Site: java -intitle:java “lived * New York” I’ve been playing around with X-Ray searching Google+ to target people based on location that they list as their current.
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How to Find People on Google Plus by Location shows you the limitations of unstructured search: we see keyword hits in names as well as profiles of people in TX, France, and Bandung, Java (not really – Robert’s actually in the Boston area). Here’s the same Java “New York” search from inside Google+:ĭon’t be impressed by the estimated 430,000+ results. Pierre is from Beligum, and while Nathaniel appears to be in Taipei – his LinkedIn profile states Kansas City. yields more interesting non-New York results. Once you navigate to page 2, things get looser – Italo is from Sao Paulo, and Nathan is from San Fran:
While most of the first page results are of people who appear to be located in New York, you can see that the 2nd result is of someone who lives in Cambridge, MA. When you run the search, you’ll get about 234 people. If you’re interested in finding people on Google+, you’ve probably poked around Find People on Plus.įind People on Plus has a few issues you should be aware of, not the least of which is the fact that it has only indexed a fraction of the total number of Google+ profiles.Īnother issue is that you can’t reliably find people based on location, which is kind of important for most people.įor example, let’s take a look at a basic skill/interest and location search: UPDATE: I have a NEW Google Plus search guide updated for 2013. I will walk you through the problems with Find People on Plus and Google’s own Google+ search before I show you something I’ve been tinkering with that seems to work well to reliably find people who live in a specific area. If you answered “Yes!” to the above questions, you’ve come to the right place. How about find people on Google+ that live in a specific area? Would you like to find people on Google+?