Category: Technology Author : JR Raphael Posted: July 31, 2008
Tags : aim, aol, blogger, buddyupdates, del.iciou.us, Flickr, mixx, social network, stumbleupon, Twitter, youtube
Tags : aim, aol, blogger, buddyupdates, del.iciou.us, Flickr, mixx, social network, stumbleupon, Twitter, youtube
AIM Offers New Social Aggregation Tool
AIM is expanding its reach to include integration with other social-oriented services.
The options come as part of the newly launched BuddyUpdates feature for AOL’s instant messaging platform. The feature lets you link your buddy list to third-party sites including Twitter, Blogger, Flickr, del.icio.us, Mixx, StumbleUpon, and YouTube. There’s also an option to add an unlisted service, so you could theoretically connect almost anything — a non-Blogger blog or a FriendFeed page, for example.
Once linked up, friends can see your recent activity from the AIM sign-in page or right within the AIM window itself. The BuddyUpdates service is still under beta mode.
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This looks like direct competition with Twitter, and the third-party integration adds an aggregation aspect that mimics the integration of Twhirl with Friendfeed. So with this latest move, AOL has greatly strengthened its position in the social media space. The last time I saw such a good crossover was an AIM bot that would update Pownce. This worked perfectly fine, the only problem is that no one uses Pownce.
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