Is it time to reconsider Google Buzz vs Facebook or Twitter?
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#2Buzz really needs its own site and identity, separated from GMail. As much as Google likes it, their GMail/GDoc interface can be "busy" to me. I hope for cleaner interface, but this is just personal preference I guess.
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#3I don't see how.
Buzz is something I once turned on and is too lazy to turn off. It brings me nothing of value.
But that's obviously just me. Others might differ.
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#4I don't see how. Buzz is something I once turned on and is too lazy to turn off. It brings me nothing of value. But that's obviously just me. Others might differ.
I'm in the same boat.
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#5He's right about long form articles. It's more like using a planet than posting messages to twitter
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#6http://code.google.com/apis/buzz/
Activity Streams, PubSubHubbub, Salmon protocol on the roadmap
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#7I gave up after this classic Scoble:
"I know, I have 10,000 people following me..."
Was there anything intelligent in this article, or more ego masturbation?
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#8Regarding point 8, "I wonder if there’s an SEO opportunity here", in which Robert wonders whether Google is giving Buzzed pages an artificial bump:
No way, not in the vanilla organic results. You hear these speculations with every new Google service (e.g., Knol), and they're always unfounded. IMHO, Google would be asking for an antitrust case if they started playing that game.
However, Buzz results do show up in One Box results, and are prominently featured in the real-time listings, so they are more valuable than one might expect. Also, last time I checked they don't nofollow the links in Buzz posts. ;)
So generally, I think Robert is right that there's an "SEO opportunity" with Buzz, but probably not for the reason he thinks.
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#9Buzz hasn't been able to convince me that it is a service I need. Facebook/Twitter/Tumblr have been working out pretty well for me and adding anything else to that list which doesn't satisfy a niche would be pretty useless.
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#10The way for Buzz to instantly gain credibility would be for Google to take the Diaspora route and open it up as a decentralised platform.
What I've found interesting is that part of what seems to be making Buzz more engaging is how it is tied to your real name (assuming that is what you use for Gmail) - but at the same time that has been part of what has made me hesitant to fully adopting it.