I told you there would be more Twitter news to come! Twitter scored two deals yesterday with Microsoft and Google that lets both companies utilize Tweets in their search engines. Microsoft's Bing has already begun to use the feature (ugh, its ugly though don't you think?) while Google's is still forthcoming (and probably much nicer to look at).This is good news for Twitter because it is opening up the door for revenue streams. Not only has Twitter been paid by Google and Microsoft for their tweets, but both companies are likely to start putting ads up on their Twitter search service is the near future, which would mean Twitter might see some advertising revenue sooner than previously imagined.
In addition to being good news for Twitter, it's good news for us as search engine users. For those not using Twitter and not familiar with it, they will be able to see informative tweets through Google or Bing (which will probably drive a lot of new users to Twitter) that they might otherwise not have checked out. Not only that, but with both Microsoft and Google (as well as others) working on ways to sort and search for great tweets amid the constant stream, it is hopeful that a really inventive and helpful service will be developed soon.
I guess the one big downside to all this is that we are one step closer to having chips put in our brains that constantly update us about every possible thing going on in the world--which is an inevitable bummer. Google and Microsoft might succeed at filtering this constant stream of news, but that still doesn't mean there isn't too much of it out there to begin with.
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