Google and Bing (Microsoft) have signed a deal with Twitter which will allow tweets to be made available via search results. This means that users searching online will get access to live results instantly via Tweets on Google and Bing.
Twitter has created a new type of online search in that in gives users real time information from users tweeting their information to their followers. These tweets will now be available to Google and Bing which will make the online search experience more realtime in the information that is presented to the user.
Microsoft has announced that a potential deal will soon be struck with Facebook in that user status updates will be made availabe to Bings search results.
Google’s Marissa Mayer said: “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.”
Internet experts are predicting that with this new invention of real-time search this will be the next big money maker for webmasters, allowing companies the opportunity to advertise alongside the popular information in real time.
Microsoft’s Bing service has already setup a Twitter search page specifically to search for Tweets and Google will soon launch a Twitter search service within the next few months.
