Facebook launches ‘Graph Search’. And its not a typical web search.

Facebook today launched the Graph Search at their new HQ. The new Graph Search lets you search for information among your friends, and get to know them even better.

Mark Zukerberg, CEO of Facebook took stage to launch the next big thing for this year on Facebook, the Graph Search. Graph Search is basically a search module that lets you query your DB to get custom results of your friends and family. The new search engine would show up all the information that you need, from likes to the places they’ve been, in just a simple search query.

More stories and analysis on this Graph Search would pop up on 4Cast soon. Until then, here’s what the company defined Graph Search as:

What is Graph Search?
Graph Search is a new way for you to find people, photos, places and interests that are most relevant to you on Facebook.

What is Graph Search useful for?
Graph Search will help you instantly find others, learn more about them and make connections, explore photos, quickly find places like local attractions and restaurants, and learn about common interests like music, movies, books and more. All results are unique based on the strength of relationships and connections.

What can I search for?
With Graph Search, you can search for people, photos, places and interests.

How do I search?
Type your search into the blue bar at the top of the page. As you start to type, suggestions appear in a drop down. You can refine your search using the tools on the right-hand side of the page.

Some example searches include:
· People who like tennis and live nearby
· Photos before 1990
· Photos of my friends in New York
· Sushi restaurants in Palo Alto my friends have liked
· Tourist attractions in Italy visited by my friends

How are you rolling this out?
Graph Search is in a limited preview, or beta. That means Graph Search will only be available to a very small number of people who use Facebook in US English.

How can I get Facebook Graph Search?
You can sign up for the waitlist at www.facebook.com/graphsearch

Does Graph Search change any of my current privacy settings?
No. Graph Search follows your current privacy settings. You can only search for content that has been shared with you.

How do I control what tags, locations and photos can show up about me?
To control tags, photos or posts with locations about you that appear in search, go to your Activity Log.

Good Luck Facebook.