世論 What Japan Thinks

I’ve been hoping such a survey as this one from iBridge Research Plus, reported on by japan.internet.com, on Google services but focusing on just Google Buzz, would appear, as I’ve wanted an excuse to write about Google Buzz.

Demographics

On the 22nd of February 2010 300 people completed a survey; 52.0% of the sample were female, 14.7% in their twenties, 43.0% in their thirties, 28.0% in their forties, 10.3% in their fifties, and 4.0% in their sixties.

Just in case you don’t know, Google Buzz is Google’s attempt at a social networking service based around their core offerings including Gmail, Google Reader, and Google Chat. However, it launched into a storm of privacy complaints and for me, although I didn’t notice any privacy issues I certainly did notice it imposing itself into my Google Reader window, showing me far too much stuff from my contacts’ activities without any way to easily ignore. I soon turned it off, but I might go back in a couple of months to see if they have added any controls to only show me my friends when I want to see them.

Research results

Q1: Do you know about Google Buzz, Gmail’s social networking functionality? (Sample size=300)

Yes (to SQ)	9.7%
No	90.3%

Q1SQ: Have you used Google Buzz? (Sample size=29)

Yes, have used it	6.9%
No, but want to use	44.8%
No, and don’t want to use	48.3%

If we combine the two above we get:

Q1+Q1SQ: Have you used Google Buzz? (Sample size=300)

Yes, have used it	0.7%
No, but want to use	4.3%
No, and don’t want to use	4.7%
Not heard of it	90.3%

Q1: Do you know about Google Wave, Google’s communication service? (Sample size=300)

Yes	8.3%
No	91.7%