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Tues News 2/16 (What You Don’t Know Edition)
Michael Block | February 16th, 2010
Thank you to Amanda for saving my buns by providing the links today. With Presidents’ Day on Monday and with me leaving for New York to take a new Google test, I’ve got quite the busy week for myself. However, whereas that may have prevented a Tues News in the past, steadfast Wpromoter, Amanda Moshier won’t let that be the case this week. She even threw in an extra link! The theme, as I understand it, is “what you don’t know,” spurred by the recent SNAFU with Google Buzz. We were going to go with “the privacy edition” except that I feel like privacy is coming up as an issue week after week. Don’t know what I’m talking about? Well then, let’s get going! Okay, so if you didn’t hear by now, everyone is really, really upset with Google. It turns out that if you had a Google profile and you enabled Buzz, there was a chance that people could see the Gmail addresses of your friends. As it turns out, that’s not a good thing, since many people who use Gmail often use it as their personal account and nobody knew about this until it was already happening. In a world where people get fired for receiving emails with the F-word in them, the privacy and separation of one’s personal email is sacrosanct. Hey Google, next time you rush a product, maybe make sure it’s good enough that people won’t notice this sort of gross oversight! [MarketingPilgrim] Who are Continue reading…
Tags: augmented reality, facebook, Google, google buzz, online privacy, search marketing
Posted in Tues News | 4 Comments
Google Buzzing. Twitter Fretting?
Michael Block | February 9th, 2010
Just about a month ago, I editorialized on the Wpromote blog about Google’s response to Yelp’s refusal to be purchased by Google: Hell hath no fury like Sergey and Larry [Google's founders] scorned. Keep in mind, all you innovators out there, that if Google offers to buy you out, what they are really saying is, “Don’t make us do what you do, only better!” Remember MapQuest? Yeah, neither do I. Well, it looks like Twitter may be getting similar comeuppance. Google just announced Google Buzz and you can learn about it in the video above or in the TechCrunch article hot off the presses. This move by Google is significant for a number of reasons: It’s built into Gmail and tons of people already use Gmail. It’s an outstanding parry to Facebook’s decision to try their hand at email (which would compete directly with Gmail). If you have Facebook and Gmail, one could argue that Twitter may be on its way to irrelevancy. Let’s speak to #3 because it’s a pretty bold statement. By the way, if you want to come off as a jerk, refer to your own statements as “bold.” It’s wicked-effective. Anyway, let’s think about the things that people use Twitter for: Updating peers on what they’re doing: Facebook and Buzz now have this covered. Sharing with peers things like pics, articles, memes, etc.: Facebook and Buzz now have this covered. Updating non-peers on the points above: Facebook and Buzz can have this covered (depending on privacy Continue reading…
Tags: facebook, gmail, Google, google buzz, social marketing, Twitter
Posted in Google, Internet News | 2 Comments
