Facebook Vs Google Plus

Merits of Facebook :Allows the limitation to share status updated to specified list of friends.Allows you to share your location while updating a status.

1. Timeline interface allows you to maintain monthly status records.
2. Video chat feature launched in association with Skype provides good quality of video.
3. Group chat system which was added later on has turned to be one of the best conferencing platform online.
4. Good variety of games and other applications.

Demerits of Facebook :

1. You can share things with your friends only if he accepts your request.
2. Doesn’t have the tools to hide your data in search results.
3. Doesn’t provide the option for user defined profile appearance/theme.

Merits of Google Plus :

1. You can receive updates by adding your friends to your circles.
2. Grouping your friends provides you to limit the updates to specific group of friends such as college friends, family or colleagues.
3. Uses its Gmail chat for chatting within Google Plus which also allows group chatting.
4. Easy to use Google Plus applications.
5. Provides an option to hide/show your data in search results.
6. Good notification system that notifies about every Google Product.

Demerits of Google Plus:

1. Good gaming applications are lacking yet.
2. Chat privacy is not user friendly.
3. Monthly record of updates cannot be maintained.

These were the major merits and demerits that I found for Facebook and Google Plus. Now the final conclusion depends upon you as what priority you give to the above listed points. It would be great if you could suggest anything more regarding this topic.