What is the future of social-search on sites like Quora?

The incumbents in social media are getting stale. There is room for disruption in the hierarchy of social media royalty. Statistics and extensive research has shown that social search and location-based platforms are the next big concept on web and mobile. Consumers are now looking for much more purposeful and engaging applications. Imagine you search for an Italian restaurant – the search engine recommends 10 places in your city that your neighbors and friends have visited, shows feedback from them, provides deals, and even allows you to ask specific questions about the restaurants. Once you decide on arestaurant, the search engine allows you to ask the restaurant representatives and customers’ questions or book a table. Afterwards, you can leave a review about your experience---all within the same window andefficiency of sending a text message or tweet.Social search is a form of Web search which is centered around the Social Graph of the person conducting the search. Social search is heading to a more purposeful, localized, and real-time route than ever before. Check out this presentation on the state of social media and beyond in 2013 from Social Media Week in NY: http://www.slideshare.net/NikkaUmil/smw-presentation-21349378 There are a slew of new apps that cater to social search, some of the popular ones include: Loqly LocalUncle LocalMind Spindle (acquired by Twitter) CitySearch AroundMe (the app we created - http://www.sooligan.com)