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Error Loading Newly Imported People in Google+



OK, so now you already have a Google+ account and you know the trick to import your Facebook friends into the Google+ circles via Yahoo contacts. But for some reason, they do not appear in the "Find and Invite" section of your Google+ suggested friends list and it keep giving the "Error loading newly imported people - Retry" message. Well, that is strange because the API worked perfectly when I first connect my Yahoo account with Google+.

But no worries, there is a workaround for this. All you need to do is to export those Yahoo contacts into a CSV or vCard file and then import the file to your Gmail contacts.

Below are the steps:
  1. Open your Yahoo mail and navigate to the Contacts tab.
  2. Click Tools->Export.
  3. Choose the type of file that you want to export. In this case, I chose Yahoo!CSV.
  4. Answer the captcha and then click the Export Now button.
  5. Once you have that file downloaded, open your Gmail and click Contacts.
  6. Upload that file to Gmail by clicking More action dropdown menu -> Import.
  7. Finally, select the file you want to upload and click the Import button.
Now all your newly imported Yahoo contacts are on your Google+ “Find and Invite" page. You can easily add them into your circles without having to go through the hassle of manually adding a long list of your friends.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

totally worked. thank you!

Jared Parmenter said...

Thanks so much!

For anyone doing this, make sure to use Gmail's "Merge Contacts" function on any duplicate listings before inviting them in G+. Not having to wade through old email addresses will save you a ton of time.

Anonymous said...

Export to .csv only works for 14days "old" yahoo accounts.

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