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Social search is an Internet related concept that entered to our lives in 2008. Compared with some other Internet features, social search is really new. Basically social search is a category among search results that allows you to see related things of your friends. For example, if you use social search, you see your friends’ blogs, images, links and photos along with ordinary search engine results. Social search is a current web system used for specifying the search results.

The origin of social search is social networks. As social networks became more and more popular, the necessity for social search emerged. Some of the companies using social search web system are Google, Wikia Search, Delver, One Riot, Wink, Scour, Sidestripe and Eurekster.

Benefits of Social Search
First of all, social search is a kind of classifying search results especially for you. This is a great benefit of social search. You can reach to the things you look for quickly and with a short way. The results given with social search are much more related with the content you look for. The sources given with social search are generally safe as you know the connections, links and contacts. Social search gives more current results because life goes on the Internet and you can follow the latest things related with your links and contacts.

Google Social Search
Google Social Search is a current feature of Google. As Google is one of the mostly used search engines in the world, it adapted itself to social search concept. What is the difference between social search and Google social search? They are basically the same. However, Google applied this system to its own features. In basic terms, Google search allows you see related things with your friends among search results. This means quick and easy connection to the result you look for. Briefly, Google allows you specify the points you use for searching and search among your friends related posts and links.

In order to use Google Social Search you need to add your friends to your Google account. After completing synchronization, you can search among the photos, links and blogs of your friends. It is a kind of social web and Google Social Search definitely increases the interaction between people. Along with search results you can see another part titled “results from people in your social circle”. You can limit the things you want to see like only results related with your own social circle.

You can change or delete your social circle anytime you want. It is a kind of profile system. Therefore, adding or removing people and contacts is possible. You can also block any link or contact on Google social search. People can get in touch via Google social search. You may come across with people you do not know, but there can be suggested contacts or links.

In order to have Google social search circle first of all you need to have an account and activate it. You can enlarge you social circle when your friends also use this system. If you want to enrich your social circle and search results via Google social search technology you should have more connections. In addition to that, you need to have friends on your list and subscribing to related content also helps you to have a better social search circle.