From now on you can show your birth date in your about section on Google+. This feature is one of the most praised feature of facebook and it was highly requested by Google+ community. I love this feature because I spent most of the time on Google+.

Steps to enable this feature: 

Step1: Click on Profile button from sidebar.

Step2: Click "Edit Profile" button. 

Step3: Scroll down to Birthday column and click on it. A pop-up window will show up with previously entered(at the time of creating your account) date of birth.

Step4: Enter your date of birth and choose appropriate visibility(Extended Circle, Public, Your Circle, Only you or Custom). 

Step5: Save it.

Step6. Done. 

Screen Shot: 

What do you think about this feature? Do you use Google+ or Are you stuck with fb crap? 

PS: You can discuss this feature on Google+

The Internet is here to stay. It affects every part of life including the social and business aspects. This is where online reputation management becomes a necessary tool to make sure that you are aware of what is going on with your reputation. Reputation management is about maintaining what is going on with you and having some control over your presence on the Web.

Google+ is one way to have that control. The services offered by them gives you options for controlling who is in your circle and who you would like to share information with such as videos, photos, links, etc. There are three steps to the process. Set up your profile and then create your circles to start sharing. This allows you the means to control your online reputation.

In creating your profile, you set up the basic information that you want to share. Add other information about yourself and then set your privacy levels. The last step in creating your profile is very important. Privacy settings allow you to control that sees beyond your basic profile. You get to choose who will photo tag you, who comment on your posts and who will send you notifications.

Creating your circles is very important in controlling your online reputation. You get to make sure that the right people see the right things. You are able to monitor who sees what and that is a great feature of Google+. This feature allows you to set what your friends see specifically and what your employer can see specifically.

The promotion of Google+ is that you share. Whether sharing involves videos, links or chats, the goal is to have great conversations. You can respond to posts by sharing or adding others to an ongoing conversation by forwarding posts.

Google+ has other features that help you have a rewarding experience. You can add tags in the photo section to images of you with others. This is a great feature for family and friends. There is an option to turn on “find my face.” This lets others add tag of you.

Hangouts is an application on Google+ that allows you to add up to nine people in a video chat session. This is great asset when you want to communicate with more than one person and generate lots of fun.
Social networking has become an integral a part of our culture. Whether the social networking is for business or pleasure, Google+ does give you the opportunity to manage that part of your online presence. As the social networking medium becomes larger and larger in the culture of today, the more instrumental it becomes in affecting and influencing lives.

This means that you want to take advantage of a tool that gives you the opportunity to manage your online reputation. With a tool like Google+, you can do just that. The advantage of arranging your communication circles and what information gets shared with whom is great stride in the right direction for using social networking.

As a matter of fact, the more the medium continues to grow, more and more personal information is collected about you. Google+ allows you to be the navigator in this forum. The more control you have over who sees what regarding you, the better control you have over your online reputation.

Since social networking is a very active part of life now, it is important to seek out tools that help maintain and control your online reputation. Google+ is one such tool. The option to share what you want and need to rather than having someone else have the control is what makes Google+ a great choice.
While online reputations have pluses and minuses, the big plus is you having control over yours. Applications will continue to be developed and fine tuned in this respect and the necessary thing will always be the ability to control and manage your online reputation.

As a Blogger I find Google+ a great tool for Business. Google+ for business is far better than others due to its seo value and many other factors.
Recommended Post: Google+ is Better for Business

You can check out all the features of Google+ and make a decision as to what you want to share. Whether your choice is for business or pleasure, the application is a good place to share. More than anything protection of your online presence is in your hands.

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Barry Woolley is a social media expert dedicated in writing articles related to social media, internet marketing, online reputation management, blogging and other internet related topics. He always wanted to share his knowledge with people interested in the same field. Barry started teaching social media topics in some Universities around Stockton, California and still continuous talking on other Universities until today.

Special thanks to +CircleCount for special tool(announcement coming soon)

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2. How to get noticed and engage with people? - By +Dolidh Young > http://goo.gl/cwYMg
3. 14 Ways To Learn How To Helpfully Ride The Coattails Of Google+ influencers. - By +Johan Horak > http://goo.gl/HuPXR
4. Google+ Circle Management and Stream Behavior - By +Adam Simmons > http://goo.gl/4ELxC
5. Google+: Designed for Introverts? - By +M Sinclair Stevens > http://goo.gl/uN9rH

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6. Get free Google+ Guide By +MakeUseOf - By +Rahul Roy > http://goo.gl/S85CU
7. How do you "get ahead" on Google+? - By +Alexander Becker > http://goo.gl/AVQWc
8. Top Verified Females in Google+ as per CircleCount.com 03/30/2012 - By +Lynette Young > http://goo.gl/qoY6f
9. What the Plus? with Guy Kawasaki - By +Tim Moore > http://goo.gl/wjGvu
10. "What is Author Rank, How is it calculated, and Why should I care?" - By +Tim Moore > http://goo.gl/yWZws

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11. Are you having a Positive psychological and emotional experience on Google+? - By +martin shervington > http://goo.gl/mAKzg
12. Google+ Tips: Curated-Topic Pages - By +M Sinclair Stevens > http://goo.gl/8qMwT
13. What The Plus??? 5 Reasons Why I Hate Guy Kawasaki - By +Mathis Conner > http://goo.gl/f0WoR
14. How to use Google+ - By +Al Jazeera English > http://goo.gl/wQ4Gy
15. Why The New Blogger Google+ Gadgets Are Important - By +the g+ resource > http://goo.gl/VWwef

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16. Introducing Extended Photos for Google+! - By +Mohamed Mansour > http://goo.gl/rPPKx
17. Google+'s Secret Weapon: Real Life - By +Eli Fennell > http://goo.gl/uMVsi
18. Is your Google+ quiet? - By +Jaana Nyström > http://goo.gl/9rfGN
19. Google is starting to push for more active Google+ Users - By +Colby Brown > http://goo.gl/iRV3P
20. 7 Point Google+ Pinterest Plan Of Action With 8 Free Resources - By +Johan Horak > http://goo.gl/y29ba

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21. Is monetizing Google+ the elephant in the room? - By +martin shervington > http://goo.gl/B0ucB
22. How positively engaging are you in Google+? - By +Jaana Nyström > http://goo.gl/kQ2Ac
23. Sharing and Notifying - By +Jaana Nyström > http://goo.gl/59u5p
24. Should teenagers on Google+ be tagged as such ? - By +Hannah Roberts > http://goo.gl/EnRlu
25. Some Thoughts On Ripples - By +Meilani MacDonald > http://goo.gl/g3jlO

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26. Google+ Hashtag Decorations - Like them or not? - By +Ronnie Bincer > http://goo.gl/4GruA
27. YouTube Home page shows Google+ 'Friend's' Activity - By +Ronnie Bincer > http://goo.gl/qlpM0
28. Simple Google+ Tips to Jump Start Your Marketing - By +PJ Rosenberg > http://goo.gl/oy7ET
29. Easily Page Switching on GooglePlus - By +James Lawson-Smith > http://goo.gl/nZLcO
30. Google+ in 129 Words! - By +Brock Predovich > http://goo.gl/ZETkO

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31. FAQs about HashTags - By +Shamil Weerakoon > http://goo.gl/LFVXl
32. Google+ Tips: Circle Management - By +M Sinclair Stevens > http://goo.gl/c90vs
33. THE +Gabriel Vasile COLLECTION OF G+ RELATED POSTS - By +Shamil Weerakoon > http://goo.gl/DZVY8
34. Hangout Comments Tracker - By +Gerwin Sturm > http://goo.gl/mg7Y5
35. Google+ UX: View Posts By Type - By +M Sinclair Stevens > http://goo.gl/yV6TS

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38. Google Plus SEO Testing Network - Introduction - By +G Plus SEO > http://goo.gl/BWIun
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40. Use Ripples to say THANK YOU! - By +Arvid Bux > http://goo.gl/zn4EN

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52. How to Reorder Your Google+ Circles for Stream Reading - By +Mark Traphagen > http://goo.gl/mFTXv
53. Find Google+ Conversations Easily - By +Up Your Plus > http://goo.gl/uUZ9B
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56. Google sees Google+ growing to 500m users - By +Dirk Talamasca > http://goo.gl/yXmNq
57. Facebook is Alcohol, Google+ is Coffee? - By +Lucas Johnson > http://goo.gl/CMLLS
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61. I LOVE Google+ and My Google+ Family! - By +HEATHER FAY > http://goo.gl/FcgG0
62. Google+ Improvement Survey - By +Mark Traphagen >
63. Community Driven Circles - By +Anthony Fox > http://goo.gl/pqubB
64. How To Fail At Google+ - By +Jaana Nyström > http://goo.gl/t2Nii
65. Your Google+ self: Private or Public? - By +Brian Titus > http://goo.gl/sYyKK
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External Post:

1. The Most Engaging Google+ Pages (Under 5,000 Circles) By circled.us
http://www.circled.us/pages/engaging-under-5000/
2. How Often Do You Check Google Plus?
http://socialmediatoday.com/marketmesuite/480973/how-often-do-you-check-google-plus
3. 9 Key Points About Google+ Pages for Business for the B2B Marketer By Derek Edmond
http://www.komarketingassociates.com/blog/9-key-points-about-google-pages-for-business-for-the-b2b-marketer/
4. Google+ Profiles get personal, now includes address book information from Google Contacts http://thenextweb.com/socialmedia/2012/04/03/google-profiles-gets-personal-now-includes-address-book-information-from-google-contacts/
5. Google brings Google+ to Blogger users with two new social gadgets http://thenextweb.com/google/2012/04/04/google-brings-google-to-blogger-users-with-two-new-social-gadgets/
6. How Google+ Can Succeed at Business Without Really Trying
http://mashable.com/2012/04/04/google-plus-enterprise/

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I have seen people criticising Google+, calling it ghost town. Seriously, if Google+ is a ghost town I see dead people plusing, re-sharing and commenting on my post. You don't get it, Google+ is about helping others, interacting with people of your interest.

Believe in reciprocity and feel the magic of Google+

Having problem with Google+? feel free to ask anything.

>> Bookmarking post: So that you can read it later.
>> Translator: Ability to Translate post
>> Shared circle notification: Receiving notification when someone shared a circle with you in it.
>> Ability to pause your stream: Self explanatory.
>> Google Group integration
>> Categorise notification bar: categorise notification bar with mention, plus one and comments.
>> Post Preview.
>> Ability to follow the post without commenting.
>> New post alert: You should receive notification when your favourite Gplussers post publicly.
>> Birthday reminder feature.
>> Google News integration.
>> Schemer integration.
>> Google Reader integration.
>> Task Management.
>> Google Calender Integration.
>> Ability to change sharing detail after post has been shared.
>> Google Maps Integration.
>> Google Music Integration.
>> Enable Group Chat.
>> Ability to add smileys to post ;)
>> Better circle management : Ability to manage your circle according to location, post frequency etc.
>> Ability to share post from blogger to Google+ brand pages.
>> Ability to scheduled and draft your post.
>> Increase 500 limit.
>> Facebook and twitter like apps.

Add your Suggestions

1. Have a profile picture: First thing I look when someone circle me is their profile picture and I don't visit their profile if they don't have a profile picture. So upload your own avatar and not the logo of your blog.

2. Fill your about section:  No introduction means no circling back.

Tip: Add a simple line "You can add me to following circle" or "My interests" with suggested circles.

3. Post to public: No public post means inactive profile.

4. Post original content: Bunch of reshare, no thanks

5. Comment on others post: This is the best way to get circle, remember its quality which matters and not the quantity.

6. Use plus one button: If you plus my content, I will visit your profile and look for information.

7.  Post Regularly : You have not posted anything since last few months, in that case only spammers will circle you and the real Gplussers will actually uncircle you.

8. Don't copy use reshare button: Google+ is a bonded community where everyone help, respect and appreciate your work and if you are going to copy content instead of using reshare button you will be blocked publicly.

Add your suggestions.