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Google Should Drop Its New Google +1 Social Network and Stop Trying to Compete With Facebook

Google +1 is Google's latest desperate bid for a social networking product, after its disaster with Buzz. Dan Lyons on why the search giant should give up the long-running crusade to compete with Facebook.

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"You know as well as I do that you’re just not cut out to do social," writes Dan Lyons. (Photo: Chris Hondros / Getty Images)

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