Poll: Google and Microblogging
March 4, 2009
A few days ago I posted about Google and microblogging, and wished I had a poll widget. Now I do. So here goes:
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Reader Ed Brenegar writes: This is a year to change the customer relations game. With less commerce happening, presumably, there is more time for interaction. That interaction has to build the relationships...»
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“ 'It simply doesn't want developers able to create software from which Apple won't profit.' ...”» - says
“ The app store has such great potential, but so far, I've been a bit disappointed with what ...”» - says
“ We private investigators (read= professional finder-outers) most often start our searches ...”» - says
“ My guess is, and it's just a guess, that with the headphones on, your voice was louder tha ...”» - says
“ Opening their API on XBox could be a major coup for Miscrosoft, I am suprised that they ha ...”» - says
“ Opening their API on XBox could be a majro coup for Miscrosoft, I am suprised that they ha ...”» - says
“ Damn, John, haven't I been saying these things for quite some time now? Information retri ...”» - says
“ I'm confused. Ed, Debbie, why is it rude to talk on a cell-phone or web chat but not rude ...”»
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Comments
Oh, I HOPE not. "Social" giants playing "quien es mas macho" with my friends list? Enough, already. Give us poor users a break: merge, don't disrupt.
I don't think so. Advertising is still making almost all of Google's revenue and apparently there the performance of ads in social applications is unconvincing.
The instant that they can figure out how to monetize it they will...
I am not sure if you have missed this, but Google bought Jaiku. Jaiku was twitter competitor. Jaiku is currently closed and will be released as open sourced project ported to Google App Engine.
Here is the news:
http://www.jaiku.com/blog/2009/01/15/were-going-open-source/
I see Google buying FriendFeed rather than start a Twitter competitor. That is assuming that FF can continue to grow and stay relevant, in the face of Facebook's page redesign and activity feed.
Jaiku was less than a success, but Google is good at learning from its mistakes (Dodgeball was a dud and Latitude rose up to take its place).
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