How To Resize Your Google+ Cover Photo

Update September 20, 2013: Google has locked down the web image editor for uploaded cover photos. As a workaround you can use the Picasa Windows program; sync to your "scrapbook photos" album, crop your current cover photo, then let it sync.

Today Google+ rolled out a few updates to profiles and pages. One in particular has to do with profile cover photos; they are now 16:9 aspect ratio and must be at least 480 x 270 pixels (up to 2120 x 1192 pixels). This creates a cover photo that takes up your entire screen. Some users find this to be excessive while other people like it. When uploading a new cover photo you are unable to alter its size from the Google+ profile interface.

Following the below workaround will help you change the size of your cover photo.

1) Go to your profile, click on "change cover", upload a new photo, then click "save". You will need to use an image that meets the minimum pixel requirements. (See note at end of post regarding cropping.)

Your profile will now have the large cover photo.

2) Go to your photos, view albums, and select "Scrapbook photos". Click on your newly uploaded cover photo then "edit photo" at top left. You will be at the below screen. (Update: Instead of going to your photo albums, you can simply click on your cover photo from your profile, then click edit photo. Thanks for the tip Ray Hiltz!) If you prefer to completely remove the cover page click the delete/trash can icon instead of edit.

3) Select "crop" in the left panel then adjust the crop lines. (See note at end of post regarding cropping.)

4) Click save at top right and replace the original photo.

5) Apply the crop.

6) Your edited cover photo is complete. Go to, or refresh, your profile to see the update. You can view mine to see it live.

Note: Cropping in step one and three affects the finished image. Depending on your desired result, and the source image size and ratio, it may take a couple attempts to get it exactly how you want it. I found the best and most predictable results happened when the full image width was used in each crop.

Google+ Short URL Service Recommendations

With Google+ continuing to grow more and more short URL services are becoming available. The issue today is that telling someone your Google+ profile internet address is near impossible with the pertinent part being a long number mine is 106507463771539639056.

Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn were all purpose built for social networks and easily allow you to append their base domain name with "/username" to get to someone's profile. Google, as we all know, started as something else and allowing this same functionality is apparently not as simple. The closest you can officially get today is if you had set up a shorter link when Google Profiles were a stand-alone product before G+ came along. For example, I set mine up to be profiles.google.com/dbin78 which now directs to my Google+ profile.

I personally find no need for a short "vanity" URL. Using normal shortening services like bit.ly and goo.gl work fine for my needs, which are for space saving and aesthetics online. Linking on a website or in an email signature can all be done with simple coding/formatting where the link and visible text are different.

Many people like having a username branded short link, and it is really needed when something is in print or on TV. Until Google launches a feature to accomplish this (maybe using g.co?) we must seek outside help or search for a user. After testing and researching many different services I recommend these three services based on reliability, trustworthiness, domain data, ease of use, and other elements.


Topl.us - Simple and fast just enter your desired username and Google+ ID number to create a short URL that looks like "topl.us/username".

PlusYa.com - Analytics are baked in with this shortener. After selecting your nickname and connecting to your Google account through OAuth you are brought to a dashboard where you can track the clicks on your link, "plusya.com/username". By not manually entering a Google+ ID you are ensured short URLs with this service are not being created without the user's permission.

onGPL.US - Basic and reliable! After selecting a name and linking it to your G+ profile you are provided with a URL formatted as "ongpl.us/username".

Google+ Embeddable Widget That Uses API

A new Google+ widget is out that improves upon a previous one by taking advantage of the Google+ API. This widget was created, and is maintained, by Florian Bersier with a great set of features and options so that you can customize it to fit seamlessly into your website according to your needs. Google App Engine is used to maintain the speed and uptime of this JavaScript and jQuery coded application that uses JSON and YQL.

You can select the number of public posts to display and choose the background, border, text, and link color. Width, padding, and border radius are also adjustable; height adjusts automatically. The header and footer can be turned on/off as well as favicons of the content, if any, linked to on Google+.

Having the count of people that circled the person and number of +1's per post is really nice. The functionality will certainly get better as Google expands the API. With read only capabilities right now having dynamic interactions is not possible. Even still, this is a great widget to put on your website to gain more circlers. Just head over to the Google+ Widget website to start building your version.

Find And Remove Inactive Google+ Friends With Uncircle+

One issue that comes up while using social networks that have a follow/subscribe function is managing those people. They are not your true friends, and therefore knowing when they are not using the service can be difficult.

Twitter was the "founder" of this issue, even then, it is not really a problem. It is more of a house cleaning task that can be cumbersome depending on how much data you consume. Although; there are some statistic websites that use your followers to following ratio as a measurement. If you follow more people than follow you there is a high probability that you are not producing interesting original content and could be engaging in follower spam. Follower spam is when a user follows other users in the hopes that they will follow them back after they receive their new follow notification.

This is currently not an issue for Facebook because they have just launched their subscribe function. On Google+ it is also limited because Google, for now, (and Facebook) only have this feature available for a real person. An non-human account is more apt to walk away and stop updating a service than an actual person is. That is why this is much more prevalent on Twitter. There were many Twitter tools, like MyCleenr, at one time that would scan your account to find when each account's last status update was and unfollow inactive users automatically. More recently most of them have had issues staying open because of Twitter's more stringent API rules.

Google+ is interesting because it is so new it does not seem like this would something people are even thinking about yet. I actually was! Just last week I started to look through my Following Circle to see who had never posted in a way I could see. What happened in the early days of testing is that many G+ users followed interesting people, but the service was so new that not seeing a post was normal. Now that Google+ is at the ripe old age of 3 months, and public, it is time to settle in and manage who we have Circled.

Today I came across the Chrome extension Uncircle+. It makes use of Google's recently launched API to scan everyone in your Circles to determine who has never updated their status in a manner that you could see. You then are given a list of those users and have the option to let Uncircle+ automatically unfollow them or not. This is very useful to clean house, and can be very beneficial to people that are up against the 5,000 people in your Circles limit. I downloaded and used version 1.1 of Uncircle+ without an issue. Give it a try and let everyone know what you think in the comments below.

Screenshot Tour:

Clicked on Find Inactive People after launching the extension.

Everyone in my Circles was scanned and it found 40 people that have no posts. The "I" above mean Inactive and the "E" means Error (one of my Circles users had been banned). Because I was testing the extension I right clicked to open a new tab on every person that was said to be inactive to verify; the extension was accurate.

I unchecked users that I did not want to uncircle.

After clicking Remove Selected it shows who was removed. Again, I verified for testing purposes, they (and only they) were removed.

Google Opens Limited Google+ API

Google launches the Google+ API! The following email was sent today:

Greetings developers,

Thank you for showing your interest in the Google+ platform on our developer interest form. We promised to let you know when we had more details to share. Well, that time has come...

Today, we’re launching the first of the Google+ APIs. This initial API release is focused on public data only — it lets you read information that people have shared publicly on Google+. Read our blog post for more details.

Also, we’re happy to introduce a new Google+ developers site. This will be the place to go for our policies, terms, discussions with other developers, access to documentation, tools that make development on the Google+ platform easier and more fun, and of course, the place where announcements concerning new releases will be made.

We’re looking forward to seeing what you build with the API. Today is just the beginning, and your work will affect what comes next, so go ahead and get started.

Happy coding!

- The Google+ platform team

Games Come To The Google+ Project

Google+ games were pretty much confirmed a couple weeks ago, but today brought the official announcement that games are being rolled out starting today. One of the biggest fears is that the pristine environment on G+ will be taken over like Facebook was with FarmVille and the like.

As they say, games are fun and we all like them on some level. Some people may be addicted to a certain game and the metrics of online gaming in a social world can force that person to make requests openly to further advance in the game no matter what other people think. I would probably have done anything to advance in Metroid or Kid Icarus at the time! Others are more casual and may play solo games once in a while. How do you appease everyone?

Google has answered this by separating games completely.

When you're ready to play, the Games page is waiting - click the games button at the top of your stream. You can see the latest game updates from your circles, browse the invites you've received and check out games that people you know have played recently. The Games page is also where your game accomplishments will appear. So you can comfortably share your latest high score - your circles will only see the updates when they're interested in playing games too.

If you're not interested in games, it's easy to ignore them. Your stream will remain focused on conversations with the people you care about.

Games have their own tab marked with this icon:

They are slowly rolling out the games feature. Keep an eye out for the new icon and give them a try once you have access. You can learn even more in the new Google+ Games help section. Game on! Check out this post if you are a developer and want to build games for the Google+ platform.

Google+ and Gmail Integration

Gmail's user base is around two hundred million while Google+'s is around ten million. Bringing all those users to G+ will certainly help the new network expand and with the plus bar they are working towards that. The blending these two could make Google in to a communication powerhouse. Below are some of my thoughts on how to do that.

• On a reply or when sending a message (email), have the ability to send to a Circle much like things can be sent to email groups today. I could type "Family Circle" and when I send the "email" the message would post to Google+ to that circle. It should also be possible to direct a message to an individual on to the G+ platform. Any combination should be allowed; I should be able to send one message to one person via a G+ post, to another's email, and to a full circle. (Signature lines and quoted text being replied to should not be allowed when posting to G+.)

• My "from" option in Gmail should have an option to send it from my Google+ account so a reply to my email comes in to G+ as a limited post to me.

• If I choose to send from my Google+ account to a Circle it essentially becomes only a Google+ post; not an email. But, a history of the message/post should be kept in Gmail. Comments on my post would then follow my email notification settings inside G+.

• Add/integrate Google+ profile and profile data to the new area in Gmail, top right, that shows recent interactions and contacts details. The person's profile image, recent posts, and other things could be shown. This could be done for everyone, not just contacts. You could see what circles they are in and also manage the circles right there to be able to add people you do not have in circles or change what circles people are in. When mousing over the sender of an email you have open, it would display a pop up like today, but show this information.

• Gmail could automatically tag emails received from from people you have in your circles with the circle name(s).

• Have the ability to highlight an image, text, or link form an email and click on Share in the +bar. What was highlighted would automatically be pulled in to the share window for fast posting. Similar things can be done from chat to post to G+

• Have the Chat that is inside Gmail show the circle chat friends we see in plus.google.com

My vision is for Google to blur the line between emailing, messaging, and posting into one seamless communication platform.

Google+ Widget For Your Website or Blog

The developers at GGLPLS have created a simple yet customizable widget to embed your Google+ public stream on your website or blog like the one below. I have been truly impressed with all the G+ things coders have created in such a short time. It will be impressive to see what is created when an API is released.

Google By The Numbers

Today Google had their Q2 earnings call and Larry Page shared some impressive statistics about some of their products as well as incredible earnings (pdf) growth.


10,000,000 - People that have joined Google+

1,000,000,000 - Items shared and received each day on Google+

2,300,000 - +1 web button serves a day

550,000 - Android devices activated daily

160,000,000 - Chrome users

Google+ Questions Answered

I recently asked Joseph Smarr, a technical lead on the Google+ team, some questions I had. Below are the ones I asked and there are some more he answered on AnyAsq that you can read.

Will Google Buzz be merged or integrated with Google+?

I'm not involved in this directly, but here's the official response currently: Google+ won’t have any major impact on Buzz right now. Buzz users will still see a Buzz tab on their Google profile, and Buzz will continue working as it always has. Google+ users can also be Buzz users or can decide to just share their content using one of the products. Over time, we’ll determine what makes the most sense in terms of integrating the products.

Are their core groups of non-Google users you test early iterations on?

Not really, beyond bringing in non-Googlers to our usability lab to get early feedback on mock-ups/prototypes/etc. We mainly "dogfood" it internally with Googlers, but clearly with social products it's really important to use them in "the real world", so it's great to finally be in a public Field Trial, and we're learning and iterating in the open every day now.

Will Google+ integrate sharing posts externally via Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc.

We do currently support this in YouTube, and many users do find it useful for reaching their audiences on other sites about their YouTube activity. I'm not sure if/when we'll do this in an automated way on Google+, but in the meantime, every post you make has a permalink (click on the timestamp next to your post) that you can share on external sites (and many people do).

Are updates release all the time, or do you roll out a once a week batch?

We try to do a full push (almost) every day, and we sometimes sneak in patch releases too if needed. But there are humans in the loop, it's not a "auto-push if all tests pass" situation or anything like that.

Stop treating Google+ like Facebook

Christina Trapolino wrote an excellent post about how to get the most out of Google+. I thought everyone should read her insightful thoughts. Below is the post in its entirety; used with permission.

Google+ Tip for the day: Stop treating Google+ like Facebook. 

When I got my Google+ invitation, I was already itching to shed my Facebook profile. I still feel that way, but I’m starting to realize something really surprising (at least for me): I don’t think Google is my Facebook stand-in. I think Google is far more than a measly “social network,” and that’s why some of my Facebook friends who are migrating over right now seem to be, as they say on the Internet, “doing it wrong.” 

I've been a devoted Googlephile for many years, so if Google wanted me to use G+ instead of Facebook, it was gonna happen -- unless they really goofed it up, of course (I'm still not entirely over my breakup with Wave, Google -- but at least I've stopped leaving those creepy voicemails, right?). The push and pull factors were there. They were obvious: Facebook is for “moms” and spam robots -- Google was going to be my new social network. 

But something didn't feel quite right about treating my Google+ profile like my Facebook profile, nor treating my Circles like the Facebook social groups I wished I'd always had. There was content everywhere, written by people I’d heard of -- and many I hadn’t. Something about this space was very different than anything Facebook has ever allowed me to experience. It felt like something else, something... bigger, maybe more important. Something collaborative, perhaps. How very Google! 

My friends, however, don’t seem to be having the same Google+ experience I am. My tendency so far has been to add as many people with as many interesting views as possible to my Circles, and then to read voraciously and respond all over the place. Meanwhile, my real-life friends are complaining that there’s not enough content to appease them, and I’m the only one dominating their Streams. Why is this happening for them? I think it comes from a fundamental set of expectations about moving from Facebook to Google+. People are treating their Google+ accounts just like Facebook accounts. And I think that’s a doomed approach. 

Here is how I think Google+ can be most fully enjoyed and utilized, at this early stage: 

Think about what you use Facebook for. If it’s for keeping up with old friends and for keeping up with current, local friends, great. You can use Google+ for that, and it’s definitely got a leg up on Facebook for filtering content. 

Interact with content created by users you don’t know personally. If you don’t follow people you don’t already know, you’re going to get bored, and not just because your friends aren’t all here yet. You’ll get bored even after they’ve all arrived. Why do you think Facebook started implementing games and applications? Well, to make money, obviously, but what was the draw for the userbase? I’m willing to bet Facebook figured out that simply reading your friends’ thoughts all day long gets old, and let’s be honest: very few of us have enough friends with enough interesting posts to keep us engaged. 

If you like the social games on Facebook, well...you’re not really my target audience. Sorry. For the rest of you -- if you don’t like how Facebook allowed third party junk to start bombarding you with game requests and access to your information, embrace its absence here so far!

I realize that at some point, developers may come up with cool ways to implement games on Google+, but I expect that Google will have learned from the clunky, disorganized, and downright invasive way developers approached this in Facebook. And the best way to keep Google+ rich in content and devoid of lame, invasive apps is to let go of your old ideas about what it means to be on a social network. 

(Copyright 2011 Christina Trapolino)

I was very impressed with this observation, and it is such a valid point. Many people do try to "Facebook" on Google+. The following, meeting, and conversing aspect is new to many users. Anyone that uses (reads or writes) on Twitter, micro blogs (Tumblr, Posterous, etc.), websites, or forums is at a great advantage to jump in and start +'ing. If you fall into that group, or just "get it" be sure to help out your friends and family to experience everything they can from of G+.

Fun fact: Google does not use the term "social network" in anyway to describe Google+. You can't even find it mentioned in their entire help section!

Google+ Analytics and Statistics

There are many analytic tools out there to measure everything from web traffic, social interactions, mentions, and many other things for platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. With Google+ being so new and having no API the large firms have not incorporated it into their current tools.

Google+ Statistics by the crew at TNW, and CircleCount by everygain have emerged to fill the void. Both offer similar statistics that they cull from the Google Profiles submitted by users. Because there is no open format they only track the profiles people submit to them. I prefer the UI of Google+ Statistics over CircleCount, but CircleCount has more users in their database. Google+ Statistics even offers a nice widget to put on your website. Be sure to submit yourself to both sites.

Google+ Invites

If you would like to be invited to Google+ you can send me an email at dain@dainbinder.com. Google Plus may not be allowing an invite to be sent at the time of your request; be patient and I will be sure to get you an invitation as soon as I can. You can follow me on G+ here.

Once you are in, these posts will help you out:

• Google+ Terms and Translations
• G+ Cheat Sheets and Tricks
• Fully Edit your Google+ Photos
• Google+ Chrome Extensions
• Invite People to G+

How to Conduct a Poll on Google+

You can conduct a simple poll on Google+ using this method:

1. Enter your question as your post
2. Provide the possible answers as comments
3. Disable comments
4. Go back in and edit your post to provide the perma-link so people can vote when the poll is re-shared.

People then vote by +1'ing their answer. You can see it in action at http://goo.gl/KIim9.

Two things to keep in mind:

• You can not close the poll so you will need to grab the results at whatever time you want the poll to "close".
• People can vote (+1) more than one answer. It could be good, bad, or indifferent (cancel each other out) depending on what type of poll you are conducting.

Happy polling!

Your New Social Hub

Google+ is not only a new social network, it can also be turned in to your main social destination. With two new Chrome extensions you can access your Twitter stream with full functionality and your Facebook news feed with the ability to update your status. Both feeds are inserted in the page to allow seamless switching between all three.

EDIT: Some questions over the security of these extensions have emerged; proceed at own risk.

This format will come in real handy for people that are looking to transition away from Facebook and/or Twitter. There will be a transition period until most of your friends, family, and contacts make their way to G+. On the other hand, if you intend to maintain a presence on all three networks you can do that with ease using these extensions.

They are Google+Facebook and Google+Tweet. I have found it is best to install the Facebook one first and set it up, then install Twitter. (The Facebook extension is not an approved Chrome app; proceed with caution.)

G+ Cheat Sheets - Tips, Tricks, and Shortcuts for Google Plus

Simon Laustsen has put together a couple of great cheat sheets to help new users learn Google+ that serve as a great reference for everyone. (Right click to save the image as a .jpg or click on it to go to a .psd Google Docs version.)

You can also check out our Terms and Translations guide to help you understand G+'s language.

How to Fully Edit your Google+ Photos

(Update: Picnic has been fully integrated/merged with Google and is now called "Creative Kit". You can still edit in Picasa with Creative Kit using the below method, but they have also brought full editing to Google+ Photos.)

The photo "editing" in Google+ leaves a lot to be desired. Currently you only have the option of six effects relating to exposure, contrast, and color. Lucky for us Google Plus is built on current products that are fully functional in their own right.

What is Facebook photos without Facebook? Nothing.

What is Google+ photos without Google+? Picasa with Picnic integration!

When you upload a photo in your Google+ Stream it is stored in a Picasa album called "Photos from posts". Those photos are the exact photos that are displayed in your stream. When you edit that photo, the photo in your stream will change accordingly. If you want to get rid of red-eye, crop, add effects, sharpen, rotate, etc. you can edit that Picasa photo with Picnic.

To edit your photo with Picnic just find the folder in Picasa's Web Albums then go to the picture you want to edit. You will see Picnic's logo (a green hill, blue sky, and cloud) in the center of your screen near the top of the page, just below the upload button. Click that and you will be on your way. Once done, save your changes by clicking "Save to album" at top right and choose to Replace the photo. If you create a new version it will not link to your Stream.

Have fun editing!

Google+ Terms and Translations

To help you assimilate to Google+ please use the below guide to better understand the terms you come across.

Google+	Facebook	Twitter
Share	What's on your mind?	What’s happening?
Comment	Comment	Reply
+1	Like	Favorite
Share	Share	Retweet
Circles	Friend List	Following/Followers
Extended Circles	Friends of Friends	n/a
Stream	News Feed	Timeline
Chat	Chat	n/a
Hangouts	n/a	n/a
Mention	Tag	Mention
Notifications	Notifications	n/a
Hashtags	n/a	Hashtags

Please let me know in comments if you have any terms to add, and be sure to check out Google's help section. See you on +.

Google+ Invites - How To Invite Your Friends To Google Plus

Are you on Google+ and feeling a bit lonely? Even with over 500,000 estimated users many of your close contacts may not be on the service yet. You can follow these simple steps to invite your friends even with the official invitation service being closed. Try not to send them unsolicited; find out who wants in and invite them by doing the below. Google certainly knows of this method so it is not a huge secret and they are still controlling the rate of new sign-ups so you may have to do these steps again a few hours later if it does not work the first time around.

FIRST: Before going through the bellow steps check to see if the official invite method is open. If it is, the link "Invite people to join Google+" will show up under the Go Mobile on the right hand side.

1. Go to your Stream and click to "Share what's new..." to create a new post.
2. Type "Inviting you to Google+" or something similar.
3. Remove any Circles it may be shared with; click the little x to the right of Public, Friend, etc. All that should remain to is "+ Add circles or people to share with...".
4. Click on "+ Add circle or people to share with..." and you will see the cursor blinking in the white area. Type an email address(es) of people you want to invite in there separated by commas.
5. Finally click Share. Your invited people will get an email letting them know you shared a post with them.

(Another thing you can do is create a Circle of people you want to invite and add that in step 4 instead.)

UPDATE: I just read from another blog that the notification emails may not be going out. If your friend does not receive one they may still be able to get in by going to plus.google.com if they have a Gmail account; although the email didn't go out the invite still registered.

UPDATE 2: Most notification emails are going out, but Google is not allowing the users to complete the sign-up process because they are at capacity for the limited test. They are allowing people in at a slow pace, so if you get invited try again the next day to sign-up.

Have fun and be sure to use some of the extensions available for Chrome!

Google+ Chrome Extensions

Google+ is out and I am enjoying it. They have done very well with Circles and redeemed themselves from the Buzz and Wave social attempts. Many Chrome extensions have emerged to enhance your experience:

Nuke Comments on Google+ - Delete a comment and block the commenter in two clicks. Take control of your Google+ experience.

CircleCount - The official Chrome extension of CircleCount.com - showing information about Google+ Profiles and Pages directly on Google+.

G+Twitter for Google Plus - Realtime Twitter client for Google+

Full Article+ - See full articles shared in Google+ and focus on the main clutter-free content. All without leaving the comfort of Google+

Quick Hangouts for Google+ - Adds a link underneath the 'Start a Hangout' button to join any active hangouts, in Google+ (Google Plus)

G+ Stream Pause - Pause your Google+ stream so you can take your time reading or watching videos posted

Uncircle+ - Remove inactive people from your Google+ circles

Google+ Notifications - Official Google extension to view notifications of Google+ activity when signed in, anywhere you go on the web

Google +1 Button - Official Google extension to +1 a web page, anywhere you go on the web

Publish sync for Google+ & Facebook - Provides two-way syncs Google+, Facebook, Twitter, Plurk. It supports article, video, pictures and web links.

PinIt - Put a pin in your favourite post and add it to the sidebar in Google+

Circlestar for Google+ - Star posts in Google+ for later reference, just like you star emails in Gmail. (Does not sync across computers.)

Stationary Columns for Google+ - Keeps the Google Nav bar and side columns stationary.

Surplus - Brings your Google+ Notifications to the browser. This works great and is the best way to see your notifications as you browse.

Extended Share for Google Plus - Adds a "Send to ..." link next to the native Share link under a post. This will send a link to the post as found on your Google Profile to Twitter, Facebook, or LinkedIn. Helper for Google+ also has a Twitter share function.

Google+ - A simple bookmark. (Dial Google+ also does this.)

Notification Count for Google Plus - Extension for displaying unread notification count for Google Plus. This does not show you the notifications like Surplus does; just counts the unread ones.

Enhanced Toolbar for Google Plus - Keeps the top toolbar always visible on the Google+ page like G+Fix and Sticky+ Blackbar does.

Color Plus - An extension that replaces any Google Plus bar with green instead of black, or other colors.

Hide Google+ Notification - Takes the notifications out of the GooglePlus bar.

+Photo Zoom - Easily zoom photos and profile pics from your Google Plus Stream. Photo Viewer for Google+ is another option.

GTools+ - Change the default color (red) of the notification bubble, and other tools.

Google Plusbar (a bookmarklet) - Access to BBC News, Al Jazeera, Amazing Radio, Grooveshark, TWiT, and Pirillo seamlessly integrated into the top of your Google+ Stream.

Beautify G+ - Enhances the look of Google+ and allows you to +1 any website you are on.

G+ Count in Title - Places the G+ notification count in parenthesis in the document title located in the page tab.

Plus One Anything - Adds the ability to +1 most web pages. Google +1 provides the same functionality.

Helper for Google+ - Share Google+ Posts with people on twitter and translate posts with Google Translate.

Replies and more for Google+ - Adds reply and reply-to-author links, and other tweaks.

G+ Count Favicon - Replaces the favicon on plus.google.com with one that shows the current notification count.

QuickView for Google Plus - Adds QuickView style keyboard shortcuts for Google Plus.

Like+1 - Turns Like buttons into Like+1 buttons so you can Like and +1 at the same time.

g+ Stream Pruning - Hide certain posters from any of your streams (not blocking).

Google+Tweet - Your Twitter timeline inside G+. (Some questions over the security of this extension have emerged; proceed at own risk.)

Google+Facebook - Facebook's news feed inside G+. (Some questions over the security of this extension have emerged; proceed at own risk.)

Usability Boost for Google Plus - This extension will help you visualize the flow of informations on Google Plus.

Google+ Ultimate - Changes the look of G+ as well as making the top black bar and the left side bar float.

Google+ Tweaks - Tweaks to the layout and features of Google+ (Google "Plus") Full width, thumbnails only, etc.

Google+ Comments - Collapse comments on Google+ and just show a count under the original post.

GIF Stopper - Stops animated GIFs from running in G+ and other sites.

GPlus+ Search - Search Public GPlus Content

G+me for Google+ - Chrome extension that collapses the Google+ stream into a real-time dashboard

Google Plus Bar Minus - You can turn on/off the google bar



Check back for more as I will add them when more are created (or, delete if they become inactive). If you know of other extensions for Google+ please share in the comments. Enjoy +'ing!

(Last edited November 22, 2011)