Can Google Search Even Get Facebook Likes For Search?

Google search engine does have a deal with Facebook that provides it with data about what happens on Facebook fan pages. Google can tell if person likes those pages within Facebook, as well as comments left on them or status modifies from the pages themselves. This is how Google commenced showing Facebook Page status updates in Google Real time Search about a year ago.

Google also doesn’t appear to have access to non-Facebook pages that people may “Like” across the web.

Even tiny Blekko has access to Facebook Like data, for those who select to link their Facebook accounts to Blekko. Chances are, Google still isn’t offering this because it objects to some of Facebook’s terms and conditions for having access to the data.

* Google & Bing’s Unequal Facebook Status Update Deals
* Facebook On Social Search: ‘We Want To Work With Everybody’
* Google & Facebook: If You’re So Smart, Work It Out!

Google To EU: We’re Always Open To Search Algorithm Suggestions

Yes, Google might regard changing its ranking algorithm in response to an EU anti-trust investigation. However, that would fit in with Google’s universal practice of changing its algorithm on a regular basis in response to anything the company thinks will better its results.

According to the UK-based Telegraph, Google CEO Eric Schmidt said on February 6th 2011 that “Google could be willing to alter some of its algorithm methodology in search,” to avoid potential fines or other penalties that might be coming as contribution of the European Commission’s antitrust investigation against Google now in progress.

Article source: http://searchengineland.com/google-to-europe-well-change-the-algorithm-63879