{"id":1450,"date":"2014-12-23T10:37:51","date_gmt":"2014-12-23T10:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ethinos.com\/blog\/?p=1450"},"modified":"2014-12-29T15:37:37","modified_gmt":"2014-12-29T15:37:37","slug":"facebook-post-search","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ethinos.com\/blog\/facebook-post-search\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook\u2019s Search for Posts \u2013 Making Social Searching better."},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s Christmas calling! And we all want to see how our friends are celebrating through the pictures that are shared with you either from a friend you follow or a page you like. Keeping this in mind, Facebook comes up with a nice addition in their mission to make search better on their platform with \u2018Search for Posts\u2019. Now you can do a Facebook search to find photos, posts, videos, and links by searching for words in the post.<\/p>\n

Click on your search bar on top of your Facebook ribbon and you\u2019ll see a drop down saying \u2018Search for Posts\u2019. (If you don\u2019t see it, don\u2019t worry you\u2019ll get it soon as Facebook is rolling this feature to everyone in phases)
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Now we type the word \u2018Christmas\u2019 in the search bar and you\u2019ll get to see all the posts and photos shared recently or years ago by your friends and pages you follow. Now isn\u2019t that cool?<\/p>\n

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You can also search by topic and person name. For eg: Cricket Harsha Bhogle. Here\u2019s what we found:
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\nThe above result is from a page we follow.<\/p>\n

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\nInterestingly we do not follow the above page but we did get this in our search, since we entered the keywords \u2018Cricket Harsha Bhogle\u2019 which are mentioned throughout the above seen post.
\nIn one of our blog, we had mentioned to avoid overuse of hashtags, we guess it\u2019s time now social marketers should look at including relevant keywords in their post descriptions in order to rank better in the Facebook search results.
\nAlso your recent searches show up when you do a search on Facebook.<\/p>\n

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\nThe above is a snapshot of all the searches and also when you click on the trending hashtags they too show up in your search result.<\/p>\n

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You can clear searches by clicking on the \u2018Edit\u2019 button next to your recent searches (see above image)
\nWhen you click on it, it gives you a list of all the searches you\u2019ve done on Facebook. <\/p>\n

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\nClick on the icon with a cut circle which reads \u2018Hidden from Timeline\u2019 in order to delete the search term or you can just on \u2018Clear Searches\u2019 in order to clear the entire list.
\nThe search history is very useful incase you\u2019ve checked out a page in office, say for example in the above image, the page named \u2018Stories That Shocked The World\u2019 and you don\u2019t remember the page name when you reach home. Just go to your Facebook search bar and you\u2019ll find it in your search history.<\/p>\n

Privacy check<\/b>
\nSo a question you may have is what will appear in the search results when a friend or a stranger is searching for you or something you\u2019ve shared. Well, the good news is you are the one who controls your social ship. <\/p>\n

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\nWhile posting something if you choose the audience as \u2018Public\u2019, anyone can find your posts by searching through general Facebook search and trending hashtags clicks. Whereas if you select \u2018Friends\u2019 only your friends can see your posts, while in case of \u2018Only Me\u2019, no one can find your post. So choose the right option before posting. Remember, even your Check ins show up in the search result, so think before you approve those tags.<\/p>\n

Potential Paid Search <\/b>
\nWhat we see coming up here though, is something similar to Google. Soon we might see brands running for paid keyword searches on Facebook and we guess this is the start of things to come. So don\u2019t be surprised if in the years to come if you\u2019ll be bidding for search keywords on Facebook.
\nHow did you like Facebook\u2019s new search addition? Do you think it\u2019s useful? What more are you expecting to come in the future that can change the face of Social Media and potentially Digital Marketing? We are eager to know from you. Share your thoughts with us in the comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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