Comments on: Facebook’s bizarre search algorithm http://damieng.com/blog/2008/03/18/facebooks-bizarre-search-algorithm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=facebooks-bizarre-search-algorithm A .NET developer in silicon valley Fri, 18 May 2012 15:31:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: dhanesh mane http://damieng.com/blog/2008/03/18/facebooks-bizarre-search-algorithm#comment-41182 dhanesh mane Wed, 28 Apr 2010 04:46:33 +0000 http://damieng.com/blog/2008/03/18/facebooks-bizarre-searching-algorithm#comment-41182 Gb search algorithm is really very powerful. I was working on Fb pages. Normally when you type in search box it starts comparing with title of your fb page but ordering depends upon many many factors. It checks the popularity of the page as well as no of fans and i think many more things which I am not ablke to explore but I am sure the algorithm check for some more things. if any one came across then please keep let us no. Thx Dhanesh Mane Gb search algorithm is really very powerful. I was working on Fb pages. Normally when you type in search box it starts comparing with title of your fb page but ordering depends upon many many factors.
It checks the popularity of the page as well as no of fans and i think many more things which I am not ablke to explore but I am sure the algorithm check for some more things. if any one came across then please keep let us no.

Thx
Dhanesh Mane

]]> By: Facebook search teaser | Stuart Glendinning Hall http://damieng.com/blog/2008/03/18/facebooks-bizarre-search-algorithm#comment-12304 Facebook search teaser | Stuart Glendinning Hall Fri, 20 Mar 2009 11:37:40 +0000 http://damieng.com/blog/2008/03/18/facebooks-bizarre-searching-algorithm#comment-12304 [...] Blog #1: Facebook’s search algorithm is the most bizarre search algorithm known to man. [...] [...] Blog #1: Facebook’s search algorithm is the most bizarre search algorithm known to man. [...]

]]> By: Naomi http://damieng.com/blog/2008/03/18/facebooks-bizarre-search-algorithm#comment-7182 Naomi Mon, 24 Mar 2008 08:38:05 +0000 http://damieng.com/blog/2008/03/18/facebooks-bizarre-searching-algorithm#comment-7182 Quite odd. I find that when I search for myself and spell my first name correctly: Naomi, but omit a 'c' from my last name: Schonblum - it returns no results. I have played with the search by name and misspelled friends name, and there is no predictive behaviour despite the number of repeated omissions and name variations. Interesting though, Facebook is about connecting people, so maybe this is a way to endorse more connections and inter-communication. A thought out glitch? Who knows? Quite odd.
I find that when I search for myself and spell my first name correctly: Naomi, but omit a ‘c’ from my last name: Schonblum – it returns no results.

I have played with the search by name and misspelled friends name, and there is no predictive behaviour despite the number of repeated omissions and name variations.

Interesting though, Facebook is about connecting people, so maybe this is a way to endorse more connections and inter-communication.

A thought out glitch? Who knows?

]]> By: Damien Guard http://damieng.com/blog/2008/03/18/facebooks-bizarre-search-algorithm#comment-6974 Damien Guard Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:47:34 +0000 http://damieng.com/blog/2008/03/18/facebooks-bizarre-searching-algorithm#comment-6974 I thought that too at first but soundex isn't supposed to be case sensitive. [)amien I thought that too at first but soundex isn’t supposed to be case sensitive.

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]]> By: Richard http://damieng.com/blog/2008/03/18/facebooks-bizarre-search-algorithm#comment-6921 Richard Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:23:06 +0000 http://damieng.com/blog/2008/03/18/facebooks-bizarre-searching-algorithm#comment-6921 Could this be down to something like soundex? Could this be down to something like soundex?

]]> By: Kezzer http://damieng.com/blog/2008/03/18/facebooks-bizarre-search-algorithm#comment-6919 Kezzer Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:52:19 +0000 http://damieng.com/blog/2008/03/18/facebooks-bizarre-searching-algorithm#comment-6919 I've been aware of this one for a while. Countless times have I known a friends name, known what network they're in, and yet Facebook either retrieves an arbitrary individual which certainly looks unrelated to my search, or it tells me it can't find whom I'm looking for. The worst is looking for people within groups, even if you spell their name perfectly it will say it couldn't find any results. Odd indeed. I’ve been aware of this one for a while. Countless times have I known a friends name, known what network they’re in, and yet Facebook either retrieves an arbitrary individual which certainly looks unrelated to my search, or it tells me it can’t find whom I’m looking for.

The worst is looking for people within groups, even if you spell their name perfectly it will say it couldn’t find any results.

Odd indeed.

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