real-time search

Nerd Out With Google’s Search Gurus (Video)

Liz Gannes in News on August 8, 2011 at 8:30 am PT

In a rare joint public appearance, Google’s Amit Singhal, Ben Gomes and Matt Cutts dove deeply into the big issues facing search.

With Google Gone (For Now), Twitter Tries to Come to Terms With Microsoft’s Bing

Liz Gannes in Social on July 15, 2011 at 12:06 pm PT

After Google’s Twitter Firehose deal fell apart, Microsoft has the opportunity to be the only major search engine with preferred access to signals from both Facebook and Twitter — but it’s having trouble reaching a deal with Twitter.

Topsy Hands Out Real-Time Search Widgets

Liz Gannes in Social on January 13, 2011 at 8:00 am PT

Real-time search engine Topsy today is launching customizable widgets for publishers to display topical tweets.

Liveblogging the Google Search Event: Gutenberg, Goggles and Scrolling Real-Time Search!

Kara Swisher in News on December 7, 2009 at 10:08 am PT

Right now, BoomTown is sitting right behind the very affable Jason Hirschhorn, chief product officer of MySpace, who is here to make one of the many partner announcements with Google at its “search event” in Silicon Valley today. I also ran right into Twitter’s Biz Stone at the coffee stand. He is also here to talk about the new features Google is adding to its search repertoire, although he is remaining mum until the program starts in five minutes. Obviously, it is mostly about Google launching real-time search. Here’s what happened at the event via liveblogging.

Who Will Be Twitter's Bestest Search Friend? Google and Microsoft Engage in Yet Another Pick-Me Face-Off.

Kara Swisher in News on April 9, 2009 at 10:24 am PT

In this digital era’s version of “Spy Vs. Spy,” Microsoft and Google find themselves in yet another sharp-elbowed battle to be the one to strike some sort of commercial search deal or product partnership with Twitter, many sources with knowledge of the situation said, as they also jockey for position to evaluate the potential of the much-hyped microblogging start-up. After last week’s explosive rumor that Google was in “late-stage” talks to acquire Twitter, which BoomTown reported was wildly premature, I set out to try to sort out exactly what was going on. As I found out, there was a lot–mostly much talking related to possible product and distribution partnerships, centered around Google or Microsoft, as both struggle to gauge the importance of Twitter. It’s a familiar roundelay for the two most powerful companies on the Web.