16 posts and columns on Social Search

People-Search Engine Ark Raises Biggest Y Combinator Seed Round in Memory

in Social on April 25 at 2:30 am PT

People-search start-up Ark.com has led a bit of a charmed existence.
Ark co-founder and CEO Patrick Riley

Bing — Which Has Deals With Facebook and Twitter — Finally Speaks on Social Search Controversy

in Social on February 3 at 1:37 pm PT

Bing Search director Stefan Weitz explains why Bing has been relatively slow and quiet on social search, considering it has deals for both Facebook and Twitter data.
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Competitors Build a Tool to Add Their Content Back Into Google Search

in Social on January 23 at 6:00 am PT

A new plugin adds content from competitors like Facebook and Twitter into Google’s new social search results. And it was built by engineers from those competitors.
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Jildy, Whose Patents Google Owns and Facebook Licenses, Launches Its First App

in Social on December 27, 2011 at 12:28 pm PT

There’s now a body of social search intellectual property that three companies have the rights to use: Google, Facebook and a virtually unknown start-up named Jildy.
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Social Search Start-Up Topsy Nabs Cisco Exec as CEO

in News on December 6, 2011 at 11:48 am PT

The social search start-up has hired Duncan Greatwood, the founder who sold PostPath to Cisco Sytems in 2008.
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Twitter Acquires Social Search Company Julpan

in Social on September 21, 2011 at 11:10 am PT

Twitter has acquired a social search company called Julpan, founded by noted search engineer Ori Allon, and will be bringing its team of 12 into its new New York office.
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Google Officially Shuts Down the Neglected Aardvark

in Social on September 2, 2011 at 12:37 pm PT

Google will close its social search tool Aardvark, which had been seemingly left untouched since being acquired in February 2010. The move comes as part of a larger housecleaning that includes cutting Google Labs and Slide. The Aardvark founders said in a blog post that they are excited that Google+ is already a bigger “place to share knowledge online” than vark.com was.

Nerd Out With Google’s Search Gurus (Video)

in News on August 8, 2011 at 8:30 am PT

In a rare joint public appearance, Google’s Amit Singhal, Ben Gomes and Matt Cutts dove deeply into the big issues facing search.
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Microsoft's Stefan Weitz Explains Bing's Facebook Obsession (Video)

in Social on May 17, 2011 at 12:01 am PT

In a video interview at Microsoft’s San Francisco office, Bing Director Stefan Weitz explained a bit more about how Bing is increasing both the supply and demand for Facebook “Likes,” discussed why Bing treats Facebook as a proxy for social, and waved his hands around a lot (literally).

Google Gets a Like Button: Users Can Recommend Search Results With +1

in Social on March 30, 2011 at 10:46 am PT

Google today will start rolling out a social search feature it is calling +1. The product is much more limited than sharing tools from other services like Facebook, Twitter and Delicious, but since it will influence Google search results, it’s significant.

Facebook Redesigns Questions Product Around Friends' Advice

in Social, March 24, 2011 at 12:55 pm PT

Google's Approach to Social: It Wants to Find the One True You

in Social, March 8, 2011 at 1:57 pm PT

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

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

MySpace: Pali Sees Big Rev Drop; Expects Layoffs

in News, March 17, 2009 at 8:15 am PT