????本周二,，谷歌（Google）無孔不入的搜索引擎再次推出升級版本，一舉挺進旗下羽翼未豐的社交網站Google+,，從這個社交平臺的腹地搜索與特定用戶相關的內容,。經過這次改版，Google+中的個人信息,、發(fā)帖和圖片將會暴露給互聯網上數以億計的搜索引擎用戶,，無論他們是否已經開通了Google+帳號。當然,，多數情況下,，包括Facebook在內的其它網站信息，都被理所當然地遠遠排在了搜索結果的后面,。谷歌的新動作必然進一步激化與Facebook之間的競爭,。
????谷歌稱,，這是近年來最重大的變化之一。谷歌員工本?戈麥斯在接受采訪時說：“這是自推出通用搜索（Universal Search）以來,，我們在用戶可見內容方面所進行的一次最大擴容,。”谷歌于2007年推出通用搜索,，將搜索結果中的圖像,、視頻和其它內容一網打盡。
????舉個例子,，周二開始,，用戶在谷歌上搜索好友姓名時，排在最前面的搜索結果將是該好友在Google+上的個人信息,。當然,，他在Facebook或商務社交網站LinkedIn上的個人信息也會緊隨其后。
????不難想象,，谷歌的變化可能將再次激起人們對它的批評,。人們一貫指責谷歌一直在推銷其自有服務的內容，先是地圖,、評論,、YouTube，現在輪到Google+了,，他們都被排在競爭對手之前的優(yōu)先位置,。戈麥斯強調，谷歌只是想讓搜索引擎發(fā)揮更大作用,。他說：“谷歌的目標是根據用戶的搜索請求,，給出最具關聯性的搜索結果?！?/p>
????谷歌的新功能被稱為“搜索,，加上你自己的世界”（search, plus your world）——搜索結果中還將顯示個人內容，其中包括用戶在Google+或圖片分享功能Picasa中上傳的內容,，或是他們與其他人分享的內容,。舉例來說，如果用戶搜索夏威夷,，很可能看到自己網絡相冊里或是好友相冊里存儲的夏威夷旅行照片,。用戶還有可能看到好友們在Google+上分享的旅行攻略和熱門推薦。
????現在,，針對大眾話題的一般搜索也會顯示Google+上相關重要人物的個人信息和頁面,。如果搜索“音樂”，在搜索結果的右側可能會顯示布蘭妮?斯皮爾斯或斯諾普?道格的個人信息。
????一直以來,，這種形式的個性化搜索都被看作網頁搜索的“終極追求”,。Facebook正在與微軟（Microsoft）展開合作，允許后者的搜索引擎必應（Bing）顯示更多來自自己平臺的個性化內容,。同時,，Facebook平臺目前已和Yelp（點評網站）、Pandora（音樂網站）,、Spotify（音樂網站）等眾多互聯網服務商達成協(xié)議,，向用戶顯示與其Facebook好友相關的內容，以此提供更具個性化的服務,。
????Facebook表示,，不需要個性化內容的用戶可以很方便地關閉這項功能。
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????In a move that is certain to sharpen its rivalry with Facebook, Google (GOOG) on Tuesday is introducing a revamped version of its ubiquitous search engine that will dive deeply into the company's fledgling social network, Google+, to find content that is relevant to a particular user. The change will expose Google+ profiles, as well as posts and photographs uploaded to the network, to hundreds of millions of search users whether or not they have Google+ accounts. In many cases, the changes will push content from other sites, including Facebook, further down on the search results pages.
????Google said the changes were among the most significant it had made in years. "This is the biggest expansion of the kind of content that user can see since Universal Search," Ben Gomes, a Google Fellow, said in an interview. Google introduced Universal Search, which began combining Web pages with images, videos and other types of content in search results, in 2007.
????Starting Tuesday, a search for the name of a friend, for example, will likely bring that person's Google+ profile as the top search result. As a result, their profiles on Facebook or LinkedIn will appear lower.
????The changes are likely to renew persistent criticism that Google promotes content from its own services, like maps, reviews, YouTube and, now, Google+ ahead of those of rivals. Gomes said that Google is simply trying to make its search engine more useful. "Our goal is to bring the user the most relevant data based on their query," he said.
????Under the changes -- dubbed "search, plus your world" -- Google will also include in search results private content that a user has uploaded or that someone has shared with them on Google+ or Picasa. For example, if you search for Hawaii, you are likely to see pictures of your trip to Hawaii from your own albums, or from a friend's album. You may also see travel tips and recommendations that your friends may have posted on Google+.
????Generic searches for broad topics will now also include profiles and pages from Google+ for people who are relevant and important to that topic. A search for "music" may suggest the profiles of Britney Spears or Snoop Dogg to the right of search results.
????This kind of personalization has long seen as a holy grail of Web search. Facebook has been working with Microsoft (MSFT) to allow that company's search engine, Bing, to surface more personalized content. And the Facebook platform has allowed countless services, like Yelp, Pandora (P) and Spotify, to become more personal by showing users content that is relevant to their Facebook friends.
????Users who do not want personalized content will be able to turn it off easily, the company said. |
