Google Plus: Tips, tricks & how-to's
Learn about the newest social networking site and see how it's different from Facebook.
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Then you get to the fun part: finding your contacts and creating circles. All of your Gmail contacts will be listed at the top of the screen, and you can find additional contacts using their email addresses. Create your desired circles, which can be categorized in any way you like from the standard "high school buddies" and "acquaintances" to "animal lovers" or "green moms." That's what's nice about this Google+ feature — it lets you separate your contacts according to their interests, so you can target your posts straight to them and not bombard your boss with cute cat videos.
The "Sparks" feature (at left) is like Google Reader in that it aggregates content, but what makes it special is that instead of requiring you to manually add feeds you'd like to follow, it finds interesting feeds according to the interests you set. That means you'll automatically get articles on green tech, organic recipes, eco celebrities or whatever topics you choose.






















