• Bloomberg, Tuesday, November 8, 2011 1:10 PM

What does Google’s Bradley Horowitz think about Mark Zuckerberg’s contention that the search giant is “building its own little Facebook”? Taking the comment in stride, Google’s product VP -- and a key figure behind Google+ -- says he’s “delighted to be underestimated.” During an interview with Bloomberg’s Emily Chang, Horowitz rejected comparisons between Google, Facebook and other social networks as being little more than fodder to give the media advertising and click throughs, reports The Next Web.

“When asked about user numbers of the service, Horowitz declined to give an exact figure but he did reveal that the company estimates Google+ has grown beyond the 40 million unique user number that Larry Page revealed during Google’s recent earnings call.”

Said Horrowitz: “The three weeks [since the announcement] seem like an eternity to us and we’ve grown significantly since then … Our growth keeps on amazing us but there is nothing new to announce just yet.”

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