Google has also been hard at work eliminating including one that was reported earlier in the week by my PCWorld colleague Daniel Ionescu, that allow users to sneak their way into the service. (His doesn't work anymore, either.)

Those lucky enough to get into the service seem to be singing its praises.

Another colleague, Mark Sullivan, wrote . Preston Gralla of Computerworld also after putting the new service through its paces.

Jeff Bunch, a digital strategist from the Portland, Oregon area, says "[It's a] great product after so many failures for Google with social." He says the user interface (at this point) is designed "mostly for techies" or power users instead of the average internet user.

Have you had any luck trying to getting into Google+? Have any thoughts on the service? Let us know what you think in the comment section.