Comments on: Google Seeks to Hire "Head of Social"

By: Quora

Quora — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 18:44:09 +0000

Despite at least a two year advantage and Google’s backing, why is Orkut a distant #2?…

I believe Google was bit late in realizing the true potential of social networks. Few pointers where orkut missed: 1)Appeal as compared to facebook. 2)US/Uk universities where these networks build and start from. 3)Social Gaming 4)Creative and designin…

By: Chris Lang

Chris Lang — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 11:21:12 +0000

I hate to be self serving but they should hire me, Chris Lang. Tech geek hardcore, programmer, Internet marketer, and beer drinking every day guy that knows what the average Joe wants and needs. I don’t want the job, but I know they need someone like me. Some has to take the reins of social at Google, and they need to make Google social fun, not wait for 3rd party developers to fill that void….

By: Google Sees Games as a Weapon in Facebook Battle

Google Sees Games as a Weapon in Facebook Battle — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:04:13 +0000

[...] on engineering-related concerns such as producing better search results. The company has been looking for a “head of social” to help co-ordinate its efforts, but so far no one has stepped up to take on that [...]

By: Pandas And Lobsters: Why Google Cannot Build Social Applications | Gizmodo Australia

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 19:50:32 +0000

[...] Google cannot hire a Head of Social because no individual can change Google’s DNA of building applications for pandas, not [...]

By: Can Google Figure Out How to Appeal to Lobsters As Well As Pandas?

Can Google Figure Out How to Appeal to Lobsters As Well As Pandas? — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 19:32:48 +0000

[...] social networks function, if a recent presentation by a Google staffer is anything to go by, and it is attempting to hire a “head of social” to try and coordinate its efforts. There have also been reports that [...]

By: Google vs. Facebook. Google Me mere end et rygte? | Blog om merværdi

Google vs. Facebook. Google Me mere end et rygte? | Blog om merværdi — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 09:00:25 +0000

[...] Rygterne vil sige at det nye sociale netværk skal hedde Google Me. Naturligvis er der kun tale om rygter – Google har ikke be- eller afkræftet det officielt, men tiden er vel inde? En interessant indikator er Googles stigende offensive rekruttering af social media folk. [...]

By: FP Tech Desk: Google’s Facebook in the works? | FP Posted | Financial Post

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:44:21 +0000

[...] clearly wants to be in the social game. In May, the company announced it was looking to hire someone to head up its social strategy, and the Mountain View, California [...]

By: Google Trying to Build Facebook Competitor? Good Luck With That

Google Trying to Build Facebook Competitor? Good Luck With That — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 16:17:26 +0000

[...] ways, but were launched by separate teams and don’t really work together). Maybe once Google hires a new head of social all that will change, but for now Facebook probably doesn’t need to lose a lot of sleep [...]

By: Rajan Chandi

Rajan Chandi — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 12:49:54 +0000

Google have started open-social to be a good initiative.

The whole point was to create a standard to build on top of the Social Networks. It looked good as a concept and now it sucks as an implementation.

They seriously need to think a lot from consistency, integrity and ease of use perspective. We're building on Facebook just after realizing that open-social is a good concept and bad implementation - now they've many inconsistent versions of Open Social and they work fine on some networks...e.g. Orkut has it's own platform which is not quite alike the general open-social standard. The standard needs to be STANDARD.

If you compare the open-social with Facebook Platform. FB is much more well though and greatly implemented platform. Google needs to give serious thought on Open-Social on - ease(from developer's standpoint), consistency across social networks (FB doesn't need this), strong support for XAuth + Making it seamless, Social Network Integration layer(acting like new FB Gadgets).

Wake up guys..people need consistent, uniform and well-thought framework to build on. open-social is not that kind.

By: The social leadership trend « Resolute Thinking

The social leadership trend « Resolute Thinking — Thu, 27 May 2010 02:01:57 +0000

[...] 2010 by Mollie Nothnagel There seems to be a trend in organizations hiring social media chiefs. Google is seeking a Head of Social to build the company’s social capabilities. Clorox sought to hire an attorney to focus solely [...]