Things appeared to be going somewhat quiet on the Twitter front so I'm sure they'll be happy to find themselves caught in the middle of a tug of war between Google and Microsoft, if for no other reason than to pass the time.
No sooner had Microsoft announced it would be including 'tweets' into the Bing search results, Google...pretty much did exactly the same thing. Forgive me if I'm missing something but how in anyway is this a good thing? The powers that be argue it will allow people to recieve answers from Tweeters involving direct questions like 'what's the weather like in Italy?' and 'how's it hanging in Mexico?'... Check the weather forecast!
Google already returns far too much junk in search, the last thing it needs to include is everything the world has to say ever! Whilst the concept of getting advice from Tweeters is fine in principle we all know this isn't how it'll work. Unless you type in 'how can I boost my followers in one simple step using some really annoying spam site?' you are likely to be bitterly disapointed with your results.
In the race to improve search, surely this is one huge step backwards. The term used to be 'trying to take a sip from the fire hose'. It'll soon be a case of 'trying to take a sip from Niagara falls in the middle fo a great big thunder storm.'
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