Google Developer Kevin Marks Talks Open Social, Data Portability, Friend Connect and more

 [audio:https://seanpercival.com/mp3/google-KevinMarks-Interview-Oct2008.mp3]I was sent this great interview with Google developer Kevin Marks from Theme-Zoom and The Technology Goddess.  Kevin gives us some great insight into the big G.Here are a few topics covered:- How many Open Social applications exist at Google?- Why is the concept of "data portability" a misnomer?- How does Social Graph work with the publicly declared connections, XHTML friends networks, XFN markup and FOAF (friend of a friend)?- What are Google's plans for XFN and FOAF as it relates to Search Engine Optimization? (This has been heavily debated and Kevin puts this controversy to rest).- What does it mean (exactly) that Googlebot follows XFN and FOAF? (This has also been heavily debated and Kevin puts this controversy to rest).- How will the recent "geek disputes" about this issue effect the proprietary and Google patented "influence rank" concept? (This is also called "friend rank" or "social value rank" by the Internet Marketing pundits).- Can you expect good conversion using this sort of "influence rank" as a predictor? (Kevin really exposes the issues that Google has been sorting through in order to adequately answer this question).- What is the best way to use social networks from a branding and advertising?- When will Friend Connect be released and why is it taking so long?and much more, check it out and enjoy.