Why Google Sucks at Social Media

Discussion in 'Google' started by Maximizationator, Oct 22, 2009.

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    Seems like Google intentionally sucks at social media. Orkut, while a success in Brazil, was a "miserable failure" almost everywhere else. Google's vision is centered around contextual advertising and SEARCH - the best monitization model to date - one that assumes people will recognize what they are looking for when they find it, and facilitates that process.

    Email - Google's primary social media - is probably one of their most controversial. Google scans your personal emails for content that it can use to display contextual advertising next to it. Seems like they've already got all the social media data they're looking for right in your mailbox.

    Interestingly, Google was the only company somehow able to skirt the privacy laws both Microsoft and Yahoo were subject to. Google stores your G-mail, even after you delete it... which, in my opinion, is why they suck at social media.
     
    Maximizationator, Oct 22, 2009 IP
  2. luizeba

    luizeba Active Member

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    I'm brazilian...
    Sooooo...
    For me, Google rlz at Social Media hahahah
     
    luizeba, Oct 22, 2009 IP
  3. Maximizationator

    Maximizationator Peon

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    You are the exception :)
     
    Maximizationator, Oct 22, 2009 IP
  4. Mr. Gill

    Mr. Gill Active Member

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    Orkut is a huge success in India too.
    But Facebook is catching up fast, Orkut is coming down
     
    Mr. Gill, Oct 23, 2009 IP
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    ksalman92 Peon

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    Wait..as in they store it for their own use, or they store it somewhere in your mailbox?

    Can you recover this? x.x
     
    ksalman92, Oct 23, 2009 IP
  6. mmind786

    mmind786 Peon

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    Well i am looking forward for Google wave to launch for Publicly , And what i see in video its show me that, Google wave will beat every Social Media network For sure, Like Orkut does in Past,
     
    mmind786, Oct 24, 2009 IP
  7. ractors

    ractors Well-Known Member

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    orkut have high sucess in india. But i think facebook covering all nations.
     
    ractors, Oct 24, 2009 IP