There’s a lively debate going on between Google and Facebook today over the question of whether Facebook is filtering links to Google+. The question was raised in this Google+ links on Facebook video, and Vic Gundotra brought it up via his Google+ profile. But Facebook has hit back, saying it’s not blocking Google+ links and that users can see for themselves that this is the case. So who’s right?
A lot of users have reported having trouble replicating the alleged ‘filtering’ in the video. I had a go, and found that a Google+ link appeared to be shared just fine. Of course Facebook is probably refining its algorithms all the time, so something that happens on Friday might not happen on Wednesday. And with Facebook recently facing some serious link spam, it’s understandable if their algorithm’s are particularly sceptical of any type of link.
Of more interest here, perhaps, is Google’s public airing of the issue. Remember that just last week Google also went public with its thoughts on a patents battle with Microsoft and Apple. Is it unseemly for Google to be airing grievances in public, especially if those grievances are not necessarily watertight? It will be interesting to see how Google’s approach develops if it continues to get into scraps with some of its key rivals.
Source: 100GF
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