There is a struggle between Google and Facebook to establish their competing visions for the future of the internet. For the last decade or so, the Web has been defined by Google's algorithms - rigorous and efficient equations that parse practically every byte of online activity to build a dispassionate atlas of the online world.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg envisions a more personalized, humanized Web, where our network of friends, colleagues, peers, and family is our primary source of information, just as it is offline. In Zuckerberg's vision, users will query this 'social graph' to find a doctor, the best camera, or someone to hire - rather than tapping the cold mathematics of a Google search.
It is a complete rethinking of how we navigate the online world, one that places Facebook right at the center. In other words, right where Google is now.
Source: wired.com
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