Competition
- Friend Connect sites (Google, My Space and Facebook) emerged at similar times and have therefore experienced competition throughout the development stages.
- Google and Facebook announced their plans for Friend Connect sites within days of each other.
- In May 2008 Facebook blocked its users from using Google Friend Connect. The block was a result of Facebook's concerns with Google's privacy policy as Facebook believed user information could be redistributed to others without their knowledge. Google responded by saying that "users are in control of their data at all times"
- "Just hours after Yahoo announced a planned implementation of Facebook Connect on its network of sites, Google announced that you can now use your Twitter credentials to register on Google Friend Connect sites".
- In 2009 Google Friend Connect altered its installation process. It no longer required the need for any file uploads. These changes came two days after Facebook Connect modified their installation process.
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