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I am sure you ‘ve heard of the latest Google product named Buzz, right? I am still waiting to see the Buzz link inside my Gmail. What about you? I have already commented/liked a couple of Buzz(es) till now. And for the last hour or so I ‘ve been looking around for some Buzz^2. For the time being I can already give you 3 reasons why I believe Google Buzz has already won.

It uses Google Accounts

There is so little chance that you don’t have a Google Account these days. What about a Google Profile? With Google Buzz your Google Profile is now getting in action. Featuring followers/following, public Buzz timeline with likes, comments, maps and more. Have you been using OpenID lately? Which account provider do you use the most? I bet Google is your first choice (if applicable).

It’s not a first mover

As Robert (Scoble) has mentioned before “The problem is that first mover rarely wins“. The thing is, Google is not a first mover in this. Google Buzz takes advantage of some of the most intriguing and successful existing features in other web services like FriendFeed and Twitter. It has incuded the Followers/Following feature which has proved its popularity in the latest years (see Twitter, FriendFeed, etc.). It also uses Google Reader’s and FriendFeed’s Like feature. The appearance of Google Buzz is very FriendFeed-like. I am not sure if Google Buzz can succeed where FriendFeed couldn’t, but I bet this time Google’s social fight/attempt will turn out successful.

It is made of PubSubHubbub

It’s real-time. Enough said.

There are also a few other stuff that make Google Buzz stand out. For instance, have you tried editing you comment or removing your “like”? See what happens to that buzz mail in your inbox?

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