Next up: Social Cavity Search.
By Lauren Tosi
Soon, you can search within your circle of friends.
We can get overwhelmed sifting through blogs and online discussions. That’s why we turn to our social circle for recommendations. But our friends also have several social network accounts and each one has a lot of information. So how do we keep track of it all?
Don’t fret, fellow social butterflies: Google is developing Social Search. It enables users to add their networking profiles to a Google account and see search results filtered and prioritized based on their circle of friends. This means that we can turn to our social circle first when filtering results on the web. For instance, if I wanted to research restaurants in my area, results from my trusted social circle would appear more prominently in my search.
Click here for an overview of Google Social Search.
Posted on 01-25-10, By Lauren Tosi
Thanks for highlighting this, we've been speaking about the 'local' aspect of the internet recently here, this exemplifies it perfectly.
Google Social Search: A well written article, I shall bookmark and pass over to my colleagues.