What they found was a social network that was largely a lonely, empty place. Included among the huddled masses were those eager to defect from the nation of Facebook, acquiring invitations to Google's fledgling network by any means they could.
In that time, the network quickly grew as millions of early adopters jumped on board to see what it was all about. It's been just over two months since Google's social network, Google+, went live. But how can a developer hope to attract new players if it isn't immediately obvious that people are playing their game? This investigation hopes to yield some answers.