According to Google Official Blog, they are continuing with the off-season spring cleanup. Among the Google products that won’t be supported anymore are:

1. Google Bookmarks Lists

2. Google Friend Connect

3. Google Gears

4. Google Search Timeline

5. Google Wave

6. Knol

7. Renewable Energy Cheaper than Coal (RE<C)

The goal is to make everything simpler so they are ending the services for the above mentioned products. Of the 7 listed, Google Friend Connect will surely have the greatest impact to bloggers and webmasters.

Google To Shutdown A Number of Products Including Google Friend Connect

GFC has been part of most websites to keep the connection between people. Maybe, it is about time to give up GFC and connect with people through Google+.

Google+ was released six months ago and within that short span of time, it is already being used to measure sites ranking. It is being compared agains Facebook and Twitter but the +1 button has an edge, each plus one is good for rankings in Google search. Without doubt, Google+ is a major player in the field of social media.

Are you wondering if there are connections between google plus and search rankings? Here is a statement from Human Business Works President Chris Brogan during the BlogWorld Expo in L.A:

Google doesn’t index all of Facebook right now. It’s a lost cause for SEO, they’re also no longer indexing Twitter. Google does index anything publicly for Google+

Google has such advantages, I don’t see how they can’t be a success with Google+ … I’m amazed that people are so skeptical, especially those in the tech press.

With this, isn’t it about time to install Google+ plugin in your blogs?