Today’s guest post is written by Robert Jones, contributing editor of SmartBrief on Entrepreneurs.
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gures I’m worth about $83. At least, that’s how the math works out in its recent $500 million buyout offer to Twitter – which Twitter promptly rejected. Crazy? Not if Twitter is successful in revolutionizing online search, already the most lucrative function of the Web.
Imagine being able to “push” your search term or question out to millions of users in real time, rather than simply “pulling” in information that’s already been published. Suddenly, the Internet becomes a true group mind, as opposed to a collective memory. You ask a question, you get an answer — not a list of sources. It’s organic. It’s fantastic.
As a journalist, I can think of 100 ways to use this new kind of search, and businesses will think of a million more. Forget about Web 2.0. If it works, Twitter search will be web-squared.
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I agree that Twitter will be web squared. The ability to get real time results with recommendations from real people may be a game changer that knocks Google out of the ivory tower.
The next couple of years will be real interesting.
Andy,
Essentially, Twitter has great data mining into from search, behavior, and hype.
For instance, between 8-9pm Bay Area, info reveals that most people are posting "I am eating dinner" then, advertisers are able to target and air food commercials, assuming that there is a percentage of people who eat with their TV in front of them.
Perhaps a dessert commercial at 9pm would be suffice as well.
Great post. Keep writing.
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