Google Releases Official Buzz Share Widget with Live Counter

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Google has recently released the beginning of a small API working with Google Buzz. There have been plenty of issues with Google Buzz's widget, and many other sites made their own to fill the gap. However with this newest release even Mashable has updated their Buzz widgets. The new button looks similar to many of the other counter-style widgets we've seen. It's got the Buzz logo with a live count in the main circle, and there's also a smaller more compressed version similar to Facebook's … [Read more...]

Mashable-Style Google Buzz Widget with Counter Available by Njuice

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As many fans of the popular social media blog Mashable know, over the past month or 2 they have been messing around with a new Google Buzz button. Allowing you to share stories over Google Reader which publish into Google Buzz, this small widget has grown in popularity and it seems like every blogger is looking for one! The problem is, Google hasn't released any official API for Buzz yet and many are struggling to get any widget working properly. Code hasn't been released by Mashable or any … [Read more...]

How Google Buzz is Gaining Many Early Followers

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Since Google Buzz launched a few months ago, it has had some very impressive early adopters. Mashable and TechCrunch have been the first of many larger blogs to jump on board, with many smaller blogs following suit. But just how has Google ramped up enough media coverage and PR to have such a successful launch? Clearly we can consider Buzz still in its beta stages, as there are many steps this feature can take in a new direction. I've got a few thoughts for Google as well, and I would love to … [Read more...]