Privacy Settings on Google Plus Profile

Although Google+ is still in beta, if you have received an invitation to join you may be wondering which parts of your profile can be seen by whom.

Let's start at the beginning:

When you sign into your Google+ account, you are on the home page (the little home icon at the top of your Google+ screen).

Click on the profile icon and you'll be on your profile.



Let's say you've already filled out your profile information and now you want to check your privacy settings:

Click on "Edit Profile" in the top right-hand corner. And then you can go section by section deciding who can see what.

Hover over the icon next to the section title and you'll see what the current setting is.

For example, in "bragging rights" I see that I have "visible to everyone." But when I click on the section icon I can change from "Anyone on the web" to any of these other choices:

"Extended circles"

"Your circles"

"Only you"

"Custom"

If you do change a privacy setting, remember to hit "save" before leaving that section.

Of course, if you are participating on social media to get in front of your target customers or clients, you will want to make most sections visible to everyone.



Just remember the difference between personal and private. Personal is attending a theater performance; private is having a fight with your spouse. Personal is good on social media; private is not!

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Phyllis Zimbler Miller (@ZimblerMiller on Twitter) has an M.B.A. from The Wharton School and is the co-founder of the marketing consulting company Miller Mosaic, LLC, which offers "done for you" and "do it yourself" social media services including marketing-focused WordPress websites.

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