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Facebook posted a deep dive of the tech behind its Graph Search ranking system today and buried at the bottom was a promise of new features: posts and comments search.

Sriram Sankar, an engineering manager on Facebook's search infrastructure team, wrote in the post that Facebook next steps include a better search on mobile and new content.

"We are also extending our search capabilities to do better text processing and ranking and have better mobile and internationalization support. Finally, we are also working on building a completely new vertical to handle searching posts and comments," he wrote. … Read more

Hey, remember that next-generation search product Facebook launched over a month ago that you still don't have access to?

Well, there's good news.

No, you're not getting Graph Search yet, but Facebook wants you to know that other people really love it.

The social network today published a blog post to remind people of all the fantastic ways they can use can the shiny new search engine to find people, places, photos, and interests.

"We are still hard at work on building Graph Search, but want to share some of our favorite ways people are using … Read more

Google, who? Facebook, huh? Yeah, that's right. The Internet behemoths don't pose any threat to business-reviews site Yelp and its still-blossoming local advertising business. Well, that's Yelp's attitude anyhow.

"Today, we're really competing with print, radio, and television," Geoff Donaker, Yelp's chief operating officer, said Tuesday when speaking at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media, and Telecom conference.

But what about Internet businesses like Google and Facebook? Donaker is sure the pair will compete with Yelp in the local advertising arena eventually -- emphasis on eventually. Yelp will let that battle "play … Read more

MENLO PARK, Calif.--On the surface, Facebook's new Graph Search is touted as a new method to enable more connections between people and content worldwide.

It turns out what is making all of that possible is a Unicorn.

During a crash course Thursday at the company's headquarters, a team of Facebook engineers offered a more detailed glimpse at the magic behind the new, third "pillar" of the world's largest social network's strategy to enable new connections.

Soren Lassen, manager of the search infrastructure team at Facebook, described that "in computer science speak," … Read more

Facebook is taking preventative measures to make sure parents don't get up in arms about their children's privacy when Graph Search is rolled out to the public.

The social network said today in a blog post that it implemented specific Graph Search rules for teenagers. These rules dictate that if an adult does a search that could display a minor's location or age, the only results that will be returned are that person's friends. If a minor is searching, only friends and friends of friends also between the ages of 13 and 17 will be shown.… Read more

Facebook, always looking for ways to help advertisers get more out of the social network, is reportedly getting close to inking a deal to buy Microsoft's Atlas advertising platform. News of the discussions surfaced in December, but according to a report in Ad Age, the agreement could come as early as next week.

The price, according to the report, is expected to be less than $100 million. Spokespeople for both companies declined to comment.

Microsoft's Atlas Solutions is an ad-serving product that helps advertisers buy and manage ads. The software giant acquired the business as part of its… Read more

When it came to Facebook's newfound health on mobile, they shared lots. So much, in fact, that it obscured hot topics such as the engagement potential of the just-rolled-out Graph Search; Facebook Gifts; and the Instagram backlash over the terms of service mess.

Intentional oversights? Absolutely. Wise withholdings? The jury's still out as investors consider -- maybe guess is a better … Read more

Facebook is going on the defensive with an explanatory new blog post and video that attempt to assuage privacy concerns around Graph Search, the company's beta search tool for uncovering people, places, photos, and interests that have been buried alive inside the social network.

Graph Search, launched in beta about two weeks ago, offers Facebook users a new way to discover information on the social network, but it also exposes a copious amount of personal data that members may not realize is available for public scrutiny. "Actual Facebook Graph Searches," a one-day Tumblr experiment, exposed the tell-all … Read more