Will Google Launch 'Facebook Killer?'

Wired

Updated Apr. 25, 2017 9:47AM ET / Published Jun. 28, 2010 5:35PM ET

It's a battle of the social-networking giants: On the heels of Facebook announcing its new Open Graph search feature—which has been called a "Google killer"—the technorati are speculating that Google may launch its own social-networking service. Digg founder Kevin Rose took to Twitter to publicize the rumor, writing, "Ok, umm, huge rumor: Google to launch facebook competitor very soon "Google Me", very credible source." Some tech journos surmise that Google might integrate its extant social-networking features, Google Buzz and Orkut, a move that would push its user base to 200 million people, half that of Facebook's. Others speculate that the search engine may expand upon Google Profiles.

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