billions of Facebook posts now showable to search results

Billions of Facebook posts now showable to search results

Facebook has indexed nearly one million posts that are placed on the site by its members to make it easier to find.
Change means that many older job now be added to the results when people are looking for news and information.
The move is seen as part of Facebook's attempts to keep people on the site instead of going to another place to keep up with events.
It said the options available to people who do not want older posts more affordable on a large scale.
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Tom plump director of research at the Facebook blog, said that many people already resorted to Facebook when trying to figure out how family and friends were a reaction to world events. He said he carried about 1.5 million searches a day on Facebook.
Changes mean that Facebook has introduced social network members now also see messages from the unknown along with those organizations news and the people closest to them.
", And the search results are organized to help cut through the noise and quickly understand what the world says about the subject at the right time," said Mr. plump.
The post also details what users can do with Facebook to limit who sees your posts oldest common.
Search results are only enlarged currently available to members of Facebook in the United States ..
Said Caitlin McGarry in the computer world move puts Facebook in direct competition with Twitter recently introduced a similar system called moments.
"Facebook has a much wider audience than Twitter," Ms. McGarry said. "So the potential scope of Facebook tools for your research is exponentially greater."