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This is infographic comes courtesy of IdentyMe. The way this infographic is laid out is great. It’s simple, to the point, and almost entirely visual. Very little text dependency and great data visualization. A clean color scheme makes it even more visually appealing. While the visualization is great, it’s not complete, and there are some components that are a bit too text heavy to make it an A.

The Google Plus insanity is a great topic for an infographic. The gender breakdown is great, and I like how throughout the infographic the population percentages were also represented with proportionately sized visuals, such as the bubbles in the gender visual and the population by country. It helps to show the US dominance in Google Plus users without relying on text to convey the facts.

The cost to create and maintain Google Plus would likely be better show with some sort of visual graph, chart, etc. The piggy bank is great, but the numbers underneath require a bit too much reading for a successful portrayal. Using a graph or chart to show the amount invested in each company/acquisition/employee would drive the cost home a bit more than it currently does.

That being said, this infographic does a great job with visualizing data and keeping on topic. Most of the data and presentation is well thought out, easy to understand and comprehend. The color scheme is consistent and non-abrasive. It could use some work on the cost of Google Plus section, but apart from that this infographic is a job well done. I’d give it a A-.

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This was submitted to us by the folks at TechnoStreak.com. It’s not an infographic since there is no data visualization, but it does contain information on pretty much anything you need to know in order to use Google+. Here are some of the highlights:

• If a person has more than one profile picture, clicking on the profile picture will rotate them. This is a unique feature of Google+.
• You can move through the photos of an album with your scroll wheel on the mouse.
• If a post annoys you by reminding you when it receives new comments, click the down arrow against the post. This brings up a drop-down menu, from you which you can select “Mute this post” and hide all future notifications regarding that specific post.

I really love having all of the Google+ information all in one place. As with most other Google tools, Google+ has a ton of neat little features that many users would likely overlook had someone not pointed it out to them. That said, the usefulness of this infographic does not really make up for its design and although I hate to do it, I have to give this infographic a D (if it did not contain such topical and useful information, I would give it an F). It is 100% text-driven, which means that it is not an infographic. The overall design is a bit subpar as well. There are many fonts and colors that clash with one another. A quick, easy way improve it would be to stick to one or two fonts that complement one another. I also think that changing the colors of the text boxes to Google’s colors would make the design more cohesive and pleasing to the eye – the current colors are kind of bland.

I would like to take this opportunity to remind designers and agencies of the importance of proofreading your infographics before they go live: this one has several typos. Killer Infographics has also accidentally missed typos from time to time, so it is a common mistake. Be sure to double-check! All that said, I am still going to refer to this cheat-sheet as I get to know this new social media platform – I had no idea how much there was to Google+!

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