Section 6: Finding People
Where & How to Find People on Google+
More detailed but older reviews of these services by Johnathan Chung and TheNextWeb.
Find interesting people and posts using the new built-in G+ search function by Pooja Srinivas.
Group.as by Daniel Treadwell – Add to existing groups or create your own lists of people to follow.
Google+ Counter by Ralf Rottmann – Community password-protected group lists with search & tags.
Unofficial Google+ Recommended Users by Alireza Yavari – Discover people to follow.
Social Statistics by Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten – Top People and Most Popular Posts.
Find People On Plus – Search one of the largest databases of G+ users by demographic information.
Live Stream – Collective unofficial Google+ live public stream of users with > 500 followers.
Plus Buddy – Analyzes your public Facebook profile & recommends who to follow on G+.
Posts on Plus – Discover great conversations on G+ by tags and categories.
Twitter2Plus – Shows which of your Twitter friends are on G+
PlusG – Another large searchable database with Top People and Who To Follow.
Women of G+ by Lynette Young. Discover brilliant G+ women through interviews & articles.
Circle Sunday – Video podcast summarizing weekly G+ events & showcasing “People We Love”.
Share This Circle – Share public circle lists.
Suggested Circles – Categorize yourself into a public circle or topic list for others to discover.
Alltop’s Pluserati – Top posts from popular G+ users in RSS format in one location.
GPeep by Daniel Travolto. G+ people search by region, country, job, and other tags.
Circle Count with people directory, statistics and history, world map, and circle comparison tool.
Find Your Plus – Directory searchable by country, city, occupation, and random sorting.
Cause+ – A collection of people and organizations doing good on G+
GPlus Rank – Weekly Top 25 & Top 100 lists. Vote on G+ users by personal characteristics & content.
Plus Friend Finder – Searchable directory of G+ profiles.
Find People on Google+ with directory, widgets, hangouts, and apps.
Find People Using Plus – Directory listing people by popularity, gender, newest users, and tags.
GPlus1.us – Unofficial Google+ Business Directory
(Arabic) Arab+ – Arab Google+ user rankings
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Lists of Names
Official Google+ Suggested Users List – Follow public posts from interesting and famous people
Google Community Managers by Natalie Villalobos
Google+ Shared Circles Database with over 50,000 names and 400 shared circles started by Chris Porter
The More the Merrier by Natalie Villalobos
50+ People Who Share Interesting Posts chosen by a subset of the G+ Community and organized by Alireza Yavari
Employees at Google, IBM, Dell, and Foursquare by Plusones.in
Facebook Employees by Craig Kanalley
Huffington Post Employees by Craig Kanalley
Twitter Employees by David Eckoff
Mashable Team by Pete Cashmore
Artists on G+ by Jonathan Chandler
Artistic Side of Google+ (8 parts) by Leodor Selenier – Artists, illustrators, designers, & painters
Over 1000 Artists database started by Jonathan Chandler
Huge list of over 2,300 photographers started by David Snuckel
165 Users Google+ Photographers Need to Follow curated by Jarek Klimek
Our (Photography) Crack Dealers on G+ by Scott Jarvie
HDR Photographers on G+ by Klaus Herrmann
Photographers and Their Most Inspiring Albums on Google+ curated by Alireza Yavari
Psychologists and Neuroscientists on G+ started by Daniel Simon
Science Writers on G+ started by Dr. Kiki
This Week in Tech (TWiT) Community list by Chris Porter
LinkedIn Google+ Next Chapter in Networking by Collins Denny
Top YouTubers on G+ by Andreas K
159 Recommended Journalists by Michael Lee Johnson
List of Technology Journalists, Commentators, and Web Personalities
Brief list of poets by Susan Taylor Brown
Lit Lists on Google+ by Debbie Ohi- Authors, fiction & non-fiction writers, publishers, screenwriters, etc.
Spreadsheet listings by Chris Robinson on News, Science, Android, Food, Photography/Videography, and Buddhism
People to Follow on Google Plus individual curated list
Woodworkers organized and reviewed by Al Navas
Fashion People to Circle by Shavonne Wong
Public Circles Project by Jarek Klimek
Brazilian Celebrities on Google+ by Daniel Figueira
Google Art Walk – A categorized list of Google+ artists