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Well the deal is down for the count. Facebook has just stated today that Google’s fledgling Friend Connect violates it’s terms of service and will block its use of their network. You can read the full post here.<\/a><\/p>\n

Not only is this really bad news for Google as Facebook was the most important site on its implementation list, but it is bad news for Friend Connect users. Without Facebook the other services, other than LinkedIn, in the Friend Connect network\u00a0are marginally used.<\/p>\n

The only way that Friend Connect will really get off the ground is to have other great social networking sites buy into the program.<\/p>\n

But does Facebook’s decision surprise you? Not me, Facebook is in talks with MSN so why would MSN want to let Google has access to one of its “cherry” potential properties. Let Microsoft implement its own version of Friend Connect tied in to Facebook and that’s sure to be winning combination and a perfect ad vehicle for Microsoft adCenter – you go Microsoft!<\/p>\n

The war between MSN and Google will be ramping up again for sure on this one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Well the deal is down for the count. Facebook has just stated today that Google’s fledgling Friend Connect violates it’s terms of service and will block its use of their network. You can read the full post here. Not only is this really bad news for Google as Facebook was the most important site on its implementation list, but it is bad news for Friend Connect users. Without Facebook the other services, other than LinkedIn, in the Friend Connect network\u00a0are marginally used. The only way that Friend Connect will really get off the ground is to have other great social networking sites buy into the program. But does Facebook’s decision surprise you? Not me, Facebook is in talks with MSN so why would MSN want to let Google has access to one of its “cherry” potential properties. Let Microsoft implement its own version of Friend Connect tied in to Facebook and that’s sure to be winning combination and a perfect ad vehicle for Microsoft adCenter – you go Microsoft! The war between MSN and Google will be ramping up again for sure on this one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[103],"tags":[441,194],"class_list":["post-512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-social-media","tag-social-media","tag-social-networking"],"yoast_head":"\nFacebook Thrashes Google Friend Connect | The Web Authority<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mccordweb.com\/weblogs\/2008\/05\/16\/facebook-thrashes-google-friend-connect\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Facebook Thrashes Google Friend Connect | The Web Authority\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Well the deal is down for the count. 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