On Wednesday, Facebook announced that Graph Seach would be available to all users who have their default language set to U.S. English. According to SearchEngineLand , the feature was initially announced back in January, but really anyone in the world has the ability to use it now, as long as they adjust their language setting accordingly.
Graph Search incorporates better search engine capabilities into the Facebook world, allowing you to target specifics of a person or to find things such as “friends of friends who live in ‘San Francisco’” or “TV shows liked by people who like Grumpy Cat” or really anything you can think to search.
USA Today notes that Facebook’s goal was to become a search giant, though it does have some growing to do. “In general, Graph Search has exciting potential to be your very own version of Google, Yelp, and LinkedIn all rolled into one.”
As part of the wide release of Graph Search, Facebook is also doing away with the “who can look up my timeline by name?” function. As TechCrunch notes, by getting rid of this feature, Facebook is allowing Graph Search to gather more information which makes the search itself more valuable.
Importantly, WebProNews notes, “nothing is changing on the privacy front with regards to what information about you people can actually see. What changes with Graph Search, however, is how people are able to find that information.”
If you’re curious to see what information will show up about you, go ahead and search “your name” and “photos” etc, to see what other people are able to search on Facebook.
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