For Google, the recent effort to mix social media with traditional search results is all about relevance — thus its efforts such as Google Social Search, which the company rolled out in experimental form late Monday. However, can the results really be that effective if they don’t include the full participation of the world’s largest social network, Facebook? Social Search, according to Google, begins that hunt for relevance with the “social circle” chosen by you, the user.

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