Google Rolls Out Buzz Buttons
Despite Google’s near ubiquitous hype for Google Buzz across their expansive properties, the search engine’s attempt at social networking and messaging has yet to pick up significant traction online.
To be fair, the service was only publicly released a mere two months ago but we have yet to see any new features implemented on it that we haven’t already seen in other services like Twitter or Plurk among others. And though it does show great potential, public response has not been as enthusiastic as Google had hoped especially since users have highlighted early flaws involving privacy concerns and the intrusive nature of its original design platform.
Google has since polished these concerns, and this week, it has even rolled out Google Buzz buttons for site owners, bloggers and Web developers to integrate into their Web site. Prior to this, users had to manually copy the URL of a Web page they find interesting and paste them on Buzz’ interface; this meant having to jump from one browser tab to another. In fact, to implement Buzz’ functionality, sites like Mashable and TechCrunch had to code their own buttons.
Now, the release of these buttons make message broadcasting and link sharing with contacts a one-click affair. Aside from this feature, there is also a separate button for allowing your readers to follow you on Google Buzz.
As of writing, Google Buzz buttons have initially been integrated into participating sites like The Washington Post, The Huffington Post, MySpace and various PBS properties and, naturally across Google-owned Web sites, in addition to the aforementioned tech portals.
To get access to these, just visit buzz.google.com/stuff where you can configure them to your liking with a couple of click and it will generate a JavaScript code which you can copy and paste into your site’s HTML layout.
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RSpears @ April 14, 2010
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