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informationweek.com - 10/22/2009
Web 2.0 Summit: Google Unveils Social Search
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In a surprise announcement at the Web 2.0 Summit , Google VP of search products and user experience Marissa Mayer revealed an upcoming Google product called Social Search. "We've been thinking about social networks for a long time," said Mayer, without any hint that the meteoric rise of social ...
Google Working on Their Own Phone for 2009 Release?
androidguys.com - 10/20/2009
Google Working on Their Own Phone for 2009 Release?
— androidguys.com — An “exclusive” article over on TheStreet claims that Google is actually in the hardware business after all.... Yep – according to them, Google has plans to develop their own handset and release it to the masses. In what ... (more) Google Working on Their Own Phone for 2009 Release?

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Google Custom Search for mobile
googlemobile.blogspot.com - 10/23/2009
Google Custom Search for mobile
— googlemobile.blogspot.com — Google Custom Search makes it easy for web site owners to add Google-powered search boxes to their... sites. Since a rapidly growing percentage of web search traffic originates from smartphones, we're pleased to announce that Google Custom Search now ... (more) Google Custom Search for mobile

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Google Voice voicemails appearing in public search results
engadget.com - 10/19/2009
Google Voice voicemails appearing in public search results
— engadget.com — We're not exactly sure what's going on here, but it certainly seems like at least some Google... Voice voicemails are being indexed and made publicly available somehow -- if you use "site:https://www.google.com/voice/fm/*" as a search string you get ... (more) Google Voice voicemails appearing in public search results

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Google Unveils Social Search
KurzweilAI.net Accelerating Intelligence News — Google's Social Search, to be launched in a few weeks, integrates information created by people in a searcher's Google network (one's list of Google Contacts) into Google search results, reflecting a shift from the information Web to the social Web. (Source: http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/google/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=220900052&subSection;=News)

Google Social Search, and Twitter Integration
Google Blogoscoped — Google pre-announced two projects. One is Social Search, which is supposed to launch as a Google Labs experiment in a few weeks. The search will run across content created by your Google Contacts network, apparently integrating it in normal Google search results. Informationweek writes that Google’s Marissa Mayer “demonstrated how a search for ’New Zealand’ produced a list of search results that included relevant content created by friends midway-down the search results page. Among the search results were links to a Gmail message that referenced New Zealand and a FriendFeed entry, each from a different friend.” The other announcement ...

‘Google Social Search’ launching soon!
D' Technology Weblog — At Web 2.0 Summit, Marissa Mayer announced that “Google Social Search” will be launching in coming weeks: "There’s a new Google product called Social Search that is launching in Google Labs. This is a new feature that allows you to see results for queries from people in your social network. This works by using your Google Profile. If you fill it out with the other social networks you’re a member of, such as FriendFeed, Google will scan who you are connected to and give your results from those people." "Mayer demonstrated how a search for "New Zealand" produced a list of search results that included ...

Why There's Nothing to Fear in Social Search
ReadWriteWeb — Social search was in the news this past week when Google and Bing announced that they would be getting access to the Twitter fire hose. A flurry of subsequent posts speculated on what this "social search" would entail, and some expressed concerns over privacy and spam. But social search is not something to be afraid of. It's really just an extension of behaviors that we're used to in the real world, brought online, thanks to the advent of real-time social computing. Sponsor First, people have sought help from others for search problems and information-seeking tasks for a long time. Prior to ...

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Coming to Google Labs: Social search results
news.cnet.com 10/22/2009 — Content from your social network can show up in your Google search queries--as well as Twitter results--in the company's second announcement of the day.
Web 2.0 Summit: Marrisa Mayer Shows Off Social Search, Results From Your Social Netowrk
techcrunch.com 10/22/2009 — At the Web 2.0 Summit today in San Francisco, Google’s Marissa Mayer unexpected came on stage to unveil a new product. She first announced that Google has also reached a deal with Twitter, which she wrote a blog post about earlier in the day, ...
Google's New Social Search Is A Big Chess Move Against Facebook
readwriteweb.com 10/22/2009 — Web search, real-time search and social search. That's a pretty compelling combination and it's what both Google and Facebook both put on the table today in a head-to-head competiton. Google's Marrissa Meyer did a short, surprise demo today of an ...
Video: Demo of Google's Social Search Project
seroundtable.com 10/26/2009 — You heard about the Twitter news from Bing and Google but did you see the video demo from Google's Marissa Mayer on how Google will handle searches within the social network of an individual? If Google knows who your friends...  ...
Google Labs To Add "Social Search"
webmasterworld.com 10/26/2009 — "It'll be launching as an opt-in project in the next few weeks. Then, you'll need to have a Google account and set up a Google Profile to fill in information about the social networks that you use."
Google Social Search Launches on Google Labs All the information... — SOMEWHAT FRANK
> > Google Social Search Launches on Google Labs All the information that appears as part of Google Social Search is published publicly on the web — you can find it without Social Search if you really want to. What we’ve done is surface that content together in one single place to make your ...
Google starts testing Social Search. "Creepy," naysayers mutter. — L.A. Times Tech Blog
Just about any social-networking-focused product that Google rolls out brings a group of naysayers pointing fingers and calling it creepy. Right on cue, those folks are welcoming Google's new real-time search feature with less than open arms: "Google Social Search is creepy.... Just perfect ...
Google Social Search launches in Google Labs — The Inquisitr » Technology
Google has launched Google Social Search, its first serious foray into social networking search across multiple social networks. Google Social Search allows users to search for results from among their social networks as part of a regular social search. In layman’s terms, once you ...
Google Social Search launched under Google Labs — D' Technology Weblog
Google rolled out a new experimental Google Labs feature called ‘ Google Social Search’ that helps you find more relevant public content from your broader social circle. With Social Search, Google finds relevant public content from your friends and contacts and highlights it ...
Google Rolling Out Social Search (in Labs) — Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim
There are two brass rings in search these days: real time and social. Google (and Bing ) have been working on the real time thing with Twitter, and last week Google announced they were working on a Social Search option in Labs —and now it’s out . With Social Search, Google ...
First Look: Google Social Search — Today @ PC World
Google is pouring personalized social data into search results with its new Google Social Search. Here's a first look at the service and what it can do for you.
Google Social Search Doesn't Include Facebook — Silicon Alley Insider
Last week at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, Google’s Marissa Mayer took the stage for two reasons. The first was to formally announce the Google/Twitter search deal , but the second was the show off a new product : Google Social Search. The on-stage demonstration was interesting, ...
Google Adds Social Network Search to Labs — AppScout
On the heels of Google and Microsoft's decisions to incorporate Twitter postings into Google.com and Bing, Google on Monday announced an experimental Labs feature that will peruse a user's social networks for search results. Google Social Search is intended to "find more relevant ...
Google Launches Social Search Experiment to Search What Your Friends Are Posting [Search Engines] — Lifehacker
Last week Google and Bing announced they were going to start indexing Twitter in their search engines; today Google's releasing its Google Social Search experiment in Google Labs to incorporate...
How Google social search can pull in your Facebook friends — VentureBeat
Google’s foray into the world of social search is now live. As we wrote last week, Google social search pulls in results from your friends alongside conventional results. If you’re thinking about visiting Brazil, a traditional search might turn up hotels, tourism agencies and ...
Google Search Gets Personal: Social Search Launches in Google Labs — ReadWriteWeb
Social Search just went live in Google Labs . Google announced that it was working on this Social Search feature at the Web 2.0 Summit last week, but at that time, Google's Marissa Mayer announced that it would only be available "in a few weeks." Social Search taps into a user's social network ...
Google Rolls Out Social Option in Search Results — Search Engine Journal
Google has just rolled out a new experiment in Google Labs that brings a new option in search results -Social. This new Social results option brings in relevant blog posts and items that were posted by your friends and contacts. The new Social search feature is currently in an opt-in ...
Google Launches Social Search Experiment — WebProNews Feed
The experimental feature that Marissa Mayer announced last week is becoming available today for everyone to try.  Google Social Search promises to help users "find more relevant public content from your broader social circle." The premise is simple: people value their ...
Google Social Search is live! Try it now — The Next Web
Google just activated its new Social Search experimental service. We’ll have a review shortly. For now, here’s the video. You can read more at Google’s announcement . Click here to view the embedded video.
Google Social Search: Twitter And FriendFeed Highlighted. What About Facebook? — TechCrunch
Last week at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, Google’s Marissa Mayer took the stage for two reasons. The first was to formally announce the Google/Twitter search deal, but the second was the show off a new product : Google Social Search. The on-stage demonstration was interesting, but ...
Social Search on Google Now Live — Screenwerk
Danny Sullivan has a comprehensive write up of Google’s new social search and how it works at SEL. Below is the Google overview video that will provide a quick understanding:
Google Social Search Goes Live — Mashable!
Last week launched the social revolution for search. Microsoft’s Bing fired the first shot by announcing search deals with Twitter and Facebook and, at the Web 2.0 Summit, launching its Twitter integration . Google fired back almost immediately though, completing its own deal with ...
Google Social Search to go live Monday — Webware.com
Google Social Search is ready to surface content created by your friends in regular search results pages. (Credit: Google) Google is ready to show off its concept for social search while it figures out what to do with Twitter's fire hose of data. Last week at the Web 2.0 conference ...
Google Social Search — Google Operating System
Last week, Marissa Mayer announced at the Web 2.0 Summit a new experimental feature that will improve search results with web pages created by your social connections. "Due to the ever-increasing popularity of social networks, we've been thinking about how your social network could influence and ...
Web 2.0 Video: Google's Mayer Shows Off 'Social Search' — paidContent
Coming next to Google ( NSDQ: GOOG ) search: A “social search” feature, which plays up content written by friends when users make a query on the search engine. The feature identifies a searchers’ social connections by analyzing their Gmail contacts and their Google profile. At ...
First Look: Google Social Search — Latest from Computerworld
Google is pouring personalized social data into search results with its new Google Social Search, launching in experimental mode today. Google Social Search, announced at last week's Web 2.0 Summit, adds content from your friends right into your ...
Google Social Search to go live Monday — CNET News.com
Google Labs is hosting the experimental project, which is designed to link content associated with your Google Profile to Gmail contacts and social-networking friends.