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Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Google Friend Connect

We all know social networking is the wave of the future. I am proud to have the first Page 1 Solutions client to take Social Networking into a brand new direction. Google recently released a new program called Google Friend Connect which allows websites to add different widgets to their site to make it more interactive, like Facebook, Myspace, etc.

After looking at some of the cool features that Friend Connect has to offer, I spoke with my LASIK client, The Carter Eye Center. They just built a brand new LASIK focused site with the intention of appealing to the younger generation and I thought they would be the perfect client to test this new program out on. They had asked about different ways we could make the site a little more interactive for users to leave comments and ask questions.

Google Friend Connect has the potential to make a site come alive and allow feedback from users. There are several options you can add into the site. After becoming a member of the site, users can rate, review, leave comments, make recommendations, and much more. We chose to start with 3 of the available features but have the option to add more down the road.
I am very excited to see how far we can go with the social networking for Carter Eye Center. They are the first in their area to try this, and will stand out in front of their competition.

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