Google Finally Putting Buzz Out Of Its Misery
Google Finally Putting Buzz Out Of Its Misery
Posted 10/14/2011 at 1:57pm
| by Ryan Whitwam
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It was a little surprising that when Google+ launched, there was a section of posts from Google Buzz , the company’s ill-fated Twitter clone. Google had all but abandoned Google Buzz, but today they actually got around to abandoning it for real. Google will be killing off Buzz, as well as few other products as part of what it calls “A fall sweep.”
In the next few weeks, Google will shut off the AOI and web interface for Buzz, ending the service. Instead, focus will be shifted exclusively to Google+. Buzz posts will still be visible on Google+ profiles, which seems very odd. After it’s through killing Buzz, Google plans to take the axe to Google Code Search and Jaiku as well.
At this point, we’re fairly sure that all the activity on Google Buzz is coming from bots. It’s hard to see anyone still making use of the aborted social effort. Anyone out there still using Buzz?
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thechipper
October 15, 2011 at 10:59am
Almost nobody had heard about buzz from launch to date. Failed marketing that they clearly learned from when they started to develop +. Also looking for a mod to clear blatant advertisement bots, anyone available for that?
Eoraptor
October 14, 2011 at 3:01pm
I still flag posts via reader that show up as Buzz activity when I "share" so I am "using" it. I don't ever check my buzz section though.
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