Google+ beta launch was so successful that the invite program was shut off. Late on Wednesday night a senior vice president of Social for Google, posted on the Google+ network that the company has been overwhelmed with interest and had to stop taking new users.
"We've shut down invite mechanism for the night, Insane demand. We need to do this carefully, and in a controlled way. Thank you all for your interest!" Gundotra, Google's head of social media posted on Google+.