Google Buzz: Hardly any active users
Around ten weeks after the launch of Google Buzz, a rather sad result is emerging for the Twitter competitor. So far, Buzz does not seem to have succeeded in motivating users to actively participate.
According to a recent analysis by Post Rank, 90 percent of all content in Buzz currently comes from automated bots. 63 percent is fed in by Twitter, while automated RSS feeds account for 27 percent.
Now the question arises as to why so few users are apparently actively buzzing, after all, the placement within such a busy space as the Gmail inbox is not bad. However, according to the press release, the fact that RSS and Twitter in particular are already well established and exclusive Buzz entries can hardly compete with the huge volume of integrated tweets certainly plays a role.
One advantage Buzz has over Twitter is its comment function, which encourages additional interaction. This and the "Like" function make Buzz very similar to Facebook status messages and is superfluous for many users because they communicate in this way on Facebook anyway.
Now the question arises as to why so few users are apparently actively buzzing, after all, the placement within such a busy space as the Gmail inbox is not bad. However, according to the press release, the fact that RSS and Twitter in particular are already well established and exclusive Buzz entries can hardly compete with the huge volume of integrated tweets certainly plays a role.
One advantage Buzz has over Twitter is its comment function, which encourages additional interaction. This and the "Like" function make Buzz very similar to Facebook status messages and is superfluous for many users because they communicate in this way on Facebook anyway.
