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Tweets To Appear In Google Search Results

Posted by Soulskill on from the social-Social-SOCIAL! dept.

mpicpp writes with news that Google will now begin showing tweets alongside search results. Mobile users searching via the Android/iOS apps or through the browser will start seeing the tweets immediately, while the desktop version is "coming shortly." The tweets will only be available for the searches in English to start, but Twitter says they'll be adding more languages soon.

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  1. OK, but seriously... by richy+freeway · · Score: 5, Insightful

    How do I turn this off?

    1. Re:OK, but seriously... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Use Bing.

      I think Microsoft finally found a way to beat Google at search, and all it took was Google doing something mindnumbingly stupid like think anyone would care to search tweets.

    2. Re:OK, but seriously... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Google used to show tweets in search results. About three or four years ago. Twitter shut them down. I'm guessing Twitter's star is fading and they want the increased exposure again.

  2. I dont get why... by shione · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Companies like Google do this to legitimize another company's business. I've been using the internet for quite some time now and I've seen loads of companies/websites come and go. But with all this integration of facebook/twitter/youtube/linkedin shit into apps and other websites, it makes me wonder what happens when those sites go out of fashion (out of fad). Or is the internet mature enough now that websites/comanies have stopped coming and going.

    Heck, even Slashdot participates in this with those 4 symbols near the article summary.

    1. Re:I dont get why... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

      They're trying to integrate themselves so far that they can't go out of fashion.

  3. Great news by MrKaos · · Score: 4, Insightful

    something to shorten peoples short attention spans even more.

    --
    My ism, it's full of beliefs.
  4. Twitter is junk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Emotive and smug one liners at best. No serious discussion on any topic is possible. The closest you get is oft out of context quotes under stoic photos of someone staring off into space. Twitter has its place, but not for anyone searching for actual information. You fail, Google.