Friday, February 18, 2011

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!

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