Product Manager Todd Jackson who presented Buzz seemed really smart and enthusiastic, and that's a really good start for Buzz. There is a need for this type of

Product Manager Todd Jackson who presented Buzz seemed really smart and enthusiastic, and that's a really good start for Buzz. There is a need for this type of stream-based social networking. I think the biggest factors in Buzz's success will be: - can Google monetize it: they should do the things that Twitter won't in this respect. - will the API be easy enough and presented simply enough for novices to use (eg like Twitter) - but also be complex enough for advanced usage: eg, easy location based stuff - can they fully break it out of the Gmail Silo and make it a standalone service. Why not create a new product with independent name, Microsoft Live became Bing. Google Buzz becomes _____ - can they integrate it with Google Apps email interfaces rather than just GMail most importantly - will they keep engineers and many resources on it, taking in feedback and iterating