If you are a Twitter user, here is the list of the corresponding features in Google Buzz and in Twitter. We don't want it to be perceived as a comparison list but more a help to transfer your usage from one service to the other.
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Features |
Twitter |
Google Buzz |
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Username: |
Specific Twitter username |
First & last name freely set in the Google Account/Profile associated with a Gmail address (gmail.com) |
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Pictures: |
Third Party |
Google Picasa (1GB free) | url link to repository or published online |
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Video: |
Third Party |
Youtube |
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@Mentions: |
@mentions |
@replies: email notification |
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Private Messages: |
DM |
Private Post | plus chat or email |
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Contacts: |
Followers, Following |
Followers, Following, Gmail Contacts with groups | privacy options |
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Profiles: |
twitter.com/username |
Google Profiles: google.com/profiles/username or buzz.google.com/username | optional secret Buzz ID |
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Favorite Posts: |
Favorites |
Likes, Star (fav) & Label (tag) in Gmail |
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Groups: |
Lists |
Gmail contact groups, Google Reader, FeedBurner (RSS enable) |
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URL Shortner: |
t.co |
goo.gl | goo.gl has link stats |
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Geo-Location: |
Static Google Maps |
Full Google Maps | mobile posts viewable at maps.google.com |
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Search: |
Built in Twitter Search |
Built in Google Search | special operators available | public flow available |
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How to find new people to follow: |
Who to follow |
Suggestions, Search, comments, likes, others followers and followed lists, others likes and comments | Follow Fridays + user suggestions |
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Chat Client: |
None |
Gtalk | standalone, web or in Gmail |
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Email Client: |
None |
Gmail | all Buzz posts can be forwarded as email and are treated as emails by Gmail | plus email send link without displaying it on profile page |
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New Followers: |
Users Home Page |
Google Profiles |
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Trending Topics: |
Trends |
None |
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Character Limit: |
140 |
None |
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Post From Phone Via: |
SMS: 40404 |
Email: buzz@gmail.com | from your Gmail account | from the web | 3rd party Clients |
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Email Notification: |
New Follower, direct message, email newsletter |
People comment on my posts, People comment on posts after I comment on them, People comment on posts after I am @replied on them | set in Gmail/Buzz settings |
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Mute posts by source: |
None, only Twitter posts |
Yes, Twitter, Google Reader, websites etc. |
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Formatting: |
None |
Yes, underline, bold, strike through, italic | and much more with connected sites to Buzz (Blogger, GSites, Reader, ...) |
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Note: you can post everything to Google Buzz and have it feed into Twitter, including hash tags, @replies, and DM messages. So if you love Twitter, but want to give Google Buzz a shot, you can, and still get full posting capabilities to Twitter.
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