1. A method of generating personalized search results for a search query generated by a selected user of a social network, steps of the method being variously performed by at least one computing device, and the method comprising: for respective topics, detecting an interest trend in the topic among the users of the social network who are associated with the selected user; applying the search query on a search engine indexing content items outside of the social network to generate a search result set comprising at least one search result that is not referenced by the users of the social network who are associated with the selected user; identifying at least one topic associated with the search query; selecting, within the social network of the user, at least one social data item that is referenced by the users of the social network who are associated with the selected user, associated with at least one topic associated with the search query, and exhibiting a positive interest trend among the users of the social network who are associated with the selected user; and providing for display to the selected user the at least one social data item integrated with the search result set.
1. A method of generating personalized search results for a search query generated by a selected user of a social network, steps of the method being variously performed by at least one computing device, and the method comprising: for respective topics, detecting an interest trend in the topic among the users of the social network who are associated with the selected user; applying the search query on a search engine indexing content items outside of the social network to generate a search result set comprising at least one search result that is not referenced by the users of the social network who are associated with the selected user; identifying at least one topic associated with the search query; selecting, within the social network of the user, at least one social data item that is referenced by the users of the social network who are associated with the selected user, associated with at least one topic associated with the search query, and exhibiting a positive interest trend among the users of the social network who are associated with the selected user; and providing for display to the selected user the at least one social data item integrated with the search result set. 4. The method of claim 1 : the search query specifying at least one social data item type; and selecting the at least one social data item within the social network comprising: selecting, within the social network of the selected user, at least one social data item of the social data item type and associated with the at least one topic.