I really don't see how this new adaptation of the Bing dyno could make a huge change to Google's market share. Firsties, the whole idea of having status updates in search results is creepy. Who would be attracted to that? People's statuses (stati?) aren't exactly credible resources. Honestly, if I'm searching for a celebrity, why would I care about what random people have to say about him or her? Also, I don't understand how it would work search-wise. On Google, search results turn up in order depending on search engine optimization. I assume this is how other search engines work (although I really don't know). How would this work for status updates?
Secondies, the article itself says that "According to AllThingsD's Kara Swisher, neither partnership will actually turn into a product for 'weeks, if not months,' and that both Twitter and Facebook have also been talking to Google about similar deals." To me, that's kind of a "we're reporting this, but it could not mean anything" statement. The article says that Facebook and Microsoft both aren't commenting about the deal. AND, Twitter is also looking for connections with Google. What does this mean for Google's future? Probably not anything horribly negative.
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I feel like Bing may have a seperate search function to just search things like facebook and twitter stati (I like that for the plural). The lack of revenue to start doesn't surprise me, twitter has yet to make any money from the site itself.
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