Eric Schmidt: we will pull data from Facebook anyway

Google wants to index the data on Facebook, and the head of the company Eric Schmidt does not hesitate to openly say that in any case they will find an option on how to do it.

Here is what Schmidt said yesterday at the Zeitgeist conference in Arizona: “We are trying to take our key products and add a social component to them. If you think about it, then this is obvious. With your permission, knowing more about your friends, we can give more specific recommendations. Search quality will get better. ” And even more interesting: “The best thing for Facebook is to open your data. If not, there are other ways to get this information. ” Eric Schmidt refused to specify which methods.

The confrontation between Facebook and Google is heating up on several fronts. Firstly, the battle for the first place on the Internet (just in September, Facebook went around Google sites according to the time spent by users). Secondly, Facebook continues to lure the best programmers. And now the battle for information will begin?

If it is possible to index data from Facebook (for example, having a Facebook account, I can allow Google to do this), then such a database can become the foundation for new social services of the search giant.