Google Inc. has stopped inviting users to join its new social network less than 48 hours after beginning a limited rollout of the service.
Google Senior Vice President, Engineering Vic Gundotra said, "the company had "shut down invite mechanism" for the Google+ service for the night. We need to do this carefully, and in a controlled way.
Google unveiled Google+ on Tuesday, marking the company's boldest move to take on Facebook. The new Google+ service follows a string of failed attempts by Google to crack the social networking market with products such as Google Buzz and Wave.
"We launched Google+ in a Field Trial in order to test the product out and gather more feedback. As part of the Field Trial, we may open and close Google+ to new users at any time. We're thrilled so many people are interested in trying out a new approach to online sharing," Google commented.
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