http://www.socialtimes.com/2008/02/google-unleashes-the-social-graph-its-a-bunch-of-theory/ The Social Times covers news, analysis and insight pertaining to the social web. Learn how to brand yourself and your company via the social web. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:56:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://www.socialtimes.com/2008/02/google-unleashes-the-social-graph-its-a-bunch-of-theory/#comment-501 Search Graph API | DotNeil.com Tue, 05 Feb 2008 19:50:39 +0000 http://www.socialtimes.com/2008/02/google-unleashes-the-social-graph-its-a-bunch-of-theory/#comment-501 [...] Social (Search) Graph API, the second stab at Facebook, is closer to the left-hook that Google wanted to throw in the first round. However, because they’d already made a misjudged move with OpenSocial, Social Graph API feels like a pretty desperate, second chance move to me, and I’m sure Nick O’Neill feels the same way. Google tackled the wrong problem with OpenSocial, they chose an inappropriate name for what is essentially a ‘universal widget wrapper’, and they should have just skipped the widget game entirely, saving all the momentum for Social Graph API. Relationships are the important part, not the trivial applications. [...] […] Social (Search) Graph API, the second stab at Facebook, is closer to the left-hook that Google wanted to throw in the first round. However, because they’d already made a misjudged move with OpenSocial, Social Graph API feels like a pretty desperate, second chance move to me, and I’m sure Nick O’Neill feels the same way. Google tackled the wrong problem with OpenSocial, they chose an inappropriate name for what is essentially a ‘universal widget wrapper’, and they should have just skipped the widget game entirely, saving all the momentum for Social Graph API. Relationships are the important part, not the trivial applications. […]

]]> http://www.socialtimes.com/2008/02/google-unleashes-the-social-graph-its-a-bunch-of-theory/#comment-463 Digital Perspective Blog » Blog Archive » The Consolidation Game: Google Enters with Social Graph API Sat, 02 Feb 2008 15:24:42 +0000 http://www.socialtimes.com/2008/02/google-unleashes-the-social-graph-its-a-bunch-of-theory/#comment-463 [...] most efficient and disruptive mechanism for social sites and application we have seen. However, as Nick O’Neill points out, the numbers game don’t favor Google’s initiative: with over 70 million [...] […] most efficient and disruptive mechanism for social sites and application we have seen. However, as Nick O’Neill points out, the numbers game don’t favor Google’s initiative: with over 70 million […]

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