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Bing And Twitter To Integrate?
By: Andy Beal 2009-07-02 All of us that have called for more real-time search results or better Twitter integration, should have done a better job of spelling out our needs. Apparently Bing misread the memo. In a move that appears to have more bark than bite, Bing has announced the integration of Twitter with its search results. Before you leap for joy, the announcement is a non-starter. What we get is a few thousand...
...Twitter profiles added to the Bing index. Search for Andy Beal Twitter or @andybeal and youll get a box at the top of your results that looks like this:
What you dont get is Bing tapping into those tweets for its actual search results. Lets take the text from the second tweet listed above and Bing it:
Meh. With just a few thousand high profile Twitter users included, and no honest-to-goodness real-time search, I feel kind of robbed. The next time Bing declares its Bringing a Bit of Twitter to Bing, I hope it bites off a larger chunk! CommentsTag: Bing, Twitter, SEO Add to Del.icio.us | Digg | Reddit | Furl Have a bookmark! -
View All Articles by Andy Beal About the Author: Andy Beal is an internet marketing consultant and considered one of the world's most respected and interactive search engine marketing experts. Andy has worked with many Fortune 1000 companies such as Motorola, CitiFinancial, Lowes, Alaska Air, DeWALT, NBC and Experian. You can read his internet marketing blog at Marketing Pilgrim and reach him at andy.beal@gmail.com. |
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