The Core Features of Google Buzz, the Latest Release from Google Store for Gmail Users
Google is always a few steps ahead of its rivals through innovations. A new release from the Google store is Google Buzz, a Gmail-integrated utility to boost social networking. A boon for social and business purposes, Google Buzz is accessible through Gmail. The use of this innovative Gmail tab is to share information, updates, links, photos and videos with your Gmail contacts. It automatically sets you up to follow those who you email and chat the most. Google Buzz is supposed to contend successfully with two social networking giants – Facebook and Twitter. Let us see how user-friendly this Google innovation is. 
40 out of your Gmail and Gtalk contacts will be automatically added to the list of your friends in Google Buzz. You can see update or comment from anyone in your friend list in the inbox. The interface of each of your followers in Google Buzz features four options – view recent post, view people following him or her, view people he or she is following and block him or her. There is another option “follow back” clicking which you can follow the person who is following you.
Google Buzz allows you a choice to either make your buzzes go public or keep them private. Only your Buzz followers can view your private updates, photos and videos. It ensures your online privacy and protection. Your public updates will be visible on your Google Profile page. If your profile page has already been indexed in Google, your public buzzes too are indexable in Google search engine.
Google Buzz can keep you connected to Picasa, Flickr, Twitter, Google Chat and Google Reader. The pictures from your Flickr or Picasa album will be displayed in your Buzz profile. They will show full screen if clicked on their thumbnails. You can modify the pictures as you wish and set them by saving changes. YouTube videos too will go visible in your Buzz profile. A click on any of them will let it play online.
Adding to the wonders of Google Buzz is the display of tweets from your Twitter profile in the Buzz profile. It is a good platform for compact and concise group conversations as real-time updates and comments appear in the bar on the Buzz profile pages. Buzzing is more advantageous than tweeting since the character strength of a buzz is not limited as in case of tweets.
Google Buzz, the latest release from Google is a reason for smartphone users to rejoice. It will be available as a web application on smartphones, Apple iPhones and Android-backed devices. It is accessible from your smartphone on logging on to buzz.google.com through your mobile browser where as Android devices and iPhones are supporting it. Other mobile applications too will turn up with this Gmail social networking utility very soon.
There is anticipation in the world of internet marketers that Google Buzz will revolutionize the way internet marketing is done. Some opine that it can get success over email marketing. Hold your breath, my friends. I will turn up with focus on the implications of Google Buzz for online marketing in my next blog.
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