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The Next Great Social Network? Your Address Book

Oct 27, 2009

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This morning I logged into YouTube and I noticed that it now helps me find me find videos and channels from friends who have linked their Google contact information to their social profiles. Meanwhile yesterday Google rolled out its social search program (which so far I like). And recently Google Reader too became a lot more social. So the Gmail address book/contact list is finally showing that it can be a powerful tool for connecting you to your social connections. This is something we saw coming.

Here's what I love about this...

First, because I have lived in Gmail the last five years, there's loads of data in their that can make social networking even more powerful. Google will do a lot to mine these connections. This is just the beginning. But third parties will assist too. I love what Remail is doing by helping me easily find emails from contacts on my iPhone - even when I am offline.

Second, its agnostic. Google doesn't care which social network you join. If a user links their profile to their social graph, Google will hep you harness it.

Finally, I

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