Google social results will appear something like "shared by 20+" below each search result. Here is an example of how it will appear:

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Clicking on the Shared by' link will take the you to a Google's Real Time search page which will show other users who are sharing the same piece of news on their social pages (twitter, Facebook, MySpace and more) even if these people aren't in your direct network.

The "recent updates' box appears in a blue box underneath the Google News section in the search results.

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By clicking on the link you will be shown what others are saying on social networks about the search topic.

Google isn't the only search engine to go down the social path recently. Just last week Bing starting including social updates from the users Facebook account on their search result page. Results for name queries and what your friends across the web just liked will now appear in a separate box below the search result.

Earlier this month Google was reportedly testing something similar with Twitter, where in the Google News results you could see updates from your Twitter friends only.

It's not yet known if these features will be automatically implemented in all search results or even if you can turn them off. When we find out more, we will be sure to let you know.

We want to know what you think: do you like these new social features or are you likely to turn them off if they're automatically implemented? Let us know in the comments below.