Google Inc. states that it will no longer fund contacts to Facebook Inc. Remember how you could import your Gmail contacts and have them as Facebook friends? Well, that’s not happening anymore. Google Inc. will no longer allow Facebook Inc. to grab Google users professional and social contacts.
We all admit that it was nice having Facebook doing the hard work of finding your Gmail contacts for you . However, Google is stern about no longer giving information until Facebook reciprocates. Especially since Google’s policy helped Facebook grow tremendously as it gave an immediate network of friends to the new Facebook user.
I am surprised that Facebook Inc. did not want to extend their contact information to Google Inc. However, now that Google and Facebook are social networking "enemies" it is expected that there will be even more ads displayed on both sites. I am also curious to see how well Facebook is going to do now without Google's help. Any predictions?
This is a great post. I'm curious as to Google's intentions behind this move.
ReplyDeleteI have one theory. I recently read an article, I can't find it right now, but if I do I'll be sure to post it, that indicated that Google had some intentions to create a social networking cite that would rival Facebook. If these rumors are true, then it's probably within Google's best interest to attempt to cut off any potential Gmail users who don't utilize Facebook from joining. I personally loved being able to find friends via email on Facebook. This move probably won't be damning for Facebook, but could end up being a nuisance.