Facebook Returns to Roots: Launches Beta of Graph Search

Facebook has announced a new tool for searching all of the social network’s content for items tailored to your profile. Called “Graph Search,” it will also incorporate Bing search results. “Graph Search is meant to answer very specific questions like ‘Who are my friends in San Francisco?'” explains Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. It rolled out in a limited beta yesterday.

“Worry not, privacy protectors: we’re told Graph Search is ‘privacy aware,'” reports Engadget. “Facebook’s even dedicated 10 percent of its computing power just to the goal of ensuring privacy. And no, none of your privacy settings will automatically change as a result of signing up or using Graph Search.”

During the initial beta period, only a subset of content will be made available through the search, with a focus on people, photos, places and interests. Facebook says it will expand the feature over the coming months.

“There are already more than a billion people, more than 240 billion photos and more than a trillion connections,” says Facebook of its network in yesterday’s press release. “Today we’re announcing a new way to navigate these connections and make them more useful… Graph Search takes us back to our roots and allows people to use the graph to make new connections.”

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