Google Friend Connect is an enigma to me at this point. I have read and reviewed and still feel quite in the dark. The reviewers are generally pro the feature but some suggest that they still have a lot to learn about it. It all comes down to social features but no definitions offered. If anyone can put it into a nutshell I am sure that Synthasiters will be grateful.
Following is a small list of reviews: Some are really in double speak or jargon which always makes me scared.
Google brings Friend Connect to the masses. By Dan FARBER http://news.cnet.com/8301-13953_3-994...
As expected, Google has unveiled a preview of Friend Connect, a way to add social features to a Web site without
David Glazer, director of engineering at Google, described Friend Connect, as plumbing for the rest of the Web.
"The Web is getting better by getting more social. We've baked social features into the infrastructure of the Web, and it is not tied to any particular site," Glazer said. "Users can interact with any of their friends anywhere they go on Web, and with any app."
Unlike Facebook and MySpace, Google lacks a dominant, centralized social-networking hub. Friend Connect works the edges of the Internet, applying an open and distributed approach, and bringing a social dimension to the 99-plus percent of sites that aren't socially enabled.
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Google Friend Connect -- making open social easy. by Charlene Li. http://blogs.forrester.com/groundswel...
"The biggest buzz right now about social networks is not about them becoming more open, but about how they can't make money. I expect that at some point in the future, participating sites will have the option of enabling monetization engines via AdSense that tap into the deep profile and user data flowing through Friend Connect -- all done, presumably, with clear user approval and transparency."
What?? And How??
The best review and instruction is here:
Google Friend Connect Tactics
Friend Connect Google social networking...Chris LANG
http://googlingsocial.com/?author=1
Tutorial
http://googlingsocial.com/friend-conn...
Following is a small list of reviews: Some are really in double speak or jargon which always makes me scared.
Google brings Friend Connect to the masses. By Dan FARBER http://news.cnet.com/8301-13953_3-994...
As expected, Google has unveiled a preview of Friend Connect, a way to add social features to a Web site without
David Glazer, director of engineering at Google, described Friend Connect, as plumbing for the rest of the Web.
"The Web is getting better by getting more social. We've baked social features into the infrastructure of the Web, and it is not tied to any particular site," Glazer said. "Users can interact with any of their friends anywhere they go on Web, and with any app."
Unlike Facebook and MySpace, Google lacks a dominant, centralized social-networking hub. Friend Connect works the edges of the Internet, applying an open and distributed approach, and bringing a social dimension to the 99-plus percent of sites that aren't socially enabled.
????
Google Friend Connect -- making open social easy. by Charlene Li. http://blogs.forrester.com/groundswel...
"The biggest buzz right now about social networks is not about them becoming more open, but about how they can't make money. I expect that at some point in the future, participating sites will have the option of enabling monetization engines via AdSense that tap into the deep profile and user data flowing through Friend Connect -- all done, presumably, with clear user approval and transparency."
What?? And How??
The best review and instruction is here:
Google Friend Connect Tactics
Friend Connect Google social networking...Chris LANG
http://googlingsocial.com/?author=1
Tutorial
http://googlingsocial.com/friend-conn...
Posted 11 years ago
