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| Tuesday, March 10, 2009 Why Google Will Buy Twitter And Make Billions By Joe Marchese
Using Google to search the Internet helps people to find information on a subject. As Twitter's search continues to evolve, using Twitter for search will help people find out where to find current discussions on a subject. Think of how powerful this is. If I want to research a subject, Google is the way to go. If I want to find out what is being said about a topic at any given moment, Twitter is my source. People are already fascinated by watching people discuss various events or topics live in real time, using Twitter search and # (hash tags). What these services do is to provide me with information (a stream of people's thoughts) on any keyword, or series of keywords. Sound familiar?
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