Google Buzz Meet Yahoo Buzz

| Feb 09, 2010 | 5 comments

One thing occurred to me upon posting the news of Google Buzz.  Namely that there is already a social media service called Buzz.  From Yahoo!.  And it’s been around for a while now.  In fact, Yahoo! buzz turns 2 at the end of the month.  While Yahoo! buzz is more along the lines of Digg, it is social media and it is a trademarked name.

Ironically, Yahoo! launched its buzz to compete with Google in the search field.  While it never got the name recognition of Digg, it is a familiar name in no small part because it is part of many badge farms.  I would not be surprised if there’s a lawyer-fight before year’s end on the Buzz name.  Who knows – maybe Yahoo! will get buzz in all lowercase and Google will get Buzz with a capital B.

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Matthew Baron fought in the Console Wars. He is the best starpilot in the galaxy and a cunning warrior. For years, he played video games on PCs, before the consoles... before the dark times. When he's not wasting time playing video games on his consoles, he's wasting time on blogs, wasting time with gadgets, and wasting time at clubs. You can contact Matthew via electronic mail at matthewbaron@mobilelocalsocial.com and follow him on the Twitters @OMG_Ponies
  • http://intensedebate.com/people/mobloso Travis Wright

    They should have named it something else. This Don't Be Evil crap is looking more and more like a joke everyday.

  • http://intensedebate.com/people/Matthew_Baron Matthew_Baron

    I dunno. GMail is enough of a timesuck without having built-in Twitter functionality. Which it did if you ever used the i.Google portal with the Twitter add-on.

    Plus, as committed as I am to GMail, I'm also committed to Facebook and Twitter. I don't seen anything in here that I can't get from one of the major Twitter clients.

    And thanks for buzzing up the story. It's not ironic – it's meta. Pass it around and thanks for reading.

  • http://intensedebate.com/people/Matthew_Baron Matthew_Baron

    I just think that all the smart people jumped ship to form new start-ups. Between this and Wave, Google is really losing focus.

  • http://intensedebate.com/people/Mark_Aaron_Murn Mark Aaron Murnahan

    I agree. Google has a lot of great products, but they look silly if not sinister when they keep trying so hard to be what they are not.
    My recent post Shove Your Followers, I Want Disciples!

  • http://twitter.com/quensil @quensil

    I buzzed up the story, I don't know is that ironic or something? Anyway, the first thought I had when I heard that Google's new service was named Buzz was the same, how is that now confusing with Yahoo! buzz? I suppose for those already committed to GMail it might make a sense as a feature but does it do anything for you if you have no GMail presence? Doesn't seem like it.