Do we really need another social network? Personally I think Facebook needs some competition. In some ways Facebook has gotten so large that various user experiences get compromised not to mention the privacy issues that were global news.
Will that major competition come from Google's new social site, Google Plus? Time will tell. Time will also tell how the biggest search engine company in the world optimizes search and adjusts the company advertising strategies around its own social site. This article looks at some of the features of Google Plus.