Google thinks that now is the time to incorporate the social-network into the search engine | IslamOnline.net
Perhaps surprising to some, Google too makes mistakes. This fact was on display with the February launch of Buzz, Google’s social networking service apparently aimed at competing with Facebook and Twitter.
The problem was not Buzz itself, but the hasty manner with which Google pushed it onto its Gmail users. Like Twitter and Facebook, Buzz enables users to post “status” updates, links, photos, and the whole repertoire of Web-borne distractions.
However, eager to make its presence immediately felt in the new realm, Google decided not to start from scratch. Instead, it tied the new social-networking service to Gmail, its mail service with about 175 million users. And before users knew it, they were, without permission, signed up on Buzz, and assigned lists of “followers” based on the frequency of email exchanges with people in their address books.
