When Microsoft partnered with Twitter to allow its Bing search engine to index tweets in real time, it looked like they had finally gotten the jump on Google at something. Just hours later, Google VP Marissa Mayer announced that the big G had made a Twitter deal, too. Although Bing’s Twitter product is out today, Google’s won’t be too far behind.
It looks like Google intends to use tweets to augment search results for up-to-the-minute data. In the official Google blog post on the subject, Mayer gives the example of weather conditions at a ski resort. Getting access to tweets is good for Google, but Bing still has the advantage of being the first to snag the Facebook deal. How long until Google gets one of those, as well?
It’s not just Bing – Google makes Twitter search deal, too originally appeared on Download Squad on Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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