The article mentioned above is a bit technical, let me explain the threat in simplest words and then I will show you how to remove it.

The privacy threat behind Google Buzz:

Consider the snapshot beow:

I you have enabled Google Buzz and when you will click on anyone of your contacts you will see this a screen like above, pretty innocent, hmmm, No!

If you click on the link on the “following” link, you will instantly get all my contacts!

Imagine all my contacts, family members, business contacts,friends and foes etc. Everything exposed! and the best part is that all of this has been done without any explicit statement from Google!

If you have any doubts check this out in your buzz Now!

How to Turn Off Google Buzz Effectively and Safely!

Before you turn of Google Buzz completely, first step is to unfollow everyone, do it mannually and now! This is how you will do it:

1. Click on the Buzz Icon
2. Click on your name

• Click on your Following Link and UnFollow everyone!

Turn Off Google Buzz Until Google Updates its policies:

Scroll Down to bottom of Gmail Window and Click Turn Off Buzz.

This is the worst ever mistake made by Google (made by Google in my Opinion). I will discuss in my future posts about the possible threats about such mistakes from Google or similar companies.

[Update: Thursday, February 11, 2010 4:49 PM] Google has updated there policy about Google Buzz as a response to complains, I am not sure about the consequences yet, check it:

http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/millions-of-buzz-users-and-improvements.html

• Since users will now be able to see suggestions/blogposts/tweets etc from our contacts, so this opens are whole new platform for Social Media Marketing i.e. if you have established yourself as a friendly guy in any popular social media platform like Facebook, and you are an open Networker i.e. who adds other people as friends without any previous acquittance, then you have a very huge opportunity that you can influence and market a huge number of audience in many diverse niches, all you need is quality content on various topics with a touch of SEO and Google will do the rest of work for you,
• The downside is that now we will see even more social media SPAM
• I am eager to know what will be your stance on this change in SERPs?

• Will you establish yourself as an open networker ?

• If Yes, what will the effects on your personal life? Will you manage multiple accounts? What will be the ethics in this case?

• If No, will you miss this opportunity? Will this refrain others from using social media for even more marketing purposes?

• What can be best practices,ethically, to use this opportunity to market products and services on social media, with special reference this recent update?

I will try to answer this in my coming posts, but I need your feedback too.

In Web 2.0 summit, Google’s Marissa Mayer,Vice President of Search Product and User Experience; announced a new Google product called “Social Search”. This product will be available soon in Google Labs. Some of the salient features of Google’s Social Search are as follows:

• allows you to see results for queries from people in your social network
• Makes use of your Google Profile
• If you allow it will scan other social networks too,you’re a member of.
• Obviously the activities on Twitter,Face book and other social networks will be more worthwhile. The Outcomes:

I think that services like this will bring a lot of innovation in search too, much similar to Google Wave as compared with Email.

The product reviews and user comments will bring a new challenge for companies.

What do you think about the changes it will bring? I know it is pretty much early to say anything, but lets put our judgment to a little test ! Share your thoughts in the comments below.

Page Rank and Blogroll:

SEO with limited budget:

I will soon create a whole series of selected videos from Google specially. Check my blog categories soon, for this update.

What makes Bing Different ?

According to Microsoft’s spokesman “People do not need another search engine” rather “People need a decision engine.” and BING is a decision engine not another search engine.

According to Microsoft BING will help people make decisions in shopping, traveling, finding best hotels etc. not just search them.

People will be able to see comparisons and even predictions about price changes and climate etc. , and hence help them make better decision.

BING is not live yet but Microsoft has created no much enough excitement about it. Previously, Microsoft has recently launched a new social media platform Vine and now this search engine or decision engine, Microsoft is really up to something !, let’s see.

BING Introduction:

BING Review :

Although Facebook and Myspace both have the intentions of maximized monetization of their networks, Facebooks Apps Pages are one such example, the retention is much higher for twitter.

I think the Twitter Boom is just because of extensive marketing rather than a common persons interest in Twittering every minute updates.

Microsoft has recently launched a new social networking site, although still in beta phase, that allows professional to get connected.

Microsoft Vine

• connects you to the people and places
• Stay in touch with family and friends
• Use alerts, reports and your personal dashboard to stay in touch, informed and involved.

Also:

• Information associated with the places you have chosen will appear on your map, including articles from 20,000 news and public safety sources.
• Information from people you care about, such as alerts and reports, will appear on the dashboard too

For more info visit: http://www.vine.net/about.aspx

Life is just boring without any thrill and excitement and the day-to-day office works is boring even more!

So I have added a little twist in my routine and now I am up on the challenge to create 100 Hubs in 30 days, remember:

THE Real Credit Lies in the Efforts not in the Results.

There are many scenarios when a company need not to have a separate internet marketing department.

• Lack of technical staff (Internet Marketing is popular but this does not mean that the skill full people are in abundance too!)
• Sometimes I company may not need to distract themselves from previous markets and business strategies but they still want a reliable online presence
• Out sourcing is comparatively less-expensive than in house teams.
• Constant training of employees is an other overhead that can be avoided by out-sourcing Internet Marketing campaign.

Similarly there are many possibilities when you want a reliable internet marketing company, but HOW ?

The following skill set is important and worth considering when choosing an Internet Marketing partner:

• Skills in keyword research
• How good they are at competitive analysis ?
• Can they provide site structure analysis ?
• Can they provide recommendations for title tags, meta descriptions, meta keywords, and content/header tags as a Phase 1 deliverable ?
• They follow the requirements of the W3C for website design
• They adhere to the policy of Google/Yahoo/MSN webmaster guidelines and industry best-practices
• They use proven marketing and design elements to tailor site design to the target audience,
• Can build user-friendly navigation and layouts, and ensure the site functions smoothly in all environments?

  Using client conversation, design questionnaires, market research, and other sources of info, your Internet Marketing Company should partner with you to build from the ground up a Web site that will accomplish those two big Web site goals: attracting and capturing the attention of your ideal customer and the search engines.

If you have any questions in this regard feel free to contact me for further collaboration.