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Re: Google Stories

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Post by foota »

Looks interesting, seems like an AMP like format (or AMP extension? Unclear.) for publishing stories that can be picked up by other platforms (likely at this point only google). I realize people hate AMP, but this seems like a strictly better alternative than a closed platform like snapchat, instagram, etc., present.

Edit: here's the technical documentation, https://amp.dev/documentation/guides-and-tutorials/?format=s...

Re: Google Stories

#33

Post by aerovistae »

dhnajsjdnd wrote: post #21
aerovistae wrote: post #16

I'll be honest: I don't know what this is and I don't want to know. I want nothing to do with it. Google needs to give up on this. They failed with gchat, they failed with google wave, they failed with orkut, they failed with google+.... They can't seem to stop trying to worm their way into social tech. They just don't get that their brand doesn't work for this and nobody is buying it.

So they should take the Google name off it?

I don't know how to solve Google's problems and I don't pretend to. If I did I'd write a carefully thought-out Medium post and get claps and reshares and so on.

All I know is that as a user I can only describe my emotional reaction as "revulsion" whenever they unveil one of their new cash-grab copies of someone else's platform.

Re: Google Stories

#34

Post by corobo »

Classic Google and social. Last on the scene, overdoes it, no users+

Social is Google's Moby Dick haha. You'll get it one day big G.

+ This last one's a bet. I'll check back next year

Re: Google Stories

#35

Post by mrlala »

stingraycharles wrote: post #24

Am I the only one who, after reading the landing page, still has no idea what this is? I’ve been watching “immersive” websites for quite some time, mostly marketing-ish websites but also sometimes some special purpose pages from National Geografic or NYT. What exactly is this? A JavaScript/CSS framework? Something like AMP? Or is it a social network like Snapchat? I’m genuinely confused what I’m looking at and feel o…

I think they are just trying to make it easy to make a story-like webpage (as you mentioned nat geo or NYT do this at times). However someone with no web experience who just wants to tell a story can't make a complicated site like that.

So, it seems like this is just a tool to assist with that.

Which is interesting.. however their landing page sure doesn't make it at all clear as to what is going on.

Re: Google Stories

#36

Post by ativzzz »

stingraycharles wrote: post #24

Am I the only one who, after reading the landing page, still has no idea what this is? I’ve been watching “immersive” websites for quite some time, mostly marketing-ish websites but also sometimes some special purpose pages from National Geografic or NYT. What exactly is this? A JavaScript/CSS framework? Something like AMP? Or is it a social network like Snapchat? I’m genuinely confused what I’m looking at and feel o…

Interactive advertisements similar to those that already exist on snapchat/instagram

Re: Google Stories

#37

Post by jtsiskin »

I have no doubt pretty soon these stories will be in a carousel at the top of google.com search results, just like featured snippets. And like AMP, this will bring you higher in the search results, so everyone will be making these. Another way to keep people on Google instead instead of proceeding to the host website...

(It looks like they already do this in their mobile app)

Re: Google Stories

#38

Post by singhrac »

I think the comments about how this is yet another google wave/orkut/+, etc., are kind of missing what this is (probably because of bad branding overlap with Snapchat/Instagram stories).

I think this is a content marketing and blogging platform for small startups, "influencers", and the like. Think of NomadList, Thrillist, food review websites, blogs, etc.

That doesn't mean that this will be very successful, obviously, but I don't see an individual person making much use of this. Seems like a fine thing for a startup to do, Google will probably not get enough out of this to keep it alive.

Re: Google Stories

#40

Post by Fragoel2 »

I guess stories will go down in history as the perfect example of a feature that was perfect in a single product (Instagram) and everyone tried to copy it in its own product, failing miserably.
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