Googling Social - Friend Connect Secretly Goes Live on Blogger as a so-called widget titled "Followers". Anyone visiting your blogspot blog can choose to follow you which means every new post you make they'll be notified of in their Google blogger account.
Who knows whether Google will start using the number of followers you have in their search rankings. I suspect it will be a factor.
Google in its infinite wisdom has kept this way on the down low for some reason. This is about par for the course for the googlers.
Maybe it's stage fright or anxiety. Or maybe it's just good old Google doing what they do best...releasing any software in perma-beta.
Friend connect is on certain blogger blogs right now. You can see an example of the friend connect widget in the upper left corner of my example blog listed toward the end of this article.
I believe you have to be logged into your Google account to be able to follow blogs. (Sidenote: I also recommend putting in a good photo of yourself into your google account).
Confirm the settings you want because you're in control of how you get your content. You can join publicly and your picture will show same as it does on the MyBlogLog and BlogCatalog widgets.
Or you can join 'anonymously' and just receive the updates without being seen. This is the very cool part about friend connect because it keeps you in complete control of what content you get and how you get it.
I join blogs publicly and recommend you do the same because you're part of the community and want to be participating in the discussions and being seen by other members.
Next, click one of the avatars of those who have already joined and add the person as a friend and send them an introductory blurb.
I'll be talking about this more in my Facebook research. The process of adding friends here and making true connections is the same as it is on FB. This is true for any and all social networks because the underlying key is the "social" aspect.
There are some basic fundamentals to make you much more successful in meeting new people and making new connections. Deepening those connections will be the key but beyond the scope of this article.
The next screen you will see is their Google profile, links to their social networks and their Google Reader shared items. This is Google's social bookmarking application.
For those of you who do not know how to use Google Social, called Googling Social, I have instructions to create a Google profile, add friends to from Gmail and get started with Google Reader which is Google's social bookmarking application.
Currently, the links to get to the pieces of Googling Social are hard to find so the best starting point is someone elses Google profile, you can find mine in the resource box at the bottom of this article.
Once you are on my Google profile page, look in the upper right hand corner of the page, the link is "my profile" and it is just to the right of your gmail address. Assuming you're logged into Google it will take you to a screen after you click on the my "profile link" where you can set up your Google profile.
Word of warning, the Gmail address that you are logged into will be your public Gmail address in Google Reader and how you make friends thru Gmail. So if you have a private address then don't use it. Use one you're ok being public (despite Google's best efforts some spam bots maybe able to harvest your address and spam you).
You only get one Google profile no matter how many Gmail addresses you have, so choose wisely.
If you have any questions you can email me from my contact page on my site also in the resource box.
You make friends in Google by first initiating an e-mail. And then your new friend has to reply back to your e-mail.
Do this because:
1. you can share things easily with your friends
2. creates followed links to your blog when I share your stuff. And of course creates links to my blog when you share my stuff.
Then invite your new friend to Gchat by clicking the link at the bottom of the email communication you had with them. At that point you'll be connected. Google makes this process difficult to insure there's a 2 way connection and cut down on spam which is a good thing for all of us.
This is WIN WIN. The more friends you have in this the better it works for you...and everyone in your network.
Here's the Friend Connect blog example.
This will be huge so jump into the deep end now and be an early adopter dominator.
Stay tuned for more info about the big G's big changes to their social platform, how the new search results will show (hint: personalized), and how you can profit from it the whitehat way.
Alexander Alaric - Social media marketing expert and long-time copywriter. Newest project "Gets You Free Instant Social Media Exposure" at Instant Social Media Marketing Free Traffic
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