Don't panic Lavera, it will not go away, they are doing some changes, and hopefully that will make G+ better than it is today. It will still be around, so keep an eye on what happens and try to adjust to the new stuff.

Does this mean I can finally just delete my Google+ profile and concentrate my efforts on facebook?

I'g glad I saw this. I'm currently on course 4 of Bootcamp and already had social media profiles set up and share post to them etc.

Starting this evening I was going to begin tackle these sites one at a time by learning how to build a targeted following on each and spend around three months on one before moving to the next.

After a year I was hoping to have a solid following and relationships with people on G+, Twitter, pinterest and Facebook in that order.

I was literally just about to dive into some Google+ plus training to begin there but now....Twitter here I come, at least until we see how this plays out.

Thanks for the update. I'mean sorry to hear
of the loss. May be there will be changes for the better.

If you are singed into Google, your posts or the posts of others in your network will show up on the first page results. Others don't see your posts there.