Use efficiently Facebook open Graph Search

Now, we have access to much awaited Facebook open graph search facility. If you haven't yet got the access, you can easily request for access. To seach facebook, you can use the facebook open graph search efficiently to your benefit. Here are some of the ideas that can be utilised through Facebook open graph search.

Gift to Friends through facebook open graph search

- Are you planning to call your friends at home? A good surprise for them may be to play their favourite songs in the party. You can find out the most liked albums from Facebook graph search facility. If I click on my Facebook search and then on "Music my friend like", the most favourite among my friends would be A. R. Rahman, followed by Shreya Ghosal. You can use the same search to gift a musicmoviebook to your friend. In that case, you just need to refine the search criteria by your particular friend's name.

 

 

Finding friends with same interest through facebook open graph search

- When you are trying to join a community, you can take help of Facebook search. You can find out different interests of your friend through Facebook graph search. For example, if I would like to join a community on Public speaking, I would like to take some pointer from my friends, who have affinity towards this area. And hence, I will directly go to "Music my friend like" and change the Page Type to "Interest". It will show me the interests of my friends. I will check, if "Public Speaking" or anything related to it is there in the search result. And then accordingly, I contact my friends associated with the same.

 

 

Finding a gaming partner through facebook open graph search

- Are you in search for a gaming partner? Well, may be some of your friends are interested. You can find out if any of your friends is interested in the same game. Just refine your facebook search criteria with "Page Type" as "Game" and it will show all the games liked by your friend. If you see the same game enlisted in the search result, contact your friends mentioned along with the same game.

 

Friend Statistics through facebook open graph search

- You can quickly enumerate a statistics of your friends in different dimensions. For example, you can find out what is the malefemale ratio of your facebook friends or how many of them are employed with your current employer, or how many of them are residing in the same city as you are. There are many more such statistics, which can easily be found out from the Facebook search under "My Friends" category.

 

Anchoring a party through facebook open graph search

- Got the responsibility of anchoring a dinner in a nearby restaurant? Well, you can choose a restaurant, which is liked by majority of your friends. Just go to the search "Restaurants nearby" and set "Liked By" criteria to "My Friend". It will show you nearby restaurants liked by your friends. If you want, you can change the option to Cafes, American restaurants etc according to your choice.

 

Job Hunting through facebook open graph search

- Looking for a job? Here as well, Facebook search is of great help to you. You may know where your friends work. But they may not be employed, where you are planning to apply. In such case, you can check, if any of your friend's friend is employed in the same company. Go to the search criteria "Friends of my friends". Now, refine the search criteria with the employer name that you are interested in. The search result will show you the friend's friend, who is employed in the company. Now, you can ask himher to forward your resume in hisher company.

 

The above list is just few ideas. Facebook open graph search with its newly implemented feature "open graph search" is a very powerful tool and you can use its immense power to your benefit.