Too Much Buzz!

February 9th, 2010

Today, Google launched a new product, Google Buzz, which is being touted as a Facebook killer, Twitter killer, and probably the killer of a few other things.

If the name – or functionality – sounds familiar, it’s because at least two other companies have launched (basically) the same service using the same name.

Yahoo! has Yahoo! Buzz along with status message integration into Yahoo! Mail.

The domain, Buzz.com, is owned by AT&T and is… a social network for small and local businesses.

I hereby decree, as a passive armchair quarterback of the internet, that we retire the word “Buzz” along with any associated products, from today forward.

BTW – there is only one true Buzz on the internet.