Both Google and Bing have just announced that they will now be including Twitter updates in their search results.
The official Google Blog said
At Google, our goal is to create the most comprehensive, relevant and fast search in the world. In the past few years, an entirely new type of data has emerged — real-time updates like those on Twitter have appeared not only as a way for people to communicate their thoughts and feelings, but also as an interesting source of data about what is happening right now in regard to a particular topic.
Bing claim that their search facility “you can now search for what people are saying all over the web about breaking news topics, your favorite celebrity, hometown sports team, and anything else you use Twitter to stay on top of today.”
The deals will see Twitter messages, links and posts appearing in the search engine results almost as soon as they have been posted on the websites themselves, giving searches the ability to access information and news as it is happening. Looking at previous news stories that have broke on Twitter, including the Hudson plane crash and the balloon boy story, it is clear there is a demand and requirement for the search engine to provide audiences with the information as and when it happens.
Tags: real time search
