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Google and Bing To Index Social Media Content

Detractors of Twitter frequently ask "who cares what I'm doing right now?" Apparently Google and Bing care, as both major search engines are moving forward with plans to index tweets.

Bing is also going to index Facebook status updates, while Google recently launched Social Search, a Google Labs experiment "that helps you find more relevant public content from your broader social circle."

Will this change how you use Facebook and Twitter? Will you optimize your status updates and tweets with keywords, or keep them more spontaneous?

For more on this big social media issue, see these posts:

Real-Time Search: Google and Bing Rivalry Intensifies on Facebook and Twitter at PCWorld.com.

Introducing Google Social Search: I finally found my friend's New York blog! at Google Blog

HUGE: Microsoft Inks Deal With Twitter and Facebook to Put Status Updates in Bing at Mashable

Posted by John Novak - Las Vegas and Henderson NV Real Estate on 11/01/2009 07:42 PM

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12 Comments on Google and Bing To Index Social Media Content

NOV

Hi John,

Thank you for sharing an informative and helpful article.

John Pusa

The question is?

Will this change how you use Facebook and Twitter? Will you optimize your status updates and tweets with keywords, or keep them more spontaneous?

Curious minds want to know.

Good question!! Hate the idea in some ways as like the spontonaity of twitter & facebook. But.... if it gives me google juice

Good info, thanks.

NOV

John, Thanks for the info. You KNOW it's coming. One more thing to do. Hey, sleep is highly overrated!

NOV

This was a good move on their part. It changes how information is delivered...that's for sure!

This is great information, thanks John.

Thanks for sharing this info! I sometimes find that I find more useful, targeted info for me on Twitter and Facebook than through a search, so I think it's great that they'll be indexing soon!

NOV

Thanks John, very interesting. I am wondering what the index plans are for Wave?

I think this is fantastic. Yet another reason why those of us who are using social media will get 'credit' for it.

NOV

Hmmm interesting... I may get on the Tweet Band Wagon now!

NOV

After hearing this, I do believe it will change my behaviour on facebook, LOL. I'll be optimizing away! Muhahahaha! Should we hypertext links on there too?

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