Comments on: Google Twitter buy out? http://www.electricpig.co.uk/2009/04/03/google-twitter-buy-out/ The only tech you need Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:21:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Ben Sillis http://www.electricpig.co.uk/2009/04/03/google-twitter-buy-out/comment-page-1/#comment-5663 Ben Sillis Fri, 03 Apr 2009 10:59:16 +0000 http://www.electricpig.co.uk/?p=20605#comment-5663 Of course it's not even close to being a rival yet, but Twitter already does one aspect of search better than Google. http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2009-03-24-n84.html Google clearly wants in on realtime search. I know I find it very useful in work, and at the moment a site like Twitterfall is much better at tracking breaking events than anything Google offers. One way or another, Google wants in on what could turn out to be a new slice of advertising pie. Of course it’s not even close to being a rival yet, but Twitter already does one aspect of search better than Google.

http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2009-03-24-n84.html

Google clearly wants in on realtime search. I know I find it very useful in work, and at the moment a site like Twitterfall is much better at tracking breaking events than anything Google offers. One way or another, Google wants in on what could turn out to be a new slice of advertising pie.

]]> By: Anonymous Merchant http://www.electricpig.co.uk/2009/04/03/google-twitter-buy-out/comment-page-1/#comment-5662 Anonymous Merchant Fri, 03 Apr 2009 10:33:11 +0000 http://www.electricpig.co.uk/?p=20605#comment-5662 A rival to Google in search? Twitter? It's as much a rival to Boeing in aircraft manufacture. A rival to Google in search? Twitter? It’s as much a rival to Boeing in aircraft manufacture.

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