While browsing through the news in Miro I heard something beginning with Google so I had to check it out. It was called Google Friend Connect and I had no idea what it meant. However, I did get a hint that this thing (whatever it was) helped you add social media features to any site. Umm, okay, where do I sign?

So I Googled it and found the Google Friend Connect page which is amazingly found at google.com/friendconnect/; I know, unexpected. And upon entering that page you find out it’s in closed Beta, or Alpha, or Phi-Teta-Delta for all I care, but it’s not for mere mortals like us. But what is it about? Well, watch the video:

Ok, if you’ve lived through that whole huge thing I guess you know everything, but if not, here are the highlights:

• you can add the ability for people to become members, through simple integration of a script into the page
• people can use their various logins to enter (google account, facebook, orkut, opensocial, and i think linkedin was somewhere)
• you can add a rating, commenting, and sharing gadget to your posts
• people can access friends from their social sites (and send them stuff)
• people get notifications on their social site profiles about what you did on the sites you visited
• easy to sign up after first account config (just click accept and you’re in)
• you can add widgets made by other people
• google will steal your soul and trade it in for a lot of cash

It’s fun to think of the advantages such a thing will bring to your website so get on their mailing list and wait like the rest of us to get awesome advantages free of charge from Google.

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