PUBLIC MARKS with tag authentication

A better way to sign in.

Post about the advantages and downsides of using OpenID, especially some tricks for using OpenIDs provided by Google.

Authenticate users in two clicks. Socialize makes it easy for any site to implement Facebook Connect, MySpaceID, Sign In With Twitter, Gmail, Yahoo! mail and AOL mail as identity providers. Using Gigya Socialize can increase registrations by as much as 300%. Also has a multi socialbookmark button

Bypass Password-Protected Feeds

Google Friend Connect provides simple user authentication using any OpenID account, including Google, Yahoo and AIM. Instead of filling in yet another profile form, your users can connect to their existing identities, showing current profile pictures. By making login easier and connected to existing identity, you'll see increased engagement and comment activity. The Google Friend Connect plugins are proof-of-concept code to integrate users with external accounts into your site. A user can visit your site and leave a comment with a Google Account, Yahoo Account, any OpenID, or in future other sites that participate in OpenSocial. See separate instructions for the WordPressPlugin, DrupalPlugin and PhpbbPlugin

OAuth, OpenID…they sound like the same thing and they kind of do vaguely similar things But I’m here to tell you, OAuth is not Open ID. They have a different purpose. I’ve been playing around with OAuth a bit in the past couple weeks and have a grip on what it’s aiming to do and what it’s not aiming to do. To start with, here’s what OAuth does have in common with Open ID