How will it 'feel' like a bank? I sure as hell hope it doesn't. I use my online bank account to look at how much money i have every time I get paid. I avoid the bank because I hate long lines. That's it. My bank account is not at the center of my web experience NOR is it the center of my life.
No, the article reduces to Google+ will not overtake Facebook if it ignores adoption strategies mentioned by Reed's Law.
I highly doubt that 'shared circles' is the solution, I believe there is a huge strategy needed which not only include the space needed to interact (shared circles, fan pages, games), but the median in which that interaction takes place (mobile, pc, camera, video game, tablet).
Scoble can come off that way, but he advocates for new and exciting technology and loves to share it with like minded individuals. I met Scoble last week at the 6sight Social Imaging conference in San Jose. He's a talker, and when you get him started he makes sure to leave you with his opinion. Presumptuous is not a word I would describe him with, however I see how that can be interpreted from his blog. I found him to be a nice guy, well informed and willing to talk to anyone about anything.
First we all know that Facebook is very image heavy. It is a great place to share and view pictures. Whereas Twitter can be a great place to share links, new info etc.
Now Google+ has gone and challenged the status quo. I'm curious how companies such as Photobucket and Flickr are going to handle this? I know Photobucket is in the midst of monetizing and generating meta data for each of the pictures on their site.
Google+ is reducing the amount of leverage Twitter has to monetize their service. I believe Twitter has waited too long to make money off of its platform. The only ones seem to be making money off of Twitter is the 3rd party developers that are making it easier to use the product!
Pardon my ignorance, but I find your efforts quite insignificant. If you were to ask me where most people looked on that example, I could accurately tell you what got the most looks first, second, third etc, without ever seeing your heatmap. Do I really need a third party to tell me people like boobs more than Ron Paul?
I'd like to add that the length of eye contact is irrelevant especially to a metric that is more valuable, interpretation. Let's say that we can determine (or even narrow down) users interpretation of content and heatmap the relevance to their visit. If we could take a pro-active stance we could predict future visits and adjust the content accordingly, not be reactionary and simply say (after the user is gone) that people looked at boobs more than Ron Paul.
Why do they need to go public? Are they hoping that more ad buying power is going to provide them economies of scale? Graphic designers aren't that expensive to employ are they?
That's what she said?