The website provides information on public figures, locations and interest — like movies and TV shows, and incorporates Wikipedia 's influential knowledge box.
With this development, the social media giant hopes to keep its users inside its platform for information on topics that would usually be used by Google or Wikipedia.
The publication was reported by Facebook as being a "pilot plan" for desktop , mobile web and iOS. The feature in the knowledge box resembled the Google Knowledge Panel, which shows the details on the subject next to the search results.
How does the Facebook knowledge box work?
The feature functions on Facebook with the standard search bar at the bottom of the display. For example , Facebook shows the information box on the right hand side of the search page, similar to the information provided by the Google knowledge panel on the right, if you look for Narendra Modi in the search bar.
The box also contains links to the Facebook and Instagram topics (in this case Narendra Modi), as well as links to the "see also." As Facebook continues to test this feature, the knowledge panel such as associated books and official websites may be added to this feature.
TechCrunch has been confirmed with Facebook's new search feature, and SocialMediaToday first reported. This is also considered to be a test system, and many users will not yet be able to access the information screen.
Google information box constraints
Facebook currently reveals the information panel of celebrities, most of them passions, such as films and music. For example , Facebook is showing the film's knowledge panel, Joker, but not the result for the movie, Parasite who won several Oscar prizes the same year.
Similarly, Wikipedia is currently used by the platform, so there is also a limited source of information.
Google Rival, for example, reveals such public links as LinkedIn, YouTube , Twitter, etc. Data from the company's competition website. In addition, there is also minimal knowledge on common topics.
For example , Facebook will show its own information hub if you are searching COVID-19, while Google will provide comprehensive search results on the same subject.The search function does not work for non-English languages.
How can users benefit from the Facebook feature?
For starters, Facebook users will not have to switch to a platform to collect data on a subject.
Presenting in the sidebar of information could also help to some extent prevent Facebook from spreading misinformation on its platform.
In the knowledge table, after Facebook blocks graph access in the Cambridge Analytica scandal, it will also try to save itself. Facebook will also try. Users found Facebook posts on different subjects through graphic searches.
