Google: Shared Stuff Is History
February 27, 2009
The Standard’s MG Siegler (Venture Beat) article “Another Google Service Bites the Dust: Shared Stuff” caught my attention. Although not search, Shared Stuff is one of the niche social services that Googzilla made available in mid 2007. The idea was that Delicious.com was not Googley. Googlers, therefore, pulled a me too and rolled out Shared Stuff. Unfortunately no one knew about the service. I knew but didn’t care. Mr. Siegler provides a screen shot and some useful background information. The most interesting comment in the write up was:
Google really should created a “Most Shared” area for Google Reader. It took a small step in this direction in December when it launched a “What’s Hot” area, but that is a list that appears to be maintained and curated by Google itself. Instead, it needs a way to show what people are really sharing — a truly massive social page. Services like ReadBurner and RSSmeme have done this for a while, and if Google is seriously about social sharing, it should too.
Google’s consolidation may free up some cycles to chase the YAGGs which seem to be proliferating. (If you are new to this Web log, a “YAGG” is short for yet another Google glitch.
Stephen Arnold, February 27, 2009
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Google still has Google Bookmarks, though that service, too, gets no love and often has problems, as you can see if you visit its Google Groups-powered group.
seriously…
ANOTHER YAGG post??? Your posts are getting worse by the minute Arnold. Until 2 months ago, I used to enjoy reading them… Now its just recycling of YAGG + Twitter + pipes…
Get your act together, you are boring people who expect something better from you…
Alex,
Thanks for the comment. The fix? Stop looking at the stream from Beyond Search. My keyboard has a delete button. Please, read the About page and its editorial policy which sets forth the editorial policy. Your comment reminded me of a person who strikes his / her thumb when pounding nails and continues to do it despite the pain? Better to recalibrate or just quit hammering in my opinion.
Stephen Arnold, February 27, 2009