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Google Partners With Twitter For Search

Posted by samzenpus on from the tracking-your-tweet dept.

An anonymous reader writes "According to the Google blog, it has partnered up with Twitter to bring tweets into its search results in the next few months. While this is exciting news, how the feature is going to present itself is a huge question. Indiblogger presents a comprehensive list of how it should be. From the article, the points discussed are: relevance of tweets with the search term, twitter and Google advertising, even a Google-Twitter API."

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  1. Bing claimed exclusivity by bruce_the_loon · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The funniest part is the news articles presenting the Bing partnership as an exclusive one.

    Bet Steve's tossing chairs now.

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  2. Re:WTF! by Daengbo · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Exactly. I was upset enough when spammy blogs with duplicate content filled my search results, but now I wave to deal with one-line tweets, too? Ugh.

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  3. Who needs to search tweeter? To find what? by ponos · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Honestly, given the nature of the site and the kind of communication it promotes, I wonder whether there is any *original* information that can be found in there. I mean, great scientists, philosophers and artists did exchange letters in the past, but even if we're talking about some real geniuses, I don't see how the "tweet" format can ever contain anything more than shit. It's not easy to convey a properly argumented original thought in 160 characters... So, in the end I don't see why anyone would care to search tweeter data at all. Other maybe for the purpose of some obscure IgNobel-worthy research or in the case of stalkers following the hot star of the moment (when exactly did she pee? that is the question...).

    P.