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Social Search, Without a Social Network


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Google may be built on an algorithm for taming the Web, but yesterday the company added social features that will let your friends help determine what ranks high in the search results you see. The approach requires Google to know the social connections of its users—something that so far is not a core feature of the company's products or uppermost in the minds of people using them.

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