How To Import Your Twitter Contacts Into Google Buzz

Google Buzz has had the Internet buzzing since it’s launch. Despite alleged privacy issues, feature omissions, and even a lawsuit, Buzz is still gaining popularity. One major thing missing is an actual developer API. Twitter’s API is what allows 3rd party apps like Tweetdeck and Hootsuite to interface with Twitter and most other web applications have one. Despite no API Someone has still found a way to create a 3rd party application that makes Buzz a little better to use.

Tw2buzz goes through all of your current Twitter contacts to see which of them is on Buzz. It then provides you links to those profiles so that you can connect with those people on Buzz. Even though Buzz optionally auto-populates your friend’s list with your most contacted people on GTalk and GMail, these may not necessarily be the people you usually connect with on social networks.

Well, maybe, you already have some followers on twitter and want to engage them in Google Buzz too. We’re offering you the possibility to migrate your current twitter contacts, so that you can start using buzz having (virtually) all your friends there.

Getting the ball rolling is as simple as signing into your Tw2buzz account. Oauth support makes this as simple as a click. You will also need to make sure you’re logged into your Google account or the process will fail. Tw2buzz automatically starts loading profiles for you to check out. The process does take quite a while because Tw2buzz tries to make sure you’re getting quality results. Not only does it check to make sure your Twitter followers have a Google Profile, but it also does a second check to make sure they’re actually on Google Buzz.

You can interrupt the process at any time and go through the results you have received so far. Simply hit ESC on your keyboard. To start the process again, click Load More Profiles. Next to each person found, you’ll find a link that says “Connect.” This opens a popup with that user’s Google profile so that you can check them out and follow them if you like what you see.

As I stated, the fact that Buzz doesn’t really have an API makes this process slightly more annoying that it has to be. Tw2buzz promises to activate features like bulk follow once Google makes it possible via the API. Until then, it’s still a useful application for rounding out your Buzz experience. The developers of Tw2buzz are also saying they will create an FB2Buzz and FF2Buzz so that you can connect with your Facebook and FriendFeed contacts. Tw2buzz is currently in the closed beta phase so you need to request an invite.

Since you’re reading this, just use the code ‘r4hsh33n6187’ to get in. This will only work for 20 of you so act fast.