If you haven’t already heard, Google announced another new product the other day called Buzz. It’s basically another social networking tool . Really Google? As if we aren’t already overwhelmed enough? Between Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter and email (yes, some of us still email), who has time for another one? I guess Buzz is supposed to make your life easier by linking these all together and clogging up your inbox. Perfect! Now I can find out what Peter had for breakfast and get updates on the traffic jam Allison is stuck in right in my inbox. Do stupid waste of time tweets and facebook updates go into a special Buzz SPAM folder? Now that’s a feature that would sell me on Buzz. Here’s the thing, the only buzz on Buzz is that it nobody likes it. I did a quick Twitter search to see what people are saying about it and 80% of the tweets were negative.  Is Google losing it’s edge?

What’s really puzzling about all of this is that the Real Estate community hasn’t jumped all over this thing like they did with Twitter and Facebook.   Realtors are notorious for finding a way to plug listings through any and all platforms; to get the buzz going so to speak.  I guess time will tell. Maybe people are still trying to figure out whether Twitter is helping their business or killing productivity.

Here is a screen shot of a listing on Buzz

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