Comments on: Yet ANOTHER Social Network? Why You Should Care About Google Buzz. http://www.248creative.com/blog/why-you-should-care-about-google-buzz/ The Web Made Simple. Wed, 02 Jun 2010 02:56:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Vincent Macaluso http://www.248creative.com/blog/why-you-should-care-about-google-buzz/comment-page-1/#comment-1884 Vincent Macaluso Mon, 15 Feb 2010 23:32:30 +0000 http://www.248creative.com/blog/?p=266#comment-1884 I want to thank Tommy for sharing this information about Google Buzz and I will take a look at it to see if it will help me out. In my opinion what makes a social networking web site work well like face book is the interaction with others. I want to thank Tommy for sharing this information about Google Buzz and I will take a look at it to see if it will help me out. In my opinion what makes a social networking web site work well like face book is the interaction with others.

]]> By: Nick Pyykkonen http://www.248creative.com/blog/why-you-should-care-about-google-buzz/comment-page-1/#comment-1879 Nick Pyykkonen Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:15:32 +0000 http://www.248creative.com/blog/?p=266#comment-1879 In addition to Tommy's thoughts above, my first impression, many of its' positives are also its' negatives. Positives: - Simple and easy to use. - Buzz is already setup if you use Gmail. This means that you will be instantly connected with many of the people you already connect with on a regular basis. The Buzz tab is right below your Inbox tab. - Integrated with Gmail means no more switching from twitter to facebook to LinkedIN etc. Negatives: - Too simple. The "home" page for buzz seems to show a limited number of your followers updates (similar to FB but the space is smaller, showing less updates). - The more followers you have, the more updates you will see each time you login to Gmail. They show up just like a new email. Meaning, if you have a large number of followers, you will easily see 100+ new update notifications. - Privacy. There has already been plenty of discussion about this. Being integrated with Gmail means everyone can see who you talk with on a regular basis. - The fact that it is integrated with Gmail. Why? Because not everyone uses Gmail. People still use Yahoo and AOL and other mail services. Believe it or not, not everyone loves Google the way some of us do. - Options and control of who you can follow seem to be limited. Tied in with my previous point, even most people on Gmail do not have the proper profiles setup on Google, meaning only people on Gmail that are currently using social network sites will immediately try Buzz. Overall, I am not super impressed with Buzz, yet. I will certainly not be leaving Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIN anytime, but Google is on the right track and I look forward to learning more about it and seeing the true power it has! In addition to Tommy’s thoughts above, my first impression, many of its’ positives are also its’ negatives.

Positives:
- Simple and easy to use.
- Buzz is already setup if you use Gmail. This means that you will be instantly connected with many of the people you already connect with on a regular basis. The Buzz tab is right below your Inbox tab.
- Integrated with Gmail means no more switching from twitter to facebook to LinkedIN etc.

Negatives:
- Too simple. The “home” page for buzz seems to show a limited number of your followers updates (similar to FB but the space is smaller, showing less updates).
- The more followers you have, the more updates you will see each time you login to Gmail. They show up just like a new email. Meaning, if you have a large number of followers, you will easily see 100+ new update notifications.
- Privacy. There has already been plenty of discussion about this. Being integrated with Gmail means everyone can see who you talk with on a regular basis.
- The fact that it is integrated with Gmail. Why? Because not everyone uses Gmail. People still use Yahoo and AOL and other mail services. Believe it or not, not everyone loves Google the way some of us do.
- Options and control of who you can follow seem to be limited. Tied in with my previous point, even most people on Gmail do not have the proper profiles setup on Google, meaning only people on Gmail that are currently using social network sites will immediately try Buzz.

Overall, I am not super impressed with Buzz, yet. I will certainly not be leaving Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIN anytime, but Google is on the right track and I look forward to learning more about it and seeing the true power it has!

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