Google Goes Social
Posted by Tracy Williams in Google
We've all read the articles about the list's worth of things that Google knows about you. There is cell phone by Google. There is a great chance that you have done searches using Google, paid for something using Google, and searched for directions using Google. Now Google has gone social as well. They are using Google Social Search to help you search for relevant content based your friends and family on other networks. It's simple. If you don't already have a Google account, you set one up. You plug in the information about where you can be found on other networking sites and WHOILA!! You now have access to all of the information they shared on other sites when you search for something on Google. No need to go to every site you belong to in search of information your friends and family have already shared. It is now readily available through Google.
It is convenient and almost as necessary as the iPad, but nobody knows where this will lead. All I can say is despite Google's seeming omnipresence, is that there is more to come from Google.Google also posted a video on YouTube explaining Google Social Search where they say, "This is just a first step in our ongoing effort to ensure that Google web search is always as social as the web itself". Read more here.