Add your stream to Google Buzz

This document explains how to add your StatusNet stream to Google Buzz.

This is a three-step process. First, you have to add the account to your Google Profile. Then, you have to connect the account in Google Buzz.

Add your StatusNet account to your Google Profile

 * 1) Go to http://www.google.com/profiles to see your profile. You can either "create a profile" or "view profile".
 * 2) From your own profile page, click "Edit Profile"
 * 3) At the bottom of the page is a section called "Links". If your StatusNet or Identi.ca account is there, click "Add >>" to add it.
 * 4) If your StatusNet or Identi.ca account isn't in the list already, go to the "Add custom link to my profile" form. Enter your profile page URL (like "http://identi.ca/yourname" or "http://yourname.status.net/" or "http://example.com/long/path/to/statusnet/index.php/yourname") and whatever title you want. Click "Add" to add it.
 * 5) Scroll aaaaaalll the way to the bottom of the page and click "Save changes".

Note that Google uses the Social Graph API to determine if Google-you is really StatusNet-you. You can improve Buzz's chances of making this link by making your Google Profile URL the "homepage" for your StatusNet account. (Go to Profile Settings, like http://identi.ca/settings/profile on Identi.ca, to set your homepage URL.)

Connect your account in Google Buzz

 * 1) Go to http://mail.google.com/ to get into Gmail (where Buzz lives).
 * 2) Click on the "Buzz" link in the sidebar.
 * 3) Click the "N Connected sites" link, where "N" is the number of sites you've already connected.
 * 4) Your Identi.ca or StatusNet site should be in the "Connect more sites" list. Click the "Add" button next to it, then click "Save".
 * 5) If your site isn't in the list, make sure it's connected to your Google Profile, and use the Social Graph Recrawl tool to get it re-crawled.