Posted by on June 15th, 2010 View Comments
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The SEO playing field has been widening at a constant rate. Social Networking sites are now being included by search engine in their results pages and these developments have posted quite a stir among many web developers. Not to be left behind, Google—one of the world’s most renowned companies—has recently developed a proprietary social networking platform.
Four months ago, the biggest search engine in the world launched Google Buzz and embedded it as a feature in Gmail. Dubbed as the brand’s “Twitter killer,” Google Buzz needs no set-up and automatically adds Gmail contacts to Buzz’s Friends page. Google Buzz fuses the social networking features found in renowned websites such as Facebook, complementing the mailing service that Gmail provides.
Here are some of the key features of Google Buzz:
Aside from all of these features, Google and other developers in the market have come up with several tools for people to further enhance their Google Buzz experience. Google has been known to be an advocate of web developers. They usually take up applications that are made by whomever and have them available to use by their Gmail or Buzz users.
Many developers have constantly taken advantage in bringing their own developments and make it available for use in Google Buzz. These web tools can be used and integrated into their Buzz accounts to effectively manage Buzz accounts:
1. Buzz Can Tweet
This Buzz tool is prefect for users who have Twitter accounts and would want to simultaneously manage Buzz and Twitter accounts in one go. In this set-up, a user who signs up for the Buzz Can Tweet service will be able to post tweets on their Twitter accounts and make these appear on their Google Buzz pages, and vice versa. Your Buzz updates will also be sent to your Twitter account making it easier for your followers on both social networks to know what you are doing.
Another advantage of this set-up is the easier sharing and posting of various files such as pictures and video. Your followers on Twitter will be able to see your posts even without their own Google Buzz accounts.
2. BuzzStats
Like your typical search engine optimization, Google Buzz ranks its users according to the popularity of their posts or accounts. By using BuzzStats, users can manage their rankings and find other high ranking users with whom they can connect to.
This tool will also give you the raw status of your website in the overall Buzz landscape. It will show you data about the number of your followers, the number of people you follow and the trend with which your network is growing. BuzzStats will give you an idea of how effective your over-all management of your account is. From there, you can make necessary adjustments to pull your site up the rankings.
3. Buzzzy.com
Much like search engine optimization, which Google has been known for, Google Buzz can give its users search results from among the Buzz updates by its users. Buzzzy is an advanced search tool that enables Buzz users to search for a keyword from among the updates of Buzz users. This search tool will return results related to the keyword or topic being searched for.
4. Buzzr.com
A poll-like Buzz tool that enables the account owner to make a mock poll of all his posts to see what are the most read ones and most popular. The Buzzr also allows your followers to re-buzz your posts to their accounts resulting in natural links and added visitor traffic.
Each Buzz by your followers accounts for a vote which Buzzr will tally in its on-site rankings. Here you will have an idea of the topics that are more popular to your followers so that you can make adjustments according to what’s hot and what’s not.
5. Rebuzz This
Rebuzz This is a social bookmarking tool that allows your followers to mark your posts that they like and buzz them in their own accounts. Much like Buzzr and TweetMe, Twitter’s bookmarking tool, the posts and files rebuzzed by your followers are then indexed in the home page of Rebuzz This.
6. NJuice Google Buzz Button
This a is web service tool that Google Buzzers can use to scan other social networking websites that may have posts and contents that may interest you. Some of the social networking sites scanned by NJuice include Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter among others. In this way, you can post in your Buzz account something that your friend had posted on Facebook. Significant amount of natural links can result in using the NJuice Google Buzz button.
7. Gone Buzz
Linking to other popular users in Google Buzz will greatly boost your rankings and popularity. Google Buzz has this feature of automatically connecting your Gmail contacts to your Buzz account. But if you want to expand your network to include the popular buzz users, Buzz will leave it all up to you. This is where Gone Buzz becomes handy.
Gone Buzz will give you the most popular Buzz users so it would possible for you to connect with them and follow them. Your search will return not only the names of the popular users, it also includes a short description/bio, their location, a list of their posts and the ranking that they have with Google.
Rapid Development of Google Buzz
Google Buzz is relatively new in the social networking industry but the majority of Buzz users have already seen the advantages it offers barely four months after its inception. Though not as popular as the biggest social networking site, Google Buzz has already gained a foothold in the industry.
