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Google Me & You: Taking Social Seriously
Michael Block | June 30th, 2010
Kevin Rose, the founder of social aggregator Digg and all-around Internet bigwig, recently tweeted that Google was up to something big and that it was purportedly called “Google Me.” After much hoopla, major online news channels were confirming the story and already speculating on what Google Me meant to the social fabric of the Internet. Would Google Me become an adequate competitor or even replacement to Facebook? Is Google taking this project seriously? Would it be a huge success like Gmail or a huge bust like Google Buzz? When can we expect it to launch? The one thing that we know for sure, though, is that we don’t know much yet. Much like all the speculation about Lebron James, it seems that we’ll just have to just wait until Google Me is finally unveiled before we have the real scoop. If you’re interested in reading more about Google Me, I’d recommend the following resources: Former Facebook CTO: ‘Google Me’ Is Real, And It’s Gunning For Facebook [TechCrunch] Openness Would Decide Whether ‘Google Me’ Is Genius or Garbage [Wired] A new social network? ‘Google Me’ [CNNMoney] These articles not only give you a great cheat sheet on what you may be able to expect from Google Me, but they also detail what may cause Google Me to succeed or fail, how it might be different from Buzz and how it may choose to fight Facebook. It’s really riveting stuff and I wouldn’t deign to suggest that I know better than any Continue reading…
Tags: facebook, Google, Google Me, social marketing, social networking
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