Monday, July 8, 2013

Facebook begins graph search in the U. S.



Facebook will start offering advanced search function to users in the US and users who use American English version of the site today 8th July. This was revealed by a Facebook representative to tech site CNET. This feature was announced earlier this by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.


facebook introduce graph searchThis will be a new way of finding people, places, photos, and interests that are relevant to about 1 billion users of the number one social site. The advanced site will use filters like ‘place type’, ‘liked by’, and ‘visited by friends’.

The new graph search will replace the traditional search bar with a bigger search bar at the top of each page. The graph search will use different keywords to provide results to users. This could for instance allow you to search something like “friends who like 2face” or “people who went to OAU and lives in Abuja”.

However, it has been noted that this feature will not be available on mobile version of the site for now. It is also expected that the search results will be adapted to the privacy settings of various users. It is expected that hundred million users will be able to use the search bar by the end of this week while other users in the US will be allowed access in the coming weeks.

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