Real-time data in search results
Google has launched real-time search to give users access to up-to-the-second information. The search giant said it will draw real-time data from over a billion pages on the web. The new feature will also include updates from Twitter and the social networks of MySpace and Facebook. “Information is being created at a pace I have never seen before and in this environment, seconds matter,” said Google fellow Amit Singhal. At an event staged at the Computer History Museum in California, the company said this was the first time that any search engine has integrated the real-time web into its results page. “There is so much information being generated out there that getting you relevant information is the key to the success of a product like this. It’s all about relevance, relevance, relevance,” said Mr Singhal.
The real-time stream of data will be shown within Google’s normal results page. The feature will also be available on smart phones, such as the iPhone and those running Google’s Android operating system. Google would not be drawn on the financial details of the deals it has done with Twitter, MySpace and Facebook.
Facebook has publicly stated it is not making money on this collaboration and that the updates it will give Google come from the public profile pages that can be seen by anybody on the web. Twitter founder Biz Stone told reporters the company was “super excited to be doing this with Google. Relevance, relevance, relevance – they are good at it, we’re not,” he said.
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