Microsoft Takes A Shot At Real-Time Search

Bing (sometimes) shows recent tweets Real-time

search may (together with semantic and/or mobile search) be the next big thing; with some individuals putting out scores of public messages per day, we need a way to organize them. And now, Microsoft's taken a step in the right direction by "bringing a bit of Twitter to Bing." On the Bing Community Search Blog, a post of that title announced, "[W]e're unveiling an initial foray into integrating more real time data into our search results, starting with some of the more prominent and prolific Twitterers from a variety of spheres."

But this is still an interesting development that puts Bing ahead of its biggest competitors.  More advances may be on the way, too, as the official Bing post stated, "We think this is an interesting first step toward using Twitter's public API to surface Tweets in people search.  We'd love to hear your feedback as we think through future possibilities in real time search."

The Real Time Search Engine arena is going to get heated... Only time will show how this competition is going to play between Google, Bing and who knows else in the future.