In its short 18 months of existence, Google+ has endured a lot of criticism and a few growing pains along the way.  Once declared “dead” by many industry pundits, Google+ has rebounded spectacularly.  Now boasting more than 500 million users, it still has quite a way to go to catch Facebook, but is actually growing much faster than its worthy competitor… a whopping 100 million new users in about the last 3 months!! Read more details about the Google+ rise from the ashes at… http://readwrite.com/2012/12/06/googles-ghost-town-now-has-half-a-billion-members