One of Google’s newest service Buzz is a new way to start conversations about the things you find interesting. It’s built within the Gmail account, so users will not have dig an entirely new set of friends from scratch. This is the only free email provider available having a social network within a free webmail account.
This latest service has been launched for less than a month old and has already got itself into trouble concerning privacy issues. The controversial feature known as “auto-follow” which Google called “auto-suggest” means that Buzz immediately redirects you to follow the people you regularly email and chat. This is ideal if you want to do it with your friends but you don’t want to follow work associates or your bosses whom you also have to send webmail email regularly.
However, Google is now posting its ads with another people’s content. This means that Google Buzz is republishing not just the parts of it but the full article itself without even asking for permission. Allegedly it also strips advertising from that content distributing Google advertisements which means people are wasting money.
So it appears that Google’s effort to try and expand itself into social media did not go well with a good start. On the other hand, the location-based features of Google Buzz for mobile seems excellent and the Buzz updates is not limited to 140 characters unlike Twitter.
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