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Google has a real problem with account management right now. That somebody has to grok all this to use Google's services is bizarre. What's worse is that this

by ryandvm 17y ago

Google has a real problem with account management right now. That somebody has to grok all this to use Google's services is bizarre. What's worse is that this doesn't even mention the third and entirely separate class of accounts - Google Apps Accounts. We use Google Apps Premier Edition and it boggles my mind that to this day, Google does not allow Apps users to log into the majority of Google's products with their Apps account. sigh

sstrudeau 17y ago
Agreed. Every app seems to have a slightly different authentication/authorization/identity model. Docs works differently than Analytics, works differently than Ad Manager, works differently than Feedburner. I'm currently managing 3 "Google Accounts" right now to work-around these mismatched identity patterns and am using one shared Google Account to manage Feedburner, which has a one:one Google Account:Feed pattern (which really irks me). Webmaster Tools is also one:one but at least you can independently authorize multiple accounts...