Verify your Google Buzz Account with Google Knol

24 February, 2010 - 07:00 AM - 10 Comments

Google Buzz has one up over twitter in that it will allow anyone with a valid Google account to verify or certify their account so you can be sure the person is validated and trusted. Twitter does this only for celebrities and high profile accounts and does not yet open up this certification / verify process to all twitter users. Personally this would help determine who you can follow on twitter and who you should abandon.

In the meantime while searching on Google to find out how to find your Google Buzz profile, I ran across an article by Raju over at Technically Personal about how to get your Google Buzz Profile verified.

This article is fantastic and I didn’t even know that Google has a service called “Knol” which is a kind of collaboration utility for sharing knowledge. Think of Knol as a twitter for exchanging research ideas and specific knowledge. This is the theory at least and it is mean’t for researchers in fields to collaborate together which has potential but also I have seen knols that are no different than normal article or twitter promotions so I don’t think it is actually working as intended.

However, you can “verify” your Google account with Knol and this verification allows you to add a “Verified” badge next to your name on your Google Profile so that you can show your fans you are exactly who you say you are.

Rather than give you all the steps on how to get your Google Buzz account verified here I am going to encourage you to go to the article in the above link and follow Raju’s information. I just wish Twitter would soon follow and allow everyone legitimate to certify their accounts so you can quickly weed out the spam accounts.

-Dragon Blogger

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Robert@Transaction

i agree that there is too much spam out there, but until there is a good way to fix it we'll just have to deal with it. that is a good link, it was easy to verify the buzz account.

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kim@clean up credit history

Amazing stuff, I liked your initiative in checking out new products. Seems like a good tool ,Thanks

Eleanor Edwards @ UK Charity GiveABrick

Sounds like a great idea. Does that mean you're a buzz fan? I've been reading mixed reviews and given that I have a to-do list longer than a gorilla's arm, would love to know if I should bother buzzing or not. Go grab your crystal ball DB ;)
.-= Eleanor Edwards @ UK Charity GiveABrick´s last blog ..5 Keys to Lock Your Worries Away =-.

dragonblogger

I do think it has potential and allows you to have much better two way conversations than twitter, plurk...etc. So I think Buzz is nice for that, but it isn't as efficient as social media for quick updates and events and is more cumbersome to keep up with buzz communications when you get bombarded by email notifications. I am on it to test new technology, but I rarely am using it actively now.

Dennis

I dont like Buzz and I dont like that Google made it a part of Gmail which is basically throwing it down our throats. I turned it off on my Gmail account.
.-= Dennis´s last blog ..Industrial Divider Curtains =-.

Jay@ Dish TV Blog

Thanks for the tips on Buzz, I need to get that set-up!
.-= Jay@ Dish TV Blog´s last blog ..Sportsman Channel-Launch of Sportsman HD on Dish Network =-.

Gomez@Windshield Repair

I haven't bothered to verify Buzz... quite frankly, I am not into the product. I find it a distraction the way it connects various networks in a mish-mash way. Thanks... but no thanks.
.-= Gomez@Windshield Repair´s last blog ..HUD (Head-up Display) on Your Windshields =-.

William@Sms lån

Couldn't you also connect buzz to your Twitter account as well as other social network sites? So how much of a buzz is Google's Buzz? I personally like it. One account and there you go, everything on it... mail, photos, spreadsheets, etc.
.-= William@Sms lån´s last blog ..Ferratum =-.

Hulbert

This is pretty cool. I think having a verification system is good for not allowing people to spam social networks and create a clean environment for everybody. I'll have to check it out. Thanks for the info.
.-= Hulbert´s last blog ..My Brother Got Pulled Over by the Police – Part I Interview =-.

Martin@Cornyman&#39;s Money-Blog

Poor me! I can't get verified as i don't live in the USA :(

Not sure if it's too difficult to link all Credit card data with their service or if this costs too much money.

I think Verification in twitter would be possible for everyone if you provide similar data. The only problem would be that Twitter is too small to provide such a verification service like Google. It costs too much money which Twitter doesn't have yet. But it seems they want to introduce in March their own ad platform (featured in my new blog post).
Here you can send a Twitter verification request http://twitter.com/account/verify_request
and here you can see all verified twitter accounts
http://twitter.com/verified/following
.-= Martin@Cornyman's Money-Blog´s last blog ..Sponsored Tweets - Is it the end for it? =-.