Google ME – Your New Social Circle Companion

It was great having Google Developer Advocate in Stockhom @ spotify offices last night.

One can really take some more insights of it when Google Dev advocate guys were pushing the developers to look deeply into the Activity Streams http://activitystrea.ms/ and its API when hacking and building new apps and plugins on top of the Google Buzz API.

My guess is that Google ME is soon to see the light specially if we look what Paul Adams from Google building a focus niched research group around his UX findings. Read more this powerpoint — cool stuff in there:
My question to them was as following:

Are you ready to integrate all real time social activity streams and use these verbs as emotional search social relevancy patterns?

Some verbs included:
post, like, listen, read, love , hate etc… full list below…

Google.me or Google me has nothing to do with this inspirational Google Me movie.

In the current draft spec, you can perform such actions as Post, Share, Save, Mark as Favorite, Play, Start Following, Make Friend, Join and Tag Object. An Object could be an Article, Blog Entry, Note, File, Photo, Photo Album, Playlist, Video, Audio, Bookmark, Person, Group, Place or Comment.

Online surveys to get feedback for current or future products isn’t new to Google, so it’s not particularly surprising that the search giant would conduct focus groups when evaluating the potential of a new product. While the survey doesn’t confirm the existence of “Google Me” it certainly is another piece of evidence pointing in that direction. There’s no doubt that Google is serious about social networking and is evaluating where the gaps are in current offerings.

Here’s a list of the most interesting questions asked in the survey:

10a. In the last week, which of the following have you done (if any)? *
Please select all that apply
1. Met friends for coffee, food or drinks
2. Spent time with friends outside of the home
3. Watched or participated in sports or hobbies with others
2. None of the above

11. In the past 3 days, which of the following methods have you used outside of work to communicate with your friends and family (if any)? *
Please select all that apply.
1. Phone call
2. Email
3. Instant Messaging
4. Text Message (SMS)
5. Social Networking Site e.g. Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, LinkedIn
6. None of the above

12a. In the past 3 days, which of the following social networking websites have you visited MORE THAN ONCE (if any)? *
Please select all that apply.
1. Facebook
2. Twitter
3. MySpace
4. LinkedIn
5. Friendster
6. Orkut

12b. In the last 2 weeks, how often have you accessed your “primary” social networking site (if any)? *
1. Less than once a week
2. About once a week
3. A few times a week
4. About once a day
5. Multiple times a day
6. I don’t use any social networking sites

13a. In the last week, which of the following websites have you posted content to (if any)?
Please select all that apply.
1. Photo sharing sites (e.g. Flickr, Picasa, Facebook Photos)
2. Video sharing sites (e.g. Youtube, Vimeo, DailyMotion)
3. Social Networking sites (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn)
4. Blogging sites (e.g. Blogger, WordPress)
5. Restaurant review sites (e.g. Yelp, CitySearch)
6. Product Review sites (e.g. Epinions, Consumer Reports)

14a. In the past 3 days, which of the following search engines have you used (if any)? *
Please select all that apply.
1. Google
2. Yahoo
3. Bing
4. None of the above

14c. In the past 2 months, which of the following types of things have you searched for online (if any)? *
Please check all that apply.
1. Another person
2. Yourself
3. A restaurant in the area
4. A product to purchase
5. Travel ideas
6. Health Information
7. News

16. Which of the following Instant Messaging (IM) program(s) do you use (if any)? *
(e.g., Google Talk, AOL Instant Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, MSN Messenger, Adium, Trillian, etc.)
1. Google Talk
2. AOL Instant Messenger
3. Yahoo Messenger
4. MSN Messenger / Live Messenger
5. Facebook IM

18c. Which of the following do you display on at least one of your profiles (if any)? *
Please select all that apply.
1. Real name
2. Photo
3. Occupation
4. City/ town of residence
5. Hometown
6. Hobbies/ interests
None of the above

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