How Social Networks May Kill Search as We Know It

mattnyc99 writes "Recently we discussed a startup that's blending social networking with traditional Web search. But now high geek Glenn Derene takes it one step further, pronouncing that our increasingly traceable online footprints will transform Google's dominant algorithm and open up the world of Web search for the 21st century. Speaking to a tuned-in VC guy and scoring a rare interview with Google's VP of search, Derene may have some meat behind his newly-coined term: 'faceboogle.' From the article: 'As we each carve out our individual niche on the Web, the logic of search may well flip inside out. Since we are essentially meta-tagging ourselves through our social networking memberships, shopping habits and surfing addictions, it's conceivable that the information could attempt to find us — the old concept of push media, but in a far more refined way.'"

Re:oh god

[BMonger]

faceboogle!

But seriously I think most of us are thinking the same sentiment.

Re:"Faceboogle"?!?!?

[eln]

How does one get to become "high geek", anyway?

Easy, you smoke dope until you think "faceboogle" is a neat word.

Re:Push Media

[Eli Gottlieb]

Well sure, but what if I belong to multiple social groups with differing interests? For instance, what if I belong to a Cthulhu fan group (just since we're having a con over here this weekend) and a fitness group. Will the algorithm try to tell me how to get fit with Cthulhu, or will it send me ads for both tentacle porn and diet supplements?

Re:Start your watches.

[fahrbot-bot]

Cue the 'Soviet Russia' jokes in three... Two... One...

Here you go: In Soviet Russia, faceboogles you.

For the record, "faceboogle" sounds like something that happens at the end of a pr0n film.

hmmm

[Anonymous Coward]

I thought faceboogle was a sex act but then again I also though hulu was was a popular dance fad

Re:Not likely

[mini me]

or for personal research, like say looking up probable diseases you may have based on symptoms

I don't know about that. When you update your status message to say: "Robert hurts when he pees." Faceboogle will automatically provide the probable diseases in your news feed.

Re:"Faceboogle"?!?!?

[Anonymous Coward]

Blogosphere? Mindshare? It's a pretty packed marketplace, this buzzword bullshit.

It is just another attempt at boondoogling the public by the boogleymen.

Re:oh god

[Anonymous Coward]

Real geeks used jughead.

Re:oh god

[antifoidulus]

Sounds like a term used in porn to me....

Re:"Faceboogle"?!?!?

[nEoN nOoDlE]

I literally spit out a mouthful of Diet Coke upon reading that.

Pics or it didn't happen.

Re:"Faceboogle"?!?!?

[snarkh]

You will need at least LSD.

Re:oh god

[BGrif]

Faceboogle is bad but the alternates are even worse. What if people used Goofaced? Think of how mad you would be if you found out someone Goofaced you.

Re:oh god

[trolltalk.com]

Faceboogle is bad but the alternates are even worse. What if people used Goofaced? Think of how mad you would be if you found out someone Goofaced you.

facebooger, gooface, it still sounds like someone sneezed w/o a kleenex handy.

Re:Wrong assumption

[mdielmann]

But if I'm looking for information about how to barbeque chicken, or how to treat a burn wound caused by hot barbequed chicken, or how to remove barbeque sauce stains from a white carpet, or how to install a new white carpet... really is that going to 'push itself' to me?

Beer Can Chicken [about.com]
Barbeque first aid [safekids.co.uk]
Barbeque Stain Removal [howtogetridofstuff.com] - alternatively Carpet to match your barbeque sauce [shawfloors.com]
White Carpets [shawfloors.com] and Carpet Installation Guide [doityourself.com]

Consider yourself pushed. ;-)

You're right

[johnny cashed]

This guy is obviously high.

Re:oh god

[timotten]

"Faceboogle" is a classic example of the phenomenon I call "world wide web portmanteau." That name is a bit long; for short, I've coined a new term, "wwwortmanteau."

Thank you, thank you. I'll be here again Thursday night.

Re:Wrong assumption

[maglor_83]

Perhaps they will just try to sell you BBQ coloured carpet.

Re:oh god

[coopaq]

I think you are thinking of myspoogle.