With all of the sniping that has gone on recently between Google and that annoying little pest that keeps landing on its shoulder called Twitter wouldn’t it
Over at Chris Allison, has this take as an overview after mentioning the hive mind that Twitter creates:
Google is a hive mind too, but their data is often collected as a side effect of user action, whereas the majority of Twitter’s “thoughts” are genuinely created and intentionally produced- carrying on
This distinction is important in establishing the place in the market that each of these information giants may hold moving into the future. Twitter is busy making their search function more robust. To cut to the chase and let you draw your own conclusions the two best options for you are to go the search operator page that outlines everything you will need to know to search Twitter in its current incarnation. I suspect Twitter search will be a moving target for quite some time and one that merits very close attention moving forward.
So here’s some questions to ponder. Does this capability truly threaten Google? How will you use Twitter v. Google when searching for information? Beyond that, what about the rest of the real world of searchers that we as Internet marketers need to be thinking of? So many questions and I suspect so many Pilgrim opinions.
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