Google's OpenSocial Too Late To Be a Win?

DeeQ writes with a link to a post on News.com's social networking blog. Author Caroline McCarthy wonders if Google's OpenSocial initiative has missed its moment in the sun. It's been something like six weeks now since the search giant offered up its open-source social media initiative ... but where have been the usual swift victories? Moreover, OpenSocial isn't done yet, and it's not expected until sometime next year. In the meantime Facebook is capitalizing on Google's delay, and other networks are stepping in as well. "Kraus adds that some of the independent platform strategies would be necessary even if OpenSocial were finalized. One of them is LinkedIn's 'InApps,' which also aims to spread LinkedIn's data and influence outside the business-oriented social network through partnerships with other Web sites. 'OpenSocial so far is really about how developers embed their application into a social network,' Kraus explained. 'A good chunk of LinkedIn's APIs is about how LinkedIn extends their social-networking data into other sites.'"

Re:social web sites

[kellyb9]

A couple months back I got a facebook account, and while it's more functional that the myspace page, the vast majority of the content I see there is silliness and spam.

Are you talking about Facebook as compared to MySpace? Because there are a few 18 year old supermodels who friended me just to chat about a week ago.

Hi!

[Mateo_LeFou]

Your slashdot comment looked really interesting to me and I'd like to meet you. See pics of me at www.mateo_lefou.com CYA

Re:Worried about Google investors

[0xdeadbeef]

Google's "network effect asset" is called the Internet.

Remember, like television, their customer isn't you, it's the advertiser.

Re:Hi!

[Chosen Reject]

I'd like to meet you

CYA

Thanks for the warning [wikipedia.org]

Re:Bias?

[prostoalex]

if I'm not mistaken

That's a big if. Perhaps they should stick a 121st CNET logo/reference somewhere on the page, since it's so easy to miss.