You can block or ignore users on your Google Plus stream but before going ahead, you should learn the differences between blocking and ignoring users on Google Plus. Both of them can be used to block notifications and updates from people whom you don’t know and don’t want to hear from.

Google+ might seem like a post apocalyptic wasteland; advanced yet barely populated. I know people don’t like change, but it has more features than Facebook could dream of.

Wen-Ai Yu, an employee at Google, announced on her Google Plus profile along with a YouTube video stating that the social network has started the verification process by providing a “verified name” badge to all celebrities and public figures.

Facebook appears to be piqued about Google Plus’ growth and is reported to be blocking Google Plus invites from the users’ Facebook news feed. This came into light when the senior vice president of social business, Vic Gundotra posted a video on YouTube demonstrating that Google+ invites that have been shared on Facebook did not show up in the news feed of other Facebook users.

Starting today, Google Plus will add 16 featured games to your Google Plus profile. You can play games, share your scores with friends and invite friends to try out a game you love playing.

Today I logged in to Google Plus again only to find half of my Indian acquaintances having stopped using Google Plus. I wonder what took them this long. I stopped the very next day I ‘got in’.

A comparison between Facebook and Google+ about their ability to export your social graph.

Here is a really awesome photo presentation on getting started with Google Plus, which explains all the basic concepts -Circles, hangouts, huddles and privacy settings.

Google+ has a nice thing going on. People love the concept of circles. They appreciate huddles and are intrigued by how simple, yet how elegant the entire Google+ system is. Fresh out of the incubator and that too half-baked, Google plus needs some more polishing before it can go mainstream.

Plussem.com and googleplus1supply.com are the two sites who are selling Google Plus ones in exchange of hard cash, I am sure more social media shops will join them in coming days. Their pitch is simple, buy Google plus one votes from real people (or spammers) and see the impact of these plus ones on your ranking

Here’s the first major screwup by Google in its roll-out of Google+. Google still doesn’t a clear policy on whether or not brand pages are allowed on Google+, which has every confused. And very angry.

Well, it is quite hard to define or probably explain the newly launched social networking site, Google+. Considering the facts mentioned in this post, here’s how I define it – Google has taken the best of Google Wave, removed some unworthy features from Google Buzz, added few bits and pieces from Orkut, integrated Facebook’s UI, allowed Twitter like functioning and embellished it with photo sharing and video chatting to make it look more like a blog. In short, Google+ == Facebook + Twitter + Blog + Some of Google’s unsuccessful services.

Google+ is currently under a limited field test. 24 hours after the launch of Google+, the invite feature was taken down due to high demand of Google+ Invites. Since it’s announcement, Google+ has seen tremendous growth. On July 10, Google+ had over 7.3 million users registered with a growth rate of 365 percent in just six days.

We are all human beings and definitely love to have friends. However, unlike friends we meet in real life, Social networks like Twitter, Facebook and Google+ allow us to get in touch with people we have never met (or may never meet) in our lives.

Joseph Smarr, the technical lead on Google Plus, is answering questions posed by Google Plus users. Find out what he has revealed so far about the genesis of Plus and upcoming improvements.