Google launches ‘social graphs’
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- Feb 05, 2008
Google has launched a new tool that lets users find and add their existing social connections each time they sign on to a new network.
The Social Graph API could make it easier for developers of new social networks and other social applications to add connectivity functionality to their sites and applications.
The Social Graph API claims to use only the data that is readily available to the public to determine how people online are connected.
It takes friends added on other networks, such as MySpace or Twitter, so when the user joins a new network built using the API, negating the need to rebuild their social-network contact list.
The applications is based on Google’s search algorithm so the data used by the API can only be found on sites that are indexed on Google.