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Thursday, October 9, 2008

Search Web on Facebook Via Microsoft Live Search

It's been almost a year since Microsoft invested $240 million in Facebook. What does that type of cash get you these days? A search box, apparently. Facebook announced this week that it will include an option to search the Web via Microsoft Live Search without leaving Facebook.com.
"By integrating web search into Facebook, you can increase the information available to share with your friends, family and coworkers on the site," according to a Facebook blog post. Not quite sure what your friend's latest status update means? Google--uh, I mean, Live Search it in the Facebook search box on the upper-right-hand corner. A drop-down menu will give you the option to search the term within Facebook.com or on the Web. Live Search will produce search returns within Facebook, but clicking on a link will produce a pop-up window directing you to your link of choice. Facebook said it is "working on a number of other new ways to leverage all the web has to offer" but did not provide additional details. Facebook made no mention of whether search terms will show up in a users' news feed, but let's hope the social networking site has learned its lesson on that front after the Beacon debauchal.

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