TechCrunch has details about Google’s much anticipated new social networking platform. Google is going to launch a set of APIs named as OpenSocial (link will be live from Nov 1st) which will allow developers to build applications for participating social networks. From TechCrunch:
OpenSocial is a set of common APIs that application developers can use to create applications that work on any social networks (called “hosts”) that choose to participate.
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OpenSocial is a set of three APIs using which developers can access core functions and information of any social network
- Profile Information (user data)
- Friends Information (social graph)
- Activities (things that happen, News Feed type stuff)
Since FaceBook launched its platform, there is a lot of buzz about social networking websites opening up the data to the application developers to deploy applications on the host social network. But the developers have to learn different APIs to launch applications for different social networks. But with OpenSocial, Google has addressed this problem and defined a set of APIs which will be common for all participating social networks. Every participating network should implement the APIs and developers can deploy the same applications across all networks.
For Google, the effort could breathe new life into Orkut. Orkut is pretty popular in Brazil and India.
More updates to come when Google officially launches the OpenSocial.
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Orkut is becoming more popular day by day. It’s having all that a social network need to make it big. Gradually it’s adding add ons, making navigation more user friendly, easy on eye look and a loads of other features.
Now people can also post HTML scraps, i.e graphics, music scraps in their friends profiles. Recently it started a theme feature, which gives users a space to go for their choices.
many coders have developed some scripts/codes that can be used to increase your scrap count in minutes. So, it’s becoming more popular now-a-days.
Orkut also allow proxies to log on. Many schools and offices blocked Orkut. So, using Orkut proxies, u can get using Orkut.
Lastly, in comparasion to other social netwoks like, Facebook, Hi5, Tagged, Orkut is doing far better. may be because this is a Google product. But look at it’s alexa rank. It’s becoming popular day by day and it will also grow like this.
just my 2 cents
Hey,
Social Networks are really becoming the only way to get indexed super fast, reach the first page of search engines, and to get hoards of free traffic.
Here’s a new Social Network that coined the term “Social Marketing 2.0” and is fast becoming the new hangout for ‘whos who’ of Internet Marketing.
SocialJV.com
I personally use Social Marketing for 90% of my marketing efforts and I actively stay on top of what’s hot and what’s not in the Social world.
I’ll keep an eye on this blog!
Charles