Search Facebook Graph keep Bing as an important partner
August 6, 2013
Facebook
Today, in a ceremony at its headquarters in Menlo Park, Facebook launched a “what they are doing”: Lookup Table.
Search Facebook Graph is an attempt to increase the site’s search function to give a good image. Find Graph, Facebook said they want to make it easy to navigate your connections, and make it more useful.
Actually, only appears as a bar graph in the search box at the top of each page revised. From there, the user can enter a query like “friends who lived in Lexington and as Quentin Tarantino” or “Indian restaurant like my friends.” Each application will result in a new page information held by the factors in the ranking of Facebook to get the best results, from within Facebook.
It launched the beta (slow release), and focuses on four areas of information: People, Photos, Places, and flowers.
But certainly not an Internet search. Facebook is better. Sure, Facebook hopes decides to find something on Facebook that previously could be looking at Google, to name one of the machines. Search Facebook graph, but can not give you everything you need to know.
“Search for graphics and web search are very different Search the Web was designed to create a set of keywords (for example:.” Hip hop “). And give the best results according to the keywords you combine Graph With Search phrases (eg, “My friends in New York who want Jay-Z”) to reach a group of people, places, images or other content to share on Facebook. We believe this is a very different use, “said Facebook.
Also made it clear that “do not index the web.”
For all questions answered in Graph Search, Facebook push Bing to help. Bing, Facebook partners have an important role in the search graph.
“As part of these products, both our engineering team to work together to develop a unified search experience. That means that when people want to see more on Facebook, you see the results of an internet search Bing with social context and additional information, such as a Facebook page, “said Derrick Connell VP Bing Search.
So if you are looking for something that is Facebook graph search does not include – time, for example – are given the option to open a Web search powered by Bing.
Bing search has a new, two-column graphic design with a Bing web result left and social information from Facebook to the right, to include content and applications related to pages. This differs from the Bing search intensity within Facebook, without additional features content from Facebook.
“We do not think many people will come to Facebook to do an Internet search, but if we can find what you want, it’s great,” said Mark Zuckerberg, during a press conference that day.
As more graphic Search Facebook (affirm their status beta product not only is improving), you can lose the need to do an Internet search. At least that is the hope of Facebook. But for now and in the future, Facebook and Bing effort time for dating, where all seem very happy.