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Do you think that Facebook will create a Search Engine to compete with Google?

by creese
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I seem to remember reading somewhere that FB might come out with their own search engine to compete with Google.

Interesting to see that Google is getting into the social niche and Facebook might be going into the search niche.

Has anyone else heard or read anything about this? I would like to get more information as I think that this would be a HUGE thing to the world wide web!
  • Profile picture of the author thunderbird
    I think both Google and Facebook have gotten too top-heavy and invasive. It would be best for both to be knocked down a few notches.
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  • Profile picture of the author noranorma101
    hi! may be it will be possible for face book management to create a search engine that compete a Google but it will be a challenge for them to compete search engine like Google because in now a days it is the best search engine in the world not easy to compete it for any one.
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  • Profile picture of the author xword5601
    i think facebook has the potential to beat google as a search engine. Think about it this way .Currently facebook's like button is the most popular button in the world and in future if facebook builds a search engine it will become very popular because it will return result on the basis of number of likes from different locations which is much better than google's ranking system which gives a huge weight to backlinks from other webmasters--- facebook's results will be based on likes of actual common people, not just webmasters
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  • Profile picture of the author puja2sharma
    face book never beat the Google because all over world 80 % people know the Google.
    when we teach some about the inter net. first we say you can search any thing in Google. Google update time to time. like face book you compare the Google +.
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  • Profile picture of the author sandy3055
    people search facebook in google not google in facebook. so you know google is not a search engine it's like our trust people trust on googe.
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  • Profile picture of the author Elena Iuliana
    i don't know what to say...
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  • Profile picture of the author orb
    No way... Google has search engine on lock down.
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  • Profile picture of the author avhow
    Facebook could create a totally different user driven search engine. They could get all their users to submit their bookmarks and organise them into an engine of sorts.

    It would be a totally community driven search engine. They could also get users to constantly recommend their favourite sites. Or even do an engine based wholly on recommendations found on people's walls or the number of "likes"

    A search engine like that might be hard to game.

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  • Profile picture of the author brianlagdameo
    I don't think Facebook will do that. And even if they do, I don't think they can beat Google. Yahoo! can't even go atop of the competition. That's my opinion.
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  • Profile picture of the author carolinesmith09
    That is not impossible. Facebook has the resources and the ability so I think that will happen.
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  • Profile picture of the author imgeek2727
    I haven't heard about this, but it could definitely happen. Remember about 10 years ago the Yahoo search engine was IT. Then Google took over. It is only a matter of time before something else takes over Google. If that something else is facebook, I don't know.
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