7 Google Buzz Tips – Yet Another Google Buzz Guide

February 14, 2010

By Ben Fisher

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Yet Another Google Buzz Guide

Social Media folks and Gmail users alike are all getting addicted to Google Buzz like it is crack (so like, who owns gcrack.com . I have seen quite a few really good “Buzzlets” and guides about Google Buzz. So here is yet another one. Enjoy and please feel free to Buzz me ( http://google.socialdude.com )

How do I Link My WebSites, Twitter, FriendFeed etc.. Accounts to Post to Google Buzz?

The first thing you need to do is bi-directionally link your personal account to each other. For instance, Add a link from your Blog with the “rel=me” yo our Google Profile and then in your Google Profile add a link to your Blog. When adding a link to your Google Profile tick the “This is a profile page about me” checkbox.

Google has an official, albeit technical, guide on how to connect external sites to Google Buzz.

The Dude has tested connecting sites to your Google profile and found out the fast way to make it happen.

Update From other Buzzers:

Force a re-crawl of your sites too from @bradfitz https://sgapi-recrawl.appspot.com/
“Go there and force-recrawl any “me” links you’ve just added to the site(s) you want connected to your Buzz. “

David J. MacKay – If you’re a WordPress blogger, after you’ve added a custom link to your blog on your Google Profile, you can easily add the required XFN markup by simply adding a new link to your blogroll.
The new link must point to your Google Profile URL and in the Link Relationship section check ‘another web address of mine’ so that the link contains the rel=”me” attribute

Bruce Wagner – Another (simpler) option: Use ping.fm It’s the only sensible way to post to 3 (or 80) networks at once. Even by email or sms. Connect Gtalk to ping.fm then connect Gralk to Buzz. Now ping.fm posts to twitter AND buzz instantly! …not to mention Facebook and 50 other sites too.
*Just hooked this up on my WordPress site: Using the WPing.FM plugin, works perfectly (Just make sure in options to select Post to Ping.FM on new post only.

How to Verify your buzz account?

1. You must go to Google’s Knol site and sign in. (http://knol.google.com)
2. Then go to your profile settings.
3. Click on the “Name Verification” tab
4. Then choose to verify by phone or via credit card

Buzz This

How do I send an update to Google Buzz via Email?

After you have enabled Google Buzz send an email to buzz@gmail.com to post to Buzz. The neat part here is you can attach images as well. *Try it from your mobile phone.
Has anyone tried excel files etc. or video?

How Do I disable Google Buzz?

How Can I NOT get Google Buzz updates in my Gmail InBox?

The first day Buzz came out I was posting a ton. The I noticed that my Gmail disk space quote went from 30% to 98%!

If you want to be able to us Buzz, but not get updates in your inbox, (thereby using up your precious free space) create a Gmail filter that makes Buzz updates skip the inbox automatically. In Gmail, click on the “Create a filter” link, and in the “Has the words:” field enter label:buzz. Click Next Step (and ignore Gmail’s warning about filtering labels), then choose “Skip the inbox” as the filter action, and save. Now by following those instructions you are still saving your buzz conversations, I setup a similar filter and instead move them straight to trash.

How to Not have Google Buzz come into your Inbox

How do I import Twitter Follower to Google Buzz?

Try this beta service ( http://tw2buzz.com ) , it is a bit slow as of this writing, but it will help you locate, from your list of “who you are following”. The service allows you to see who on your following list has an associated Google Buzz account.

How do I add a Google Buzz Button to My Site?

As of yet I have not seen a WordPress plugin that will integrate a buzz button on a post. But here is a handy piece of code that I discovered.

<! Start SocialDude.com Google Buzz Button–> <a href=”javascript:var%20b=document.body;var%20GR________bookmarklet_domain="http://www.google.com";if(b&&!document.xmlVersion)
{void(z=document.createElement("script"));void(z.src="http://www.google.com/reader/ui/link-bookmarklet.js");void(b.appendChild(z));}else{}”><img src=”INSERT YOUR IMAGE PATH HERE” border=”0″ alt=”Share in Google Buzz” /></a> <strong>Buzz This</strong>

<!– End Google Buzz Button Code from SocialDude.com –>

Props go out to Jamie Martin for this piece of code.

*Note: If anyone spots a website plugin that will do this out in the wild please do share, comment or Buzz me about it.

Buzz This

**UPDATE** I found a WordPress Plugin to do this: http://www.clickonf5.org/google-buzz-button-wordpress (Zip Link)

What tips have you seen that are useful about Google Buzz?