Facebook Is No Longer Flat: On Graph Search via @johnbattelle

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Facebook Is No Longer Flat: On Graph Search via @johnbattelle

A sample Graph Search result for the query “friends photos before 1999.” By now the news is sweeping across the blogosophere and into the mainstream press: Facebook is doing Search! Well, not so fast. Facebook is not doing search, at least not search Google-style. However, the world’s largest social network has radically re-engineered its native search experience, and the result is not only much, much better, it’s also changed my mind about the company’s long term future. Yesterday, Tom Stocky, Facebook Product Management Director, and Lars Rasmussen, Engineering Director, gave me a sneak peek of today’s much anticipated announcement (it’s gonna be a phone! A new Newsfeed! A big acquisition!). So as to not bury the lead, Facebook has built what it’s calling “Graph Search ,” a solidly conceived structured-search service which leverages the company’s massive trove of persona...

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@NSC » 03 Feb '13, 9pm
Watching “conversions” [link] Facebook is round.
@EmilyQuestions » 26 Jan '13, 3pm
Do you really understand the power of Graph Search? @JohnBattelle's take on Facebook is a must read. [link] via @om
@sociabilities » 26 Jan '13, 9am
@johnbattelle predicts "it won’t be long before Facebook...lets marketers purchase ads in these new search results." [link]
@sociabilities » 26 Jan '13, 9am
#GrapSearch "...beta “indexes” four main types of these entities: People, Photos, Places, and Interests." [link]
@sociabilities » 26 Jan '13, 9am
"Facebook is, at its core, a massive structured database of tagged entities." [link]
@superglaze » 25 Jan '13, 11am
Batelle on Graph Search [link] I mostly agree except for the part about users wanting to 'dress themselves in better metadata'
@wondermonkey » 23 Jan '13, 9pm
"No one wants to be left out of a consideration set, after all." mean anything? if not, this is must read: [link] #facebook
@seotweetz » 23 Jan '13, 6pm
RT @TuPropiaEmpresa: Facebook Is No Longer Flat: On Graph Search (#SEO) [link] vía @johnbattelle
@Fashiontribes » 23 Jan '13, 3pm
Is your Graph Search wardrobe ready for its closeup? [link] [link]
@matslew » 23 Jan '13, 3pm
Why #Facebook #Search makes people provide more data to FB: "No one wants to be left out of a consideration set." [link]
@_emilysauce » 23 Jan '13, 5am
A thorough description of Graph Search and how it will change the way we use Facebook: [link] via @johnbattelle #privacy
@MSpigarelli » 23 Jan '13, 2am
RT @marcologuercio: E anche il punto di vista di John Battelle su Facebook Graph Search l'ho letto [link]
@TheDofM » 22 Jan '13, 4pm
Breakdown of FB search. Some say it's going to hurt LinkedIn. What do you think? [link]
@julianmccrea » 22 Jan '13, 10am
Facebook's groundbreaking social search vs. the privacy problem: Food for thought: [link]
@EvelyneAbitbol » 21 Jan '13, 3pm
Encore + loin. Via “@MichelleBlanc: battellemedia: FACEBOOK IS NO LONGER FLAT: ON GRAPH SEARCH [link]”
@MichelleBlanc » 21 Jan '13, 1pm
battellemedia: FACEBOOK IS NO LONGER FLAT: ON GRAPH SEARCH [link]
@iscool_e » 21 Jan '13, 1pm
Avec Social Search, chacun aura une page de résultats différentes donc autant de possibilités de monétisation. [link]
@ingosleben » 20 Jan '13, 1pm
Facebook Is No Longer Flat: On Graph Search | In der Tat, nicht uninteressant. [link]
@cpev » 19 Jan '13, 10pm
Catching up with Battelle on Facebook's Graph Search: a must read! [link] (via @timaldiss)
@apeluffo » 19 Jan '13, 5pm
Para @aarrieta otro enfoque sobre el potencial impacto del tercer pilar de Facebook. [link]
@haarsager » 19 Jan '13, 1pm
Time for #pubmedia webbies to think thru their FB metadata - On Graph Search [link] via @johnbattelle
@chrisjackroyd » 19 Jan '13, 1pm
brilliant overview of the poorly named, but massively intriguing graph search found here [link]
@SocialMediaLF » 19 Jan '13, 12pm
Facebook is no longer flat - argues John Battelle on Graph Search [link]
@danielas11 » 19 Jan '13, 11am
RT @dusano: Facebook Is No Longer Flat: On Graph Search [link] via @johnbattelle
@ChemPub » 19 Jan '13, 10am
Facebook Is No Longer Flat: On Graph Search [link] via @johnbattelle - interesting post, People, Photos, Places, and Interests
@traindriverrev » 18 Jan '13, 9pm
Facebook's new search engine. #dob [link]
@hernandogs » 18 Jan '13, 7pm
RT @apeluffo: Facebook Is No Longer Flat: On Graph Search [link] vía @johnbattelle cc @hernandogs @germanfmuller @tuvecinita @diegodella
@cfgbrady » 18 Jan '13, 4pm
Facebook Is No Longer Flat: On Graph Search [link] <-- Prob the best write up of graph search I've seen.
@thibetian » 18 Jan '13, 4pm
RT @jhagel: Facebook Graph Search and user engagement - thoughtful post by @johnbattelle [link] via @timoreilly
@jhagel » 18 Jan '13, 4pm
Facebook Graph Search and user engagement - thoughtful post by @johnbattelle [link] via @timoreilly
@Piers_Butler » 18 Jan '13, 2pm
Facebook search - [link]
@CoCase » 18 Jan '13, 9am
RT @simonbigpicture: Good thinking around Facebook graph search - this is a big deal [link]
@ryanbozarth_ » 18 Jan '13, 7am
Near perfect article on Facebook Search. FB is back in the game. [link]”
@InterfaceAddict » 18 Jan '13, 7am
graph search creeps me out [link]
@apeluffo » 18 Jan '13, 4am
Facebook Is No Longer Flat: On Graph Search [link] vía @johnbattelle cc @hernandogs @germanfmuller @tuvecinita @diegodella
@frankiv420 » 18 Jan '13, 1am
RT @ProjectQuinn: MT @zimbalist If you want to understand why Facebook search is such a big deal @johnbattelle spells it out & goes deep [link]
@LibraryRemix » 18 Jan '13, 1am
RT @joycevalenza: Facebook Is No Longer Flat: On Graph Search [link] via @johnbattelle #tlchat #library #search
@jungleG » 18 Jan '13, 1am
John Batelle makes it clear, Facebook Is No Longer Flat: On Graph Search [link]
@onoben_jp » 17 Jan '13, 10pm
#followmejp Facebook Is No Longer Flat: On Graph Search | John Battelle's Search BlogJohn Battelle'... [link] #sougofollow
@elenacarstoiu » 17 Jan '13, 9pm
Facebook Is No Longer Flat: On Graph Search. Services in the future: Facewords and Facesense ;) [link] #social
@Hil121 » 17 Jan '13, 8pm
RT @timoreilly: Very smart post about Facebook Graph search from @johnbattelle [link]
@mdbarber » 17 Jan '13, 7pm
Another good post on the impact of Facebook graph search. [link]
@anmolgarcha » 17 Jan '13, 7pm
Thank you @johnbattelle for probably one of the most educative posts on the #Facebook #Graph. [link]
@erichippeau » 17 Jan '13, 7pm
Great profile of Graph Search RT @johnbattelle: Facebook Is No Longer Flat: On Graph Search [link] via @johnbattelle
@juliangreensf » 17 Jan '13, 6pm
John Battelle on Graph Search - good point on sharing searches. How is data signal vs. noise? [link] @johnbattelle @om
@seotweetz » 17 Jan '13, 6pm
RT @Traversty: FSO (Facebook Search Optimisation) = the new SEO? [link] (via @johnbattelle). If that catches on I want credit! #FSO #SEO
@allancho » 17 Jan '13, 6pm
A new semantic search engine? From FB? I don't believe it! [link] #Facebook
@Traversty » 17 Jan '13, 6pm
FSO (Facebook Search Optimisation) = the new SEO? [link] (via @johnbattelle). If that catches on I want credit! #FSO #SEO
@nijst » 17 Jan '13, 5pm
Facebook Is No Longer Flat: On Graph Search | John Battelle's Search BlogJohn Battelle's Search Blog [link] (via Instapaper)
@howardlindzon » 17 Jan '13, 4pm
reading "@StockTwits: v good piece from a couple days ago.. $FB Is No Longer Flat: On Graph Search [link] via John Battelle"