Real-Time Search via Bing and Google

Twitter have signed a deal with Microsoft and Google that will see real-time search of twitter status’ come to Bing and Google Search.

The deal will not only increase the ongoing rivalry between Google and Microsoft but will allow users to search on either search and have their result include up-to-date tweets from Twitter users anywhere in the world.

Microsoft have already created their Twitter Search function and it will enable users to search by trending topics as well as seeing general results in their search including tweets in chronological order. (I’ve not been able to test this as it doesn’t seem to be functioning in the UK yet – any UK users tried this yet?)

Google have said they will implement their Twitter Search shortly.

Marissa Myers, writing in on the Official Google Blog about the deal with Twitter, said

“the next time you search for something that can be aided by a real-time observation, say, snow conditions at your favourite ski resort, you’ll find tweets from other users who are there and sharing the latest and greatest information”

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