How do you invite friends to Google+ while it’s in field test mode and invites are officially disabled? Use the the “share by email” back door.
All you need to do is share a post with someone who isn’t a Google+ member yet. I just share the same post over and over from my profile stream. Here’s what I use.
You can paste in their emails individually or create a Circle of unregistered friends and invite that Circle all at once. When you add unregistered friends an option appears at the bottom of the share window next to the Share button to confirm that you want to share with these unregistered users by email. YES, you do! Check the box and hit send.
Google+ will send them an email work the first words of the post you’re sharing as the subject line of the email. It looks like this.
All your friend needs to do is click that orange-red button to start the registration process. New users are rate limited by hour so if they can’t get in at first tell them to try again later.
This is a Google+ invitation loophole, so be warned that it may stop working temporarily at any time. Good luck!
Oh and if you don’t know anyone who can invite you, leave me a comment here with your email. My comments are moderated so no one will see your email but me. PieRat’s promise not to use them for any purpose except your Google+ invite lest I be keel hauled.
Originally posted on Web PieRat.