland.
Also for newcomers from your own country or language specific area it'd be nice to use the name of the country or language because that's a word a lot of newbies search for. Like #Suomi (Finland).
Other good hashtags are #googleplusupdate #googleplustips #chrometip
Hashtags work also in comments, so you can use your own unique ones to search for them, later.
Now you can also post a link to your hashtagged posts thanks to +Jari Huomo, like this
Just exchange my G+ ID and hash from the end of the URL with your own.
My dear Circleverse; What do you think?
Would you like to add something?
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