tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5845919943360449516.post4518112850154612893..comments2009-04-07T14:44:35.859-07:00funadvicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18058708246453920318noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5845919943360449516.post-37766509788317135772009-04-07T07:15:00.000-07:002009-04-07T07:15:00.000-07:00well what they're talking about as far as twitter competing with google for searching for real time content, is retarded in my view. first of all, nobody really *needs* second-hand unverified anonymous sources telling them what's happening right now. if there's an event important enough a news agency will pick it up and it'll appear on google news within minutes. twitter is fun for finding out about planes going down in the hudson, but i found out about that via news agencies first, not twitter.<BR/><BR/>and also, google can't just buy every website or company thats popular. they probably weigh the potential monetary benefit against the longevity of the site's relevance to determine if it's worth the investment. they can also probably tie any of their technology together to make a 10x better twitter (google maps + blogger + picasa = brightkite)display namehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10458159220985309564noreply@blogger.com