From Techcrunch to the Washington Post and beyond, the rumours/semi-rumours of Google buying micro-blogging site Twitter continue.
There’s enough already being written on the subject, so I’ll keep this brief.
Two words – Gmail and Feedburner. One is Google’s email program and the other’s a blog analytical? tool for stats, readers, clickthroughs, etc. But here’s the thing.
According to my Gmail account, it’s still in beta. Despite officially celebrating it’s 5-year anniversary on April 1. Then there’s Feedburner, which was the best friend of bloggers everywhere – until Google took it over. Now it’s the devil in disguise, with constant feed failures and fluctuating statistics.
So, an email system 5 years in beta and the destruction of many bloggers’ favourite tool.
Would you trust Google with Twitter?
