Facebook Launches Search Engine

Facebook’s product has made headlines. But the news did not surprise those who had been able to read between the lines when the company’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg referred to it at TechDisrupt 2012, while also discussing the company’s plans to go mobile and focus on monetization.

Graph Search is currently being tested in beta within the US. Users can access it by adding themselves to the waiting list, after which the new search box will replace the present. The way it works is users log in to their Facebook Timeline and type whatever they wish to search for. Unlike web search, which requires typing keywords, users can type in complete/incomplete phrases based on four distinct categories. These are: people, places, photos and interests. The search offers suggestions for users as an alternative. The quality of results is derived from the user’s intra network and is based on:  i) the frequency of user activity within the network and ii) the quantity of users within one’s own network. To sum it up, the user has to be highly active on the social front.

Where the results are insufficient, the search switches to web search engine Bing, courtesy Microsoft, which is incidentally, Facebook’s partner. Aware of intense competition, mainly from Microsoft and Google, Facebook has expressed their intention being not as much as to compete as it is to offer ‘something new’. On Facebook, it is limited within the user’s network.

From the business aspect, critics believe the ‘new’ product is less beneficial for users than it is for advertisers, who will be able to target specific customers based on their search data.  This is true to an extent and marketers are bound to make hay. But Facebook has also reaffirmed their commitment to their mission by helping users form new connections, while maintaining their privacy. Except this very commitment may narrow search scope, which makes the data of 1 billion + users inaccessible to all. By contrast, search results on Google are produced from anonymous sources, which make for a much larger compass. Whereas Google has been around longer and is now focusing on bringing automated ‘push’ results rather than relying on human effort.

So far, the network appears prepared for the bout of criticism and has therefore been quick to admit product limitations. Whether they will overcome them ‘over time,’ remains to be seen. But there is no doubt Graph Search adds another interesting dimension to the platform, one that the company hopes will incentivize companies and Facebook App Developers to invest further. If things go as planned, the search engine may just become big, maybe even bigger than its competition.

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Table of Contents Your First Steps in Facebook Development A JavaScript Boot site It’s All About framework: Canvas Basics The Plan: Idea to Design Essential Game works Your First Game: “Alien Turtle Invasion” Leaving Social With Games Introducing the Facebook Platform FacebookDeveloper Tools Initiation Your Games Your First Facebook Game: “Social Alien Turtle Invasion” HTML5 Game Engines use All the Tools: Your Future Facebook Games The Marketplace: Development Simple (Facebook App Store)

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