Facebook’s own search engine now evaluates news marked by the Like button, the ranking system of the social network. This evaluation happens within the social graph of Facebook users. If a user searches for something, the news favored by friends will appear within the search results. Interestingly and opposed to typical ranking systems is that not the number of Likes do influence the position but the social graph of friends alone.

The Facebook search engine is an interesting subject to observe. By the power of the network, the resulting sensibility regarding changes and the particularities of the network some interesting innovations are to be expected. Below are some articles discussing the up to date change of the search engine.

BREAKING: Facebook Now Displaying All Liked News Articles In Search Results

Facebook Adds News Search

Facebook Now Leveraging Your Friends Likes to Feature Content in Search

Directory Sources: Social Media – Social Search Engines