Google Social Search

For Now, Twitter Shares Count More Than +1′s in Google Search Ranking

Liz Gannes in Social on March 30, 2011 at 1:00 pm PT

Google is keeping recommendations from its new +1 voting tool out of its ranking algorithm, for now, even though it does consider shares on services like Twitter as a signal in its core search results.

Results 1-10 for Your Search for “Pizza Joint Where Bill Got Food Poisoning”

John Paczkowski in Social on October 27, 2009 at 7:14 am PT

On the heels of its deal to incorporate Twitter data into its search results, Google on Monday announced an experimental Labs feature that searches the social Web. Called Google Social Search, the service is intended to make search results more relevant by enhancing them with personalized social data.