Facebook following Twitter’s lead
Once Facebook followed Twitter down the path of microblogging by integrating status updates into a News Feed for it’s users homepages, the next logical step was searching.
According to Facebook’s Official Blog today:
Facebook “began testing new versions of Search with a small group of people on Facebook. Based on the success of those tests, we’re rolling out a new version of Search to everyone on the site beginning today.”
The Twitter search (shown below) has become a hub for following trends across Twitter and subsequently our world, and Facebook is looking to grab some of that success from the Twitterverse.
In their blog post today, Facebook also explained the functionality of the new serach:
You now will be able to search the last 30 days of your News Feed for status updates, photos, links, videos and notes being shared by your friends and the Facebook Pages of which you’re a fan.
In related news today, Facebook acquired Friendfeed, and we all look forward to the future integration of Friendfeed features into Facebook.
Happy Searching.
