Google opens up social networking I heard some new that Google opens up social networking. I found it here the post of blog uowz. Google has launched a system that will allow developers to create applications for a variety of social networks. Developers currently have to customise their designs for a particular site with many partnering with the hugely popular Facebook. Google’s OpenSocial system will allow a wider distribution for tools like Facebook’s music recommendation service iLike and its Top Friends application. It has long been reported that Google has big ambitions in social networking. Last week it missed out on the chance to buy a stake in Facebook with the founders choosing instead to do a deal with Microsoft. “Facebook-fear†Google said that around a dozen social network partners had signed up to the system, including business site LinkedIn, Friendster and Google’s own social network Orkut. Developers already onboard include Flixster, iLike and RockYou. Unlike Facebook, OpenSocial allows developers to write in normal javascript and html with only minor adjustments needed for the code to work on its platform. According to blog TechCrunch the plan is likely to be a big hit with developers as well as Facebook’s rivals. “Developers have been complaining non stop about the costs of learning yet another markup language for every new social network platform, and taking developer time in creating and maintaining the code,†wrote TechCrunch’s Michael Arrington. He is impressed by the number of social networks that have signed up so far. “Facebook-fear has clearly driven good partners to side with Google,†he wrote. Technology writer Om Malik observed: “OpenSocial attacks Facebook where it is the weakest (and the strongest): its quintessential closed nature.â€
Yea, c'mon Google come up with something good we can integrate into our sites - we need the vbulletin of social networking software please
The number of users of all the OpenSocial partner networks is 100 million - more than twice that of facebook. http://bookmarks.honewatson.com/2007/11/01/opensocial-api/
OpenSocial is not a social networking website but a web app platform which allows you to create web apps that will work for multiple social networking websites like hi5, orkut, ning etc
Everything Google do seems to be revolutionary and extremely successful, I won't be surprise at this one.
Its just google trying to dominate the online world. I hope their sb site would be revolutionary just like gmail.. and dofollow too by default..
I hope they are successful but I really do not want any entity to dominate the Internet, hope the smaller ones win some against Google.