Advantages of Google Friend Connect
1. Increase Blog Traffic
2. Interact with others who are interested in the same subject.
3. Make Posts on the Wall.
4. Make more friends.
5. Invite friends from other networks like Orkut.
6. No need to create new account. Use your Google, Yahoo!, AOL, or other OpenID account.
7. Each site you have will have it's own separate community.
8. Add social gadgets to your site to enable more interaction between members.
9. Add the Wall gadget to allow visitors to post comments on your site.
HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN COMMUNITY
1. Go to Google Friend Connect
2. Login with your Google account.
3. Click the "Setup a New Site Button".
4. Under Overview tab click Continue.
5. Type in Site Name and Site Address and click Continue again.
6. If your site is not hosted by Blogger add the two files to it as shown.
7. If your site is on Blogspot.com then click Continue.
8. Click "Test to Finalize Setup".
9. Add a Members Gadget once your site is confirmed. Click the link to Add a Members Gadget.
10. Click Generate Code in Step 3 after customizing gadget.
11. Copy the code and Paste in a html gadget in your blog
12. Once the new site is setup click on Social Gadgets link under your site name on the Friend Connect site. Click on Wall Gadget. Then customize it and click Geerate Code button. Copy and paste code in a Html gadget. Now members can make posts or comments within the gadget. See picture below :
