Bing, Microsoft’s search engine now has a new capability with the addition of a live Twitter feed. With this additional capacity, Bing can search for Tweet on Twitter with a simple and real time.
According to Microsoft spokesman Paul Yiu, the new service will also be presented to the popular social networking sites such as Facebook.
“Bing presents the most recent search index, giving him a chance to explore the entire web in real time,” Yiu said, as quoted from ZD Net, Thursday (22/10/2009).
“Explosion of the popularity of Twitter is the best example of this kind of opportunity. Twitter generate millions tweet every minute with a variety of subjects you can imagine. We recognize the tweet has a greatness as a form of data that can appear in search engines,” he added.
Yiu was explained, the social networking services like Twitter provide unique access to the ideas and public opinion. This is seen Bing as an opportunity to integrate with Twitter Bing searches so that search engine users have access to the Twitter search easier.
“Usually, if you want to monitor the development of a topic, the user can see through the tweets roll in. Or can also click on the feature ‘Tweets See more about’ to see the entire tweet,” says Yiu.
He mentioned, Bing can replace these functions by displaying the search results Twitter tweet more accurate and faster.