{"id":1903,"date":"2009-11-06T13:45:21","date_gmt":"2009-11-06T13:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gravityjack.com\/?p=1903"},"modified":"2023-12-06T13:45:44","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T13:45:44","slug":"google-vs-facebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gravityjack.com\/news\/google-vs-facebook\/","title":{"rendered":"Google vs Facebook"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>So I was wondering which is cooler. Google Friend Connect or Facebook Connect&#8230; both are technologies that allow federated login for a site and attachment of social features you can use. For example I can log into some of my apps on my iPhone using my Facebook credentials and I never have to create a login specifically for that application.<br>Well the short answer I came too is maybe it doesn&#8217;t matter. I mean the entire world will be on Facebook soon and the same with Google &#8211; but for you people that need a bottom line here is a quick comparison:<br>Google: Easiest to implement, 110,000 sites use it, adding features all the time, more than one social network and open standard<br>Facebook: Easy to implement but you better be a coder, 15,000 sites use it, closed to anyone who isn&#8217;t a Facebook user, interacts with Facebook well<br>My recommendation?? USE BOTH \ud83d\ude09 A lot of sites are doing this and ultimately it is about the users.<br>Check out this article on <a href=\"http:\/\/venturebeat.com\/2009\/11\/04\/blogger-gives-google-friend-connect-a-9-million-site-head-start-on-facebook\/\"><strong>VentureBeat<\/strong><\/a><br>-Jack<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So I was wondering which is cooler. 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