"Is Google spreading itself too thin?" - yes IF they leave all their experiments out in the cold. My view is that this is a year of joining up the dots for them in their effort to Facebook up the web. They have somewhere for us to stick our words (Google Sites + Blogger + Knol), they have somewhere for us to say who we are (Google Profile), they have somewhere for us to store our media (Picasa + YouTube). They have something to help us find it all (Search). They have something to bring it all together (iGoogle). They have something for us to communicate (Chat + Groups + GMail). In essence, all the bits of, say, Facebook, but disjointed. But all on a much large scale that one single app. They even have something similar (if not quite wide ranging) for enterprises (Google Apps). All they need is something that "socialises" it all ... oh, Friend Connect! (plus the crazily successful Orkut (successful in other places that USA, Europe and New Zealand - but I'm usure how that fits into it all). If they manage - Mike Riversdale from FriendFeed MT Plugin