Google Friend Connect

Google introduced Friend Connect to tap into the social networking community. It is very simple to use and apply on your website. For site owners, Google offers a snippet of code. Simply add the code to your website and get social features up and running. No need of programming required.

The site becomes more dynamic and enjoys the features of social networking. No need to remember more user names and passwords. Simply sign in with your google, yahoo, aim or open id account.

You can connect with your friends on other networks while being at a website at the same time. You can make friends, join sites using friend connect, connect with other people who share similar interests. Currently, you can invite friends from Orkut and Plaxo, your contacts from Google Talk, or anyone by sending an email.

The settings screen appears as a pop-up window. You can browse through any sites you have joined without logging out. If you sign in with google id, you will remain signed in while switching from one google connect site to another, but if you sign in with your yahoo or OpenId you need to sign in again at each new site.