Bloggers Speculate on Google Innovations

New developments from Internet giant Google ignited the blogosphere last week, making the company the No. 1 topic for the week of April 16-20, 2012, according to the New Media Index from the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism.

The New Media Index has repeatedly found that bloggers tend to be excited by tech news, much of which is generated by the industry leaders. And last week marks the seventh time in 16 weeks this year that Google has registered among the top five stories for bloggers. The upcoming release of Google Drive, a cloud drive like the popular Dropbox, became the primary focus of conversation last week. Google Drive will provide users of Mac, Windows, Android and iOS with 5GB of space for free. Bloggers also responded to design changes coming to Google+. Most of the comments about Google Drive greeted that news warmly, although some bloggers cautioned about overly high expectations. A smaller number of bloggers wrote about Google+ and many of those were pleased with the expected changes. Most of the top stories on blogs last week were technology-related including: the upcoming release of a new Samsung Galaxy cell phone; a website for Harry Potter fans; a controversial comment about the photo app Instagram; and an IPO (initial public offering) date for Facebook.