Set Fire – Try Google Friend Connect

Much awaited Google Friend Connect has be launched. I am sure that every blogger who is active in social networking will surely use this service. I just installed this on one of my blog and its really great.

Google Friend connect is a tool to get your friends together from all the social networking sites, share your friends, and invite your friends. It can used for sites like facebook, orkut, stumbleupon, digg and more.

Setting up your blog with Google Friend Connect

Its very simple, just like inserting any widget, generating the code according to your needs and pasting it to your blog template. There are lots of customisation features available to match your blog theme. There are different widgets available which can be used according to your need and taste.

Advantages of using Google Friend Connect

Increase your blog traffic, in simple words, go viral using Google Friend Connect. You can find Google Friend Connect working live at Latest Blog Posts . You can promote yourself at different blogs by creating a great profile and show your comments on different blogs which use this feature. You can get connected from popular blogs where you are active as you will have your profile displayed on the blogs where you are active. You can administer the posted comments, block users, moderate comments and many more features available in the admin panel. You can add multiple blogs in your admin panel.

Will Google Friends Connect Replace the Comment Box – The Google friend connect review and commenting gadget is excellent and is more effective than the traditional comment box. You have an universal identity and if all the blogs are using this feature, then surely it will replace the existing commenting form. My worry is what will happen to the blogs who have tons of comments with old posts in case we try to replace the existing comment box. Yes we can remove the comment submission form and just print the existing comments and for new comments Google Friends Connect can be used.

Threats – What will happen to various plugins, services like Gravatar and open ID, will all these be replaced by Google Friends Connect?

I am sure that Google Friends Connect will be the most used Widget in future and is the future of the Social Media connectivity. Lots of new gadget will be coming soon.

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