Saying Google Buzz is like Twitter, but
integrated with Gmail and with a few new
features... is like saying Facebook is like
Twitter, but with integrated email and with a
few extra features... or Twitter is like
Facebook, but missing a ton of features.
People like Twitter because of its simplicity.
People like Facebook because MySpace started
feeling like Geocities... a bunch of difficult
to look at pages which look like they were
designed by 12-year-olds.
People who use chat within Gmail will probably
also enjoy Google Buzz and will simply use it.
It won't replace Twitter. It won't replace
Facebook. It will simply coexist and may draw
even more users to Gmail.
Google Buzz is the newest Google product that exists. It can easily be summed up by saying it’s the same as Twitter — but integrated with your Gmail inbox, and a couple extra built-in features that you can see in this video.
The question isn’t whether Google’s feature is good or not, but rather if it’s going to take off quickly? Twitter has become pretty much the status quo as far as real-time updates go. Even if it’s connected to Gmail and is pre-populated with your friends out of the box, it’s not going to be easy for Google to compete with Twitter.
Google had purchased a company called Jaiku a long time ago, but failed to make anything of it. It had the potential to be a formidable competitor to Twitter, but instead, it was left to die. This is Google’s attempt to get into the game, but I fear it may be a tad bit late.
What do you think?
