The buzz around Google Plus is clearly a lot bigger than the buzz was for Google Buzz, one of Google’s failed attempts at social networking. However, Google Plus is not monopolizing social media conversations on the net.
That is the message behind the new research from Sysomos, a social media analytics firm. At Mashable’s request, Sysomos compared the social media chatter for Google Buzz when it was launched back in February 2010 to Google Plus’s introduction earlier this summer. There is little comparison between these two launches. According to Sysomos, the mentions of Google Buzz peaked at 150,000 while Google Plus social media mentions have surpassed 250,000.
Since its launch a few weeks ago, Google Plus has been mentioned in 106,000 blogs, 30,000 news stories, and 1.9 million tweets. 85% of these mentions were positive, according to Sysomos. However, Google Plus mentions are nowhere near the level of Facebook and Twitter mentions. Each of these social networking sites get about twice as many mentions per day than Google Plus.
While it may seem like everyone is talking about Google Plus, that could just be in certain circles. In the mainstream, it’s not quite there yet.
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