Google Wave versus Facebook and Twitter

Posted on November 13, 2009. Filed under: Facebook, Google, Hyper-Indexing, Technology, Twitter | Tags: Facebook, Google Wave, Twitter, Yerasoft |

There’s no question that social media has taken over the internet. The big question is how will impact your life?

Having recently previewed Google Wave I see there is tons of room for improvement and it’s going to take Google a long time to catch the wave of social media.

High points of facebook:

Easy to use
Intuitive
Heavily populated with social apps such as farmville or mafia wars which keep people not only entertained but also engaged with the media engine itself
Realtime chat
Great people locator and very open to the public
Currently NOT total hyper-indexed giving people some control over privacy
Robust photo sharing capability
Mobile apps which make it easier to stay connected while away from your computer

High points of Google Wave:

New and different
Realtime live communication
Integration of some of the google apps
The message post system resembles most popular word processing software

These are just some basic difference and at face value I would think facebook is a much easier application to use plus the features far outweigh those of google wave. I think google has a long time to catch the “wave” before they become a viable competitor. How google wave handles hyper-indexing information and privacy will dictate how people feel about it in the future.

On a different note, we still wonder how google will meld google wave, chrome operating systems, mail and other product offerings that are free with paid advertisements. As I’ve written in the past, I’m n ot sure I want my personal social interactions indexed for all of google to review. In theory it’s not bad but what if someone had a priuvate series of conversations that ended being indexed by google’s hyper-indexing system?

I expect a great push for more social media interaction and as google heats it up so will facebook, twitter an dthe myriad of other social networking systems and social bookmarking sites.

We are the lucky ones to benefit from such an interesting play for public inclusion.

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