In a new post over at Media Tapper Grace O’Malley poses some interesting questions: Is a social network, or other closed forum, bound to become self-serving to the point where its participants resent having to follow external links and is this hurting conversation? She asks if it has reached the...

Now that all the pieces are in place and we know when the new privacy policy takes effect do we have a time-scale for the building of the Google+ social layer and, with it, Google’s beautiful new world? As has been reported, Google is seeking to create “services that people in the world...

The integration of the Google+ “social layer” with other services has been slow but the recent policy changes could indicate we are in for some significant changes. You might also like to read the follow-up post Building Google’s beautiful new world. When Google+ launched its real...

People Will Overlook Google Plus In Favour Of Other Networks. Shortly after Google+ launched as an invite only beta, I asked if Google+ met the expectations set for it after months and months of speculation as to what Google’s next social offering would be. This new post at Media Tapper follows on...

Now that Google+ is gaining popularity is there a conflict of interest between the social network and search? Is Google right to focus on promoting its own content? Just when you thought the furore over Search Plus was abating pending the antitrust investigation by the FTC then we get engineers from...