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Is google still investing resources in Google Groups? It doesn't look that way.
by bretthellman 15y ago
Is google still investing resources in Google Groups? It doesn't look that way.
- barryhunter 15y agoyes. This is under active development https://groups.google.com/forum/#!overview https://groups.google.com/forum/#!overview
- ExpiredLink 15y agoGoogle abandoned "Google" Groups (Usenet belongs to Google?) years ago and gave in to spammers.
- yuhong 15y agoYea, there was a period of time where it sucked (I remembered it too), but now it is much better.
- jaredsohn 15y agoI think the 'Google Groups' name refers more to being a Google search engine that searches groups (similar to 'Google Photos' or 'Google Videos'). Google Groups isn't just Usenet either -- they also allow creating private and public groups similar to Yahoo Groups.
- abraham 15y agoIn the last year Groups has had pretty significant work done on improvements. A complete new AJAX based design, better moderation controls for forum owners, and even Q&A features that are being tested in some Google Support forums.
- luriel 15y agoI'm not convinced the new AJAX interface is a big improvement, and the old interface was already not particularly great.
- rickmb 15y agoGroups is also offered as part of Google Apps, where it's actually useful (as internal mailinglists with web-based archive) since it's a closed environment.
- thomaslangston 15y agoIt still seems to be the easiest way to setup and manage a small mailing list. I don't need more features and we just got a big UI update.