The blog that I chose to review is published by the New York Times. Entitled Bits, the blog focuses on topics in technology that goes largely unnoticed by mainstream media. One specific post that caught my eye was a discussion on the future of Google+ at the Web 2.0 conference. Written by Clair Cain Miller on October 20, 2011, the post discusses how Google plans to expand Google+, as well as the new features that they plan to bring to the fledging social media website. Of course, Google made a few negative comments on its competitors, such as Facebook and Twitter:
He also took a swipe at Facebook’s recent efforts to promote automatic sharing of things like songs people are listening to. “We do not believe in over-sharing,” he said. “There is a reason why every thought in your head does not come out of your mouth. We think a core attribute to be human is to curate, in how others perceive you and what you say.”
From the quote, it can be deduced that Google+ will less about sharing mindless pieces of information than Facebook and Twitter.
Some features that Google has promised to implement into Google+ include using pseudonyms instead of real names, custom profile addresses, and brand pages. The features are hardly revolutionary and are already on Facebook but should provide more incentive for some disgruntled Facebook users to switch. The article was written in a cohesive, informative manner and Miller should be commended on her post.
Link: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/20/google-will-get-new-features-and-new-users-executive-says/#more-77331
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