We have covered about google plus profile deletion or suspension in an earlier post. But at that time there was not enough clear explanation about the policy which was causing a huge uproar among the google plus community.

Now google has a detailed guide explaining it’s real name policy. The idea behind real name policy was simple, connecting on google+ world must be the same as connecting in real world. We don’t connect or socialize with others with nick names or fake names. Google is trying to emulate the same philosophy in the online world. (We ourselves agree with this idea or not is a different topic but that is current google+ real name policy.)

However google has listened to user feedback, made some changes, made adjustments wherever possible and published the following guidelines / rules

• Use your full first and lastname in a single language (first name in english and last name in chinese not allowed)
• Use pseudonyms or nicknames in other names field in the profile
• Avoid special characters in your name (No **name**, etc)
• Google+ profile must be towards an individual (Representing business, groups, community, etc are not allowed)
• Don’t impersonate others (We can see lot’s of profiles impersonating celebrities in other networks)
• Name once changed must wait 30 days before changing again
• If your name is legit and still the google+ system doesn’t accept, you’ll see appropriate instructions of how to appeal
• Once a profile is suspended, all services that are dependent on profiles won’t be available (google+, buzz, picasa, reader). Only after correcting the name and submitting the appeal and if accepted will re-enable these services
• Services like Gmail won’t be affected by profile suspension
• When a profile is found in violation by the system, you’ll have up to 4 days to correct the name before system triggers a suspension (This was not on their guide but was shared on google+ posts)