Google 2015-06-01 11-19-45Cue the "Google+ is dead" jokes, and the following "was Google+ ever alive?" remarks.

Google has today removed the link to users' Google+ profile from the top its many web properties, most notably its front search page. Previously, links looked like "+Stephen" and would link to your Google+ profile. From today, it looks like Google is making the name label no longer a link, and moving the "+Stephen" Google+ link to the app drop-down menu... Read more of this post