Remember the times when newbie social networking platform, Google+, was criticised for not allowing users to use pseudonyms?

Not anymore, it seems, as the search giant announced that its Facebook rival in the making, is going to roll out an array of updates and one of them will be allowing users to have nicknames.

According to the head of engineering, Vic Gundotra, Google Docs will be integrated as will Google search and users will be able to link their App accounts with their Plus profiles.

He also said that high on the company's agenda was to once again allow using pseudonyms, as prohibiting those in the past did nothing more but anger users.

However, it is worth pointing out that no particular time frames were given and according to the firm, users who registered with fake names would still have to deal with accounts with limited functionality.

The Electronic Frontiers Foundation, a campaign group, issued a statement saying:

"Though it is not yet clear what those features will look like, we are cautiously optimistic that Google+ will do the right thing to ensure that all of its users feel free to express themselves on the site."

A handsome 40m people have signed up for an account via the social networking platform and needless to say, the number is growing.