The Myth Of Google And Social & Real-Time Search
by Ciaran Norris ~ October 2nd, 2009 |
Recently it has become fashionable in technical circles to parrot the line that Google is facing a grave crisis. “They can’t do real-time or social search”, the argument goes: faced with obsolescence, “they‘ll have no choice but to buy Twitter” cry the doom-mongers. Of course if we look at the reasons often given to explain Google’s imminent demise, it soon becomes clear that nothing is clear except that Google is unlikely to wave the white flag any time soon.
