Google unveils Social Search

Some of you may remember that last we spoke about two search giants incorporating social media into their search results. One of those search giants was Google, and at the time details on how social media would work into their search results were somewhat vague. Today Google is officially announcing Social Search and is answering some of the questions we were asking about it.

In the video above Google demos how Social Search will work. As you can see your keyword searches will yield social updates in Social Search results. The way you are able to get social results for your queries is by being logged into your Google profile. If you are not logged in you will not get any social results, because Google pulls the relevant info via your profile.

The question that you may still be having is what social media sites will be included in your search results. As you know Twitter, and Friend Feed are included but where is Facebook? At this time Social Search is still in the labs. As far as we know Google has not indicated that Facebook will be included in Social Search but that may change in the future.

Google Blog

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Tags: FriendFeed, google friend feed, google search media, google social media, Google Twitter, social google, social media google, Social Search

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