Travel Connections: Utilizing Google Travel Search and the Most Useful Apps

TRAVEL CONNECTIONS Taking a trip? Get the inside scoop on your travel destination by tracking searches and interests with Google Sparks and chatting with friends using Google Hangouts. GOOGLE+ A GROWING GLOBAL COMMUNITY 821% GROWTH ONE 8+ MONTH AFTER LAUNCH 80% 60% OF GOOGLE OF GOOGLE + USERS LOG IN WEEKLY USERS LOG IN DAILY 50 million 250 million 200 million 20 million VISITS TO GOOGLE + IN DEC. 2011 UNIQUE VISITS TO GOOGLE+ IN DEC. 2011 PROJECTED USERS PAGE VIEWS IN BY THE END OF 2012 DEC. 2011 GOOGLE+ USERSHIP ACROSS THE WORLD Percentage of population with Google i accounts" Canada 2.46% Germany 2.20% U.S. 31.49% Spain 1.70% India 13.69% Brazil 5.43% Italy 1.76% Indonesia U.K. 1.82% 3.88% 1. U.S. 433,545 (55%) 2. INDIA 142,339 (18%) TOP 10 3. BRAZIL 41,605 (5%) 4. U.K. 38,917 (5%) COUNTRIES REPRESENTED ON 5. CANADA 29,490 (4%) GOOGLE+ 6. GERMANY 26,494 (3%) 7. FRANCE 22, 613 (3%) 8. CHINA 22,613 (3%) 9. SPAIN 19,370 (3%) 10. TAIWAN 19,280 (2%) CONNECTING WITH TRAVELERS ON GOOGLE+ CREATE A HANGOUT HOW TO CONNECT WITH TO RESEARCH YOUR OTHER TRAVELERS TRAVEL DESTINATION USE SPARKS Have a conversation you want to share with the world? When you Spark can track searches and By default, only people in your circles can chat with yau. research. It also allows you to set start a hangout, check 'Enable Hangouts On Air" to stream your live hangout publicly on your Google+ profile. up searches for airport parking, travel news and business travel. Friends You can still share with the circles you're following (and the people in those circles) – this setting only affects who is included in your circles. SOURCES During the broadcast, you can look inside the Hangout to see haw many viewers are watching Live. http://www.b2bsocialmediaguide.com /2012/03/21/google-plus-statistics/ https://s3.amazonaws.com/identymec dn/infographics/inforgaphics_google_ plus.png Following http://www.google.com/intl/en/+/lear nmore/ Embed End broadcnst http://www.google.com/+/learnmor hangouts/ 616 HAVE THEM IN CIRCES http://ww.parkrideflyusa.com/blog/ 2011/07/18/google-plus-travel/ July 2012 Infographic brought to you by HCC Medical Insurance Services www.hccmis.com