Google Friend Connect is a much-awaited service from Google that lets you add social features to any website or blog. For instance, your blog readers can join your site (remember MyBlogLog) via their Google Account and then add comments, rate pictures or even interact with other members who are part of your blog.
Google earlier opened Friend Connect for a limited number of users only but I suspect that the public launch of Friend Connect may happen very soon. That’s because Google today released a new video that gives a short introduction to Friend Connect and unlike previous videos, this one is more inclined towards marketing the service to the non-developer crowd.
Google generally introduces new products or new features in existing products through short YouTube videos and this Friend Connect video may therefore be a hint about the public launch.
If you like to see Friend Connect in action, go to Orli Yakuel’s blog and check the Friends widget in the right sidebar – that’s an OpenSocial Apps powered by Google Friend Connect. The Google blog has more details about how Friend Connect works while this press release touches upon some more possible uses of Friend Connect.
Sharing your Google Profile with the site. Credit: Orli
Find this article at: http://www.labnol.org/internet/google-friend-connect-launch/5405/
web: http://www.labnol.org/ email: amit@labnol.org
Reader Comments
If it’s targeted at the non developer crowd, then maybe it’s something I will find easy to use. I am not very techie. :-D
Written by AngelaE8654 on 11.13.08
this is gonna be terrific!
Written by Justin on 11.13.08
I am not understandin Orkut is very popular one (ofcourse not out side india). Why google is going for new friedconnect sites, instead improving orkut. Probably I might have not understood what is Google friendconnect.
Thanks,
Dutt
Written by Dutt on 11.13.08
Wonder if this will take Google to new highs. The only advantage is that you can just join a network if you have a google id, already. Secondly, are they trying to eat into the market share of MyBlogLog? time will tell!
Written by Naren Ubi on 11.14.08
Seems like another 20% time project to me.
Written by Supreet on 11.14.08
I sure hope they ship Friend Connect soon, I can’t wait to play with it on my blog!
Written by Adam Loving on 11.20.08
Google Friend Connect seems like a wonderful feature to add to any blog, and it’s easy enough to set up. All you need to do is copy and paste a code into your blog. I’m going to try it out now. Thank you for sharing this!
Written by Julia on 03.31.09