Facebook (Finally) Taking on Search?
Searching the social network could get a lot better in the near future. About two dozen Facebook engineers, led by a former Google engineer named Lars Rasmussen, are working on an improved search engine, say two people familiar with the project who did not want to be named because the company is in a quiet period ahead of its IPO. The goal, they say, is to help users better sift through the volume of content that members create on the site, such as status updates, and the articles, videos, and other information across the Web that people “like” using Facebook’s omnipresent thumbs-up button.
Honestly, what has taken them so long? I've been talking about how Facebook will be launching search for nearly three years! Who knows, maybe this is the way they start to crush it when they're a public company?
Either way, a better search experience on Facebook would certainly be an interesting development.
#search #facebook
Collapse this postSearching the social network could get a lot better in the near future. About two dozen Facebook engineers, led by a former Google engineer named Lars Rasmussen, are working on an improved search engine, say two people familiar with the project who did not want to be named because the company is in a quiet period ahead of its IPO. The goal, they say, is to help users better sift through the volume of content that members create on the site, such as status updates, and the articles, videos, and other information across the Web that people “like” using Facebook’s omnipresent thumbs-up button.
Honestly, what has taken them so long? I've been talking about how Facebook will be launching search for nearly three years! Who knows, maybe this is the way they start to crush it when they're a public company?
Either way, a better search experience on Facebook would certainly be an interesting development.
#search #facebook
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