Bing users can chase Twitter celebs
The news came after weeks of rumours that Google was looking into creating a tool for searching social networking sites.
But while Microsoft looks to have beaten Google to the punch, it’s new service is so far a limited one.
Only roughly 3000 celebrities are “signed up” to the service at this stage.
Search for Ryan Seacrest, search-engine expert Danny Sullivan, or Al Gore (the examples Mr Suchter used) and Bing will flash you a box with their latest tweets, as well as a link to their Twitter page.
Google, meanwhile, offers just a link and a considerably more outdated tweet.
But Bing and Google clearly think offering search results that are updated second by second is the next frontier and they’re racing to capture it and the ad revenue that will come with it.
BusinessWeek reporter Rob Hof suspects that Bing’s new coup will give it an extra edge in the new search wars.
