Google’s OpenSocial the latest buzz involving social networks
When Facebook released their APIs to the independent developers, the apps and traffic to the site increased exponentially. Users are more active, friends are joining, the invitations just kept increasing. Various services like Flixster, RockYou, and Slide are easily embeddable in your Facebook profile thanks to this API. This made Facebook a direct competitor to the top spot held by MySpace. Not only because of the APIs, but also because of the users that Facebook continues to grow. Google however has other plans.
OpenSocial allows developers to write an application once that will run anywhere that supports the OpenSocial APIs.
It’s good for developers because it makes it easier for them to focus on making their web apps better; they get lots of distribution with a lot less work. It’s good for websites, because they can tap into the creativity of the largest possible developer community (and no longer have to compete with one another for developer attention). And finally, it’s good for users, because they get more applications in more places. Global members of the OpenSocial community include MySpace, Engage.com, Friendster, hi5, Hyves, imeem, LinkedIn, Ning, Oracle, orkut, Plaxo, Salesforce.com, Six Apart, Tianji, Viadeo, and XING.
There are popular names on the list like the current top holder of the social networking community, MySpace. Hi5, the fourth in the social networking race. Six Apart, which produced blog apps like TypePad, MovableType (direct competitor of Wordpress), Vox, and LiveJournal. Friendster, one of the most popular social network in Asia. It is also reported that Bebo joined the OpenSocial community, and that its doors are still open for Facebook.
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