The real time web — what’s in it for you?

There has been tons of media attention paid to all of the companies that have entered the real time web. And, in addition to all of the new startups, companies like Google and Bing are now mixing real time results into their engines. However, what about the user? What can the user get out of the real time web?




Fresh news on your subject of choice:

The main thing users can get out of the real time web is information. You can find out what is being said right now about any particluar subject. If you want to see what people think about a sports event, movie, celebrity, or any other breaking news - a real time search will inform you.

You can head to Twitter’s homepage to perform a real time search. Twitter makes it very easy to see what is being said about a respective subject.It is also interesting to see which links are being shared on the real time web.


Hot trends

In addition to seeing popular links and what is being said, it is also interesting to see what the hot trends are this moment. Often times, real time trends can show you breaking news before major media outlets pick up the story.


Find related topics

Lastly, users can use the real time web to see topics related to a given topic. If you head over to Tweet Cloud, you can enter any keyword you’d like and see other topics that are being discussed alongside this topic. In addition, you will notice that certain words are larger font - which means that this respective keyword has been used more often along side the initial keyword that was searched for.

As more and more users take advantage of the real time web, understanding how it works and the places you can go to will surely benefit any internet surfer.

Internet search is a moving target so it's a good thing to keep up and decide what's important for your business. Any questions or comments we're available..

Saludos:
Jerry/CMT