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Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: October 28, 2011 – Search Engine Roundtable
Oct 28th
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Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: October 28, 2011
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FTC Finalizes Settlement of Google Buzz Privacy Issues
Oct 27th
The FTC has approved its settlement with Google that addresses improper privacy disclosure during the release of Buzz. The settlement mandates additional privacy procedures, including third-party privacy audits every other year for the next two de…
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Google Buzz: Did Google Get a Buzz or a Hangover?
Oct 18th
Since the launch of Google+ in June, the new social network has grown rapidly to over 40 million users. On Friday, Google announced that they would be closing down Google Buzz in an effort to fully concentrate on the further development and growth of Google+.
Bradley Horowitz, the vice president of product at Google, said the following in a blog post:
“Changing the world takes focus on the future, and honesty about the past. We learned a lot from products like Buzz, and are putting that learning to work every day in our vision for products like Google+. Our users expect great things from us; today’s announcements let us focus even more on giving them something truly awesome.”
Google Buzz, which is a micro-blogging and messaging social network, originally launched in February of 2010. Almost immediately following Buzz’s launch, privacy concerns became a huge problem. The default settings initially allowed Buzz to automatically create a list of people users followed on the basis of who they chatted and emailed with the most. Unfortunately, that list was then made publicly available to people who viewed a user’s profile.
Although Google updated the privacy settings and default options within two days of rolling out Google Buzz, the privacy issues damaged the product’s reputation, made it difficult for users to trust Google, and severely limited Buzz’s future growth. The privacy problems eventually led to a Federal Trade Commission investigation and the mandate of annual privacy audits for Google.
Once Google Buzz is shut down, users will no longer be able to create new posts. However, Buzz users will be able to view existing content within their Google Profile or download content using Google Takeout.
In addition to closing down Google Buzz and its API, as part of the fall sweep, Google will also shut down code search, Jaiku, iGoogle’s social features, and the university research program.
[Sources Include: Official Google Blog & CNET]
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Google Shutting Down Buzz and 4 Other Services
Oct 18th
Google announced that several products will be shut down by January 15, 2012. This includes Google Buzz, Code Search, the University Research Program for Google Search, iGoogle social features, Jaiku, and several APIs associated with these service…
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Google Buzz: Dig Google Get a Buzz or a Hangover?
Oct 18th
Since the launch of Google+ in June, the new social network has grown rapidly to over 40 million users. On Friday, Google announced that they would be closing down Google Buzz in an effort to fully concentrate on the further development and growth of Google+.
Bradley Horowitz, the vice president of product at Google, said the following in a blog post:
“Changing the world takes focus on the future, and honesty about the past. We learned a lot from products like Buzz, and are putting that learning to work every day in our vision for products like Google+. Our users expect great things from us; today’s announcements let us focus even more on giving them something truly awesome.”
Google Buzz, which is a micro-blogging and messaging social network, originally launched in February of 2010. Almost immediately following Buzz’s launch, privacy concerns became a huge problem. The default settings initially allowed Buzz to automatically create a list of people users followed on the basis of who they chatted and emailed with the most. Unfortunately, that list was then made publicly available to people who viewed a user’s profile.
Although Google updated the privacy settings and default options within two days of rolling out Google Buzz, the privacy issues damaged the product’s reputation, made it difficult for users to trust Google, and severely limited Buzz’s future growth. The privacy problems eventually led to a Federal Trade Commission investigation and the mandate of annual privacy audits for Google.
Once Google Buzz is shut down, users will no longer be able to create new posts. However, Buzz users will be able to view existing content within their Google Profile or download content using Google Takeout.
In addition to closing down Google Buzz and its API, as part of the fall sweep, Google will also shut down code search, Jaiku, iGoogle’s social features, and the university research program.
[Sources Include: Official Google Blog & CNET]
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Google Retires A Slew Of Old Products, Including Buzz
Oct 14th
The day after its Q3 earnings report, Google announced a “fall sweep” of old products into the dustbin of Internet history. In the most telling move – albeit one which we knew would come – Google Buzz and its API are finished, and Google Plus will absorb the old content. The open data standards that made Buzz interesting will be replaced with the haltingly slow rollout of APIs for Google Plus. Google Labs is also gone for good. The site will shut down effective today.
In addition to Buzz and Labs, a slew of mis-remembered little projects are going away, too. Google Code Search and the Code Search API will be shut down on January 15, 2012. Jaiku, a 2007 acquisition of a Twitter-like nature, is no more. The social features for the iGoogle homepage will be replaced by Google Plus. The University Research Program for Google Search will close its API for academics.
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Even though Google Buzz wasn’t terribly good at anything, from a user standpoint, we at least enjoyed its developer-centric nature. It was all about open data. That may have been all it had going for it, but that meant something. Its replacement, Google Plus, is awfully slick and smooth and secretive. The few APIs released so far barely enable developers to make anything, much less anything interesting.
Google sure is a busy place. Its whole business is undergoing rapid transformations, even if its quarterly earnings are reported so generally that they seem stable.
Google is spending money and changing shape. It’s launching social networks and buying handset manufacturers. It’s hiring new people, buying new infrastructure, and now it’s shedding old products. When will Google start to break a sweat?
What’s next for Google? Sound off in the comments.
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It’s Not Just Chatter: TV Shows With Social Media Buzz Have Higher Ratings
Oct 7th
Television shows that are widely discussed on social networks like Facebook and Twitter also have a tendency to have higher ratings than other shows, new data from Nielsen reveals.
The fact that people tweet about TV shows and chat about them on Facebook and Google Plus is hardly breaking news, but this is among the first hard data that demonstrates a correlation between that social chatter and actual, real-world viewership. This is especially true among younger viewers, Nielsen points out.
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You might think, well sure, of course TV shows that people see more get talked about more. But this data doesn’t pertain exclusively to discussions that go on while a show is airing; Much of the chatter happens prior to the show’s air date, and that chatter can help predict the show’s actual success. Four weeks before a show begins, a 9% increase in social media buzz translates into a 1% increase in ratings.
As the season goes on, the correlation gets weaker, but it still exists. By mid-season, it takes a 14% increase in social buzz to correlate with a 1% increase in ratings. The same is true of the season finale of the show.
The role of social media in the television-viewing has been growing over the last few years. Even if an overwhelming number of people are not yet using social entertainment check-in apps like GetGlue, they’re certainly posting to Twitter and Facebook as they watch. This trend has grown as tablets and smartphones have found their way onto the couch and viewers use so-called second screen apps to complement the television watching experience.
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SEO Company Services Firm Announces a Strategic Business Alliance with Buzz … – San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Sep 1st
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SEO Company Services Firm Announces a Strategic Business Alliance with Buzz …
San Francisco Chronicle (press release) SEO-Company-Services.com, a highly regarded SEO (Search Engine Optimization) firm announced today a strategic business alliance with Buzz-Alert.com, a leading provider of high quality web videos. "The importance of integrating high quality web videos … |
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