27 August 2010 | Author: D. Warburton Search Copywriter
Ever eager to keep up with the times, Google has launched a separate site for real-time search results, offering a central place for users to crawl the web for up-to-the-minute content and discussions.
Google integrated real-time content from Twitter and Facebook in 2009, but up to now these updates have appeared sporadically within search results. With Google Realtime Search, the Mountain View company allows users to narrow down search queries to a specific time or location.
Writing for the Google blog, product manager Dylan Casey told users: "On the new homepage you'll find some great tools to help you refine and understand your results.
"First, you can use geographic refinements to find updates and news near you, or in a region you specify. So if you're travelling to Los Angeles this summer, you can check out tweets from Angelenos to get ideas for activities happening right where you are."
Although the company's branded real-time communication tool Google Wave failed to make a splash, Casey explained that Google was still pushing ahead in the social sphere.
He said: "We've added a conversations view, making it easy to follow a discussion on the real-time web. Often a single tweet sparks a larger conversation of re-tweets and other replies, but to put it together you have to click through a bunch of links and figure it out yourself.
"With the new 'full conversation' feature, you can browse the entire conversation in a single glance. We organise the tweets from oldest to newest and indent so you quickly see how the conversation developed."
Earlier this week, Google was spotted testing real-time search results pages, which could be the next big step for the search engine as timely results become ever more vital.
Google Realtime Search gets dedicated site
Ever eager to keep up with the times, Google has launched a separate site for real-time search results, offering a central place for users to crawl the web for up-to-the-minute content and discussions.Google integrated real-time content from Twitter and Facebook in 2009, but up to now these updates have appeared sporadically within search results. With Google Realtime Search, the Mountain View company allows users to narrow down search queries to a specific time or location.
Writing for the Google blog, product manager Dylan Casey told users: "On the new homepage you'll find some great tools to help you refine and understand your results.
"First, you can use geographic refinements to find updates and news near you, or in a region you specify. So if you're travelling to Los Angeles this summer, you can check out tweets from Angelenos to get ideas for activities happening right where you are."
Although the company's branded real-time communication tool Google Wave failed to make a splash, Casey explained that Google was still pushing ahead in the social sphere.
He said: "We've added a conversations view, making it easy to follow a discussion on the real-time web. Often a single tweet sparks a larger conversation of re-tweets and other replies, but to put it together you have to click through a bunch of links and figure it out yourself.
"With the new 'full conversation' feature, you can browse the entire conversation in a single glance. We organise the tweets from oldest to newest and indent so you quickly see how the conversation developed."
Earlier this week, Google was spotted testing real-time search results pages, which could be the next big step for the search engine as timely results become ever more vital.
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