Google Social Search goes live, adds new features
January 28, 2010 |
Google has begun the rollout of its Social Search product, a way of seeing customized search results based upon the people in your social network. Social Search will be available as a beta product in the “next few days” to all users on Google.com, according to Search Engine Land.
Search Engine Land’s article on the initial debut, Google Social Search Launches, Gives Results From Your Trusted “Social Circle,” provides an in-depth guide to how Google Social Search, including:
- how to access Social Search (reminder: it’s under the “Show Options” link on the search results page)
- how it determines your social circle
- how it finds and presents content created by people in your social circle
- how it ranks the content it shows
- and more
With today’s rollout to Google.com, there are a couple interesting additions to Social Search since our previous coverage that deserve mention.
Get the full story at Search Engine Land
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