Facebook Finding More Ways to Compete with Google

sometimes the most simple things make us wonder for ages…
face book is opening up to the web and starting to add the most important feature of all,
Human opinion !

but not the old fashion linking to another site. this time the link is a real person.
trends can be easily measured by the popularity of different pages on the web.

the second move face book will probably make is working better on content algorithms
to know without out help like Google does, what a certain page is all about.

the next step will be an algorithm that can understand connections between other peoples interest
and the predict the most hot , trendy related results to a certain subject.

Facebook has developed a complementary policy comparing what has made Google so far.
I think people at Google will know how to take safety precautions if there is a direct competition.
Personally I think that soon we will see some strategic moves on both sides.

Remember when MySpace was hot? Bands, Companies, Organizations…and just about everyone was on it. While Facebook is constructed much better (feeds, news, groups, fan pages, etc…) I do think there will be limits to what can be achieved. Personally, I don’t want to hand over control of any of my websites to Facebook but it may make good sense for someone not technical to create a fan page…but again, that reminds me a bit of MySpace. I think Facebook will grow a bit more but I’ve been noticing more people (family, friends…) are getting more nervous with privacy with facebook over google. I am an everyday Facebook user but I never click on the ads (they are more spammy), don’t trust the applications, visit fan pages once and awhile but really only concentrate on my friends news and really, I don’t use them as a search resource even though Bing is supplying it. I’m still very much a google user and from many users that are not seo, webmasters or technical in our field, I’ve asked the same and many don’t see why they would use facebook much more than socializing… Oh and lets not forget Google’s move on customizing mobile search, especially with their reach on Androids. People are going to be more mobile….

As competitive as the market is, RhettRO Creative Web Design would display both decals since we have a presence in both places.

We prefer Google, but so may people have and/or visit Facebook.

Facebook is growing, and growing fast. We’ll assist more and more to big battles between giants.
Difficult to anticipate the winners. Surprises could come from anywhere.

There was a time when business relied on Yellow Pages for local advertising. The emergence of Google changed things dramatically when it came on the scene. Small business without the massive budget required by Yellow Pages now had an equal footing against giants with large advertising budgets. The non paid Google search results still give good quality results when searching for things. Facebook could overtake but when money gets involved it will be the beginning of the end.

If I were Google, I would be really scared of Facebook putting a “Search The Web” search box on their main page. That will be the end of Google. Doesn’t matter whether Facebook has kids or people using it for purposes other than search. Those are humans with a big mouth which is Google’s biggest nightmare. Many of them have Facebook as their home page. I believe even some of Google’s top dogs showed concern about Facebook. They are all over. I would recommend Google to quit those side stupid projects that will never go anywhere and concentrate on providing good and relevant search results which lately they are lacking on. Yahoo returns more relevant results. They need to get rid of that Caffeine and big site favoritism thing.

Google is still number one in our book. Many people are still waiting to see if they are going to charge a fee in July as projected. If facebook charges a fee to us it will not be worth it to pay. The privacy settings are always being adjusted as mentioned in this message thread. I have had to change some of the same settings a few times. Google is supported by advertisers and receives less complaints in that department. Only time will tell. When I get ready to search for something, I always start with Google. I do not trust facebook like that!!

I just put the Hubze card up on my Fan page. Most of the entrepreneurs in my field are on Facebook. I am still learning how to use all of the apps and spend much more time on FB than Google. Google does have the docs, checkout, and other neat tools for business.

Google is by far the best place to search the web. I am not that sure wether it’s going to change any time soon. I would not compare the too as each site offers something different.