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It seems that Googles' testing of Buzz reflects the reason they even created it. They didn't create Buzz for us, the users. We have Facebook and Twitter and F
by gkoberger 17y ago
It seems that Googles' testing of Buzz reflects the reason they even created it.
They didn't create Buzz for us, the users. We have Facebook and Twitter and FriendFeed and a billion other ways to share data. They created it for themselves- they need realtime data for their search results.
To me, the lack of testing with users shows that they are doing it almost purely for their own benefit.
Small tangent: I watched a video a few years ago about how Facebook is the new search engine. I thought that was going too far- who would replace Google with Facebook? However, it certainly seems to be becoming true- we turn to our social circle rather than our search engines for trusted results these days. Their purchase of Aardvark seems to recognize this, as well.
- Groxx 17y agoThough it could be used to enhance search results (and I wouldn't doubt they do this), I doubt that's the main reason. This could be extremely useful for any business email account, to share a central system with everyone in the office / business / etc, just like Wave but less all-or-nothing.