In this busy humdrum world where we find it difficult to reach our friends and relations, social networking sites prove invaluable in resolving some of our social responsibilities. Facebook, for instance, becomes very useful on account of its friendly features. It is, therefore, no wonder that all powerful Google will also not come up with something similar and as a result of which Google plus was born. However, no sooner Google plus saw the light of the day, users started hinting that it is a copy of Facebook and that most of its features are inspired from the same social network website. But you can’t possibly blame them on this count because:

• The interface of both the websites are more or less similar
• RSS feed in the two networking sites are similar and
• The video uploads are no different either.

But if you dig deeper, you are sure to find that these two differ a lot too. For instance, consider the ‘like’ and +1 button. Although it serves the same purpose for the users in as much as they can click the button when they like something, regardless of it being a picture, status, comment or a page. However, the basic difference, as far as Google + is concerned, the data can be used in several ways.

Also, Google + has more privacy features, as compared to Facebook. The feature known as circles provides this by way of allowing you to share your status with any particular group of friends or friend. But in Facebook you do not have this privilege where you can just send people requests or accept them.

Yet another Google+ key feature is hangouts through which you can have live video chat with your friends. What’s more, it provides you with the facility of making multiple chats at the same point of time. But Facebook isn’t a dummy either. It has already clinched a deal with Skype, as a result of which Facebook users can indulge in live chat whenever they like.

The picture upload feature of Google plus is also more effective than that of Facebook. You just upload a batch of photos and Google will try to highlight the good ones and at the same time make them look great. As a reward, Google will also turn a series of successive snapshots into an animation, stitching overlapping photos into a panoramic image. Nevertheless, the originals are never lost, just hidden away.

However, Facebook lacks these technical facilities as it gives more emphasis on social front, delivering all the privileges on that platform.