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Google+ answered the question of how to get social signaling relevance in search values. Really? First this answer has been known since the MySpace days at le
by kenjackson 14y ago
Google+ answered the question of how to get social signaling relevance in search values.
Really? First this answer has been known since the MySpace days at least -- and quite likely before then. Remember Google bought Orkut?
Google+ was more of a reaction against Facebook than some holistic answer to some problem that no one else could forsee. It was more like, "Google late to the game with a competitor that no one wants to use".
- MrDubious 14y agoHave you not seen the G+ results sprinkled through Google search? Everything before G+ was just a test. G+ was the actual execution.
- dannyr 14y agoGoogle didn't buy Orkut. It was developed as a 20% project. You can call it a reaction to Facebook, etc all you want but that doesn't disprove the author's statement. Social signaling was never included in search results until Google+ came along. Personally, I love seeing items in my search results that people in my Circles have shared on Twitter or Google+.