Search vs. Social: The 50 Shades of Gray in Online Information Retrieval

vs. Social: The 50 Shades of Gray in Online Information Retrieval

Search vs. Social: The 50 Shades of Gray in Online Information Retrieval

Facebook is reportedly working on vastly improving what has long been poor search functionality on their ubiquitous social network. Even given the $15 billion dollars at stake in search advertising, Facebook doesn't seem interested in diving headfirst into battling Google by indexing the web. News of an improved Facebook search engine led the tech industry to wonder aloud if Facebook – despite employing few traditional search engineers – could spell a genuine threat to Google’s global search dominance with vastly improved search functionality. One survey also revealed that users are cool to the idea of a Facebook search engine to rival Google's. The question itself – whether a Facebook with improved search poses a genuine threat to Google’s online search dominance – presupposes, either implicitly or by implication, that online information retrieval is an either/or: Either ...

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@deeped » 16 Jul '12, 3pm
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@fredrikardmar » 30 Jun '12, 2pm
Kommer Sociala Medier ta över kunskapssökningar från Google? [link]
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@beccanalia » 22 Jun '12, 12pm
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@Nathan_Safran » 20 Jun '12, 1pm
In case you missed it: Search vs. Social: The 50 Shades of Gray in Online Information Retrieval [link]
@MartinSEM » 20 Jun '12, 1pm
For now, users utilize search universally and turn to social media in certain specific contextual situations. #SME [link]
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Facebook have been busy behind the scenes working on improving their search functionality. With their improved... [link]
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Discussing now: 'As you say its a small sample ...' on [link] [link]
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Search vs. Social: The 50 Shades of Gray in Online Information Retrieval from Nathan Safran @sewatch [link]
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@billdamon » 19 Jun '12, 8pm
Facebook reportedly working to improve their search. Google is watching: [link]
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From our Inbox: Search vs. Social or Google vs. Facebook--who'll come out on top in Online Information Retrieval? [link]
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Can FaceBook really take on Google for Search Engine use?... [link]
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Discussing now: 'Great article, Nathan. With S...' on [link] [link]
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@SocialDamian » 19 Jun '12, 4pm
Search vs. Social [link] "Users utilize search universally while turning to social in certain specific contextual situations".