Facebook Graph search explained in 15 seconds:

Think “search your community/network” instead of “search the web.”

If that doesn’t work for you, think about search in terms of degrees. Remember David Armano’s influence ripples? Imagine search working the same way. It’s basically search coupled with social relevance.

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If that still doesn’t work for you, here’s Zuck:

ZuckAlso check out Christopher Penn’s insights here:

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