| Google now lets you opt in to the Social Search feature they recently announced. Google explains, "If there's relevant web content written by people in your social circle, it will automatically show up at the bottom of your search results under a section called 'Results from people in your social circle.'" Your social circle is defined as "Gmail chat buddies, your Gmail contacts friends, family and co-worker groups, and people you're publicly connected to on other social sites (such as Twitter and FriendFeed)". A connection to a site like Friendfeed can be done via your Google Profile, so as a side-effect, social search might make that profile a more important loc ... |
