Bing adds Facebook 'friend effect' to search, hopes you 'Like' it
5/17/2011

If you'll recall, Google has been pushing social integration into its search algorithm quite aggressively for the past few months; lest we forget the versatile +1 button. Not to be out done by Team Google's spider-crawling and link-snatching ways, Microsoft has announced full-on Facebook integration for Bing. They're connected with to to it as, the "Friend Effect." So, what's the difference?
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Bing's Friend Effect search integration is pretty interesting stuff, and it could definitely offer a compelling surrogate
notes:alternate means 'one after the other' or 'each succeeding the other in turn to Google's social search coming if your Facebook "friends" can truly be classified as such. Check out the videos after the break if you want more detail, and be sure to let us know what team you're on in the caveat below.
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