Detailed information about various things related to Facebook Graph Search. Read inside for everything you need to know about Facebook Graph Search.
Facebook keeps doing something creative every time and people love every new feature. Sometimes it takes a while before users get familiar with the new feature. When Facebook launched the new chat interface along with Facebook Mail, almost everyone hated it. Everyone wanted to switch to their old chat system, but after a bit of time, they realized that it was good for them. Same happened when Facebook launched Timeline. However, Facebook timeline is really good, creative and easy to navigate. One can experience the whole past within a few minutes.
In the same procedure of giving something new to users every time, Facebook has now come up with a new feature inside the Facebook profile called Facebook Graph Search.
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What is Facebook Graph Search
For testing purpose, Facebook has only launched the beta version of Facebook Graph Search. Using Facebook Graph search, you can search Facebook by Interests, places, pictures etc. Graph search enables you to search for exactly what you need. You can find people of your common interests without even knowing them. You can search for restaurants and other places recommended by your friends, you can search for the pictures taken in a certain period of time uploaded by your friends etc. There are several criteria you can determine while searching for something. You can filter the results as to show from your friends or friends of friends.
How to get Facebook Graph Search
Well, Graph search is not available for everyone at this point of time, because Facebook has launched it for testing purposes. However if you want, you can apply for it by clicking here. Once the long wait is over, Facebook will notify you in form of a Facebook notification and then you can use Facebook Graph Search.
How does Facebook Graph Search Work
Facebook graph search starts from a text field which is exactly at the middle of the top bar on Facebook screen, the same place where you could find search option. A query for Facebook Graph Search can be very specific or very vast. It depends on you that what do you really want Facebook to search. For example, you can search for your friends who like Taylor Swift. Making it more specific, you can search your friends living in Virginia and those who like Lady Gaga. You can search for some famous restaurants and other places where your friends have been. You can even search like Photos of Roger Federer uploaded in 2005.
Why did Facebook launch Graph Search
There are over a billion people of Facebook with 240 billion photographs (History of Facebook Photos) and over a trillion connections. There are many people on this platform having same interest and still, they are not familiar with others with the same interest. So Facebook thought to give them a platform where they could interact with the people of their own interest and make connections. This is also to give them a feeling of openness.
According to an insider at Facebook, “Facebook was launched with a purpose that people could hang around, make connection with others of same interest and enjoy their time being on Social Network, Facebook graph search is just a step in the regard”.
Difference between Google Search and Facebook Graph Search
Well, according to the chief software engineer at Facebook, there is nothing similar in Facebook Graph search and other search engines, but still there are people who are looking Facebook as a rival of Google in the Web search.
According to Rasmussen (Facebook’s director of Engineering) , Web search mainly considers every page on the internet while showing a result for a certain keyword, while Facebook Graph Search is a very specific search technique which provides results from inside the Facebook , There is no such thing which allows people to compare Facebook Graph Search with other Search engines.
What are the Privacy Standards of Facebook Graph Search
Facebook has always been in news due to various privacy issues. There was a time before a couple of years, when Facebook launched “See Friendship”. It was a feature which allowed you to see how any of your friend react with a friend in his list. It had created a lot of issues because it gave the people access to their friends of friends. However, after a short time, Facebook clarified the issues by making things more private.
When Facebook has come with such a feature again, people are again doubting on the privacy issues included with Graph Search. But according to Facebook, if a person is not in your friend list, you will not be able to see his link in your Graph Search Results until that person has shared his details with public. It means that Facebook graph Search will show you only those results which you could get elsewhere on Facebook.
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This seems to be one of the smartest features of facebook. Joined the waiting list & fingers crossed
This surely s something very interesting Ramakrishnan. I got it a few days back and I am surely enjoying using this innovative feature.