Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Blogger Aiming To Be "Cool Platform"

When Blogger updated there interface it was a pleasant surprise, and now I believe that Blogger is trying to be the cool blogging platform. If you've been on Youtube recently on the Google channel, then you might have seen some modern Blogger videos. They are introducing the new Blogger interface and the new features you can achieve with the new Blogger. They are cool videos and the music is custom made and very catchy and many of the comments are just asking for the name of the song only to be disappointed (because it's custom).

The interface of the new Blogger is very fresh, good and fast and Blogger has a string of new features that enable you to update your blogs looks and performance such as dynamic views. This is a new way to view Blogger blogs that is very fun and interactive and over 200,000 people have decided the same thing by deciding to use it as their default template.

Here is one of the new Blogger video which appeals to younger viewers and showcases the new dynamic views.

Saturday, October 1, 2011

Why Google Plus Will Fail

Google Plus was made to fail and will put people off their Google products now that they are integrating it with everything. I don't even have a Google plus account - I'm under 18. What I do know is that as good as the design and interface is, and it does look very good, Google will fail again when it come to social networks.

  1. It's to much like Facebook. Social media is a fast paced industry and its not slowing down. People move on from social networking sites very quickly unless it has a purpose like Linkedin. People are waiting for something new and fresh. Google plus relates very easily to Facebook and Twitter so why switch. Facebook is already copying Google plus in many aspects anyway like the circles feature, the main reason to switch to Google plus.
  2. It was in a private BETA for too long. Google kept G+ in a private Beta for far to long and by the time it got out, the hype had almost completely gone. People simply went on to see what it was all about then got off as none of their friends had stayed either. 
  3. You have to be over 18 to use it. Teenagers can lead a revolution, after all they are the ones who will be spending the money in the future. Teenagers often spend the most time on social networking sites so why prevent them from doing so. They will just go somewhere else and grow up with that social network for the next 10 years. I'm not saying people under 13 should go on it. But limiting the usage of teenager will force them to look elsewhere. 
  4. You have to organize. It's not something where you go on for the first time and post some status updates. You have to organize your friends into circles and when you have over 530 friends (not me ;) ) you may not bother to do so and that is the only reason G+ is different, circles. 
  5. Nobody uses it. I have heard countless stories about how nobody has posted on G+ for weeks on some users account and social media is all about real time. 
  6. Why switch from Facebook. There is nothing insanely wrong with Facebook at the moment despite all the privacy concerns and the new design. people need a real reason to switch. Google Plus does not have enough good reasons.
In conclusion G+ was born to fail and will do as you will see in the near future.