When Google+ launched this summer, it seemed poised to challenge Facebook as the Internet’s premiere social networking site.
Five months later, the service is losing steam by the day.
The website is failing because it offers a service that isn’t appealing to most people, said Alex V. Cook, mass communication adjunct professor and IT coordinator for Continuing Education.
“They want to offer what they believe is a simpler, more clear solution to social media,” he said. “But the problem is, it just never caught