Everyone seems to have heard about the new Facebook Graph search, but very few people truly understand what it means and what implications it will have on the Facebook user experience.
The Traditional Facebook Search
In the traditional Facebook search you could enter a phrase into the search bar to search Facebook. This could be anything, but for this example let’s say the phrase we are searching for is ‘chocolate’.
- Facebook Pages that include the word ‘chocolate
- People that include the word ‘chocolate
- Places that include the word ‘chocolate’
But what if you were organizing chocolate party and you wanted to know which of your friends liked chocolate, or perhaps you wanted some images of chocolate.
The New Facebook Graph Search
However, with the new Facebook Graph search you could search facebook for Chocolate and find out the following:
- The Facebook Page for chocolate
- People who like chocolate
- Your friends who like chocolate
- Photos of chocolate
- Photos of chocolate before given date.
Clearly this is a more intuitive form of internet searching, one that could certainly have the gods at Google thinking about what they will need to do to improve their search algorithms and experience.
Facebook Graph Search Vs Google Search
It’s unclear yet if and how the Facebook Graph search will compare to Google, and if it will threaten Google’s dominance as a search engine.
It may be that people are just too much embedded in the habit of googling anything for information. Alternatively, it may be that because people already spend a huge amount of time on Facebook that they naturally adopt the new Facebook Graph search.
How To Activate Facebook Graph Search
Currently, Facebook graph search is not publicly launched and it’s in beta version. If you want to search facebook with facebook graph search then you have to request for it and have to wait in a queue. To request for facebook graph search follow this link and click on try facebook graph search. You have to wait till your turn, generally it takes around 30-40 days to get your account loaded with all new facebook graph search.
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