The Twitterverse is all abuzz about Google’s announcement they are going to start indexing Tweets. (Yes, Bing announced the same thing earlier –- and most don’t seem to care).
My friend Mariana Wagner (@mizzle) sent out an interesting Tweet about this yesterday. It made me think (she does that frequently)…
My answer?
Nope. It won’t change how I use Twitter one iota.
I told Mariana that I don’t change the way I write for Google, and I’m not about to change the way I Tweet. I am what I am, like it or leave it. Google may be taking over the universe, but they aren’t taking over who I am.
I’ve seen Tweets in Google search results for ages (particularly when Googling a name) so I’m not quite sure what this announcement is all about. Apparently Google is going to step up the indexing, make the results more prominent or something.
Whatever it is, I’m not changing who I am and what I say there in an attempt to appease the Google Gods or to exploit and manipulate search results.
Though you can bet that many will.
Twitter already has a spam issue, and this certainly won’t help in that regard.
But change the way I Tweet?
Ain’t happening.
How about you?
Jay Thompson is a real estate broker, father, husband, wannabe geek and has a blogging problem.
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Jay – I don’t TRY to make you think … As I would never make someone do something that I would not do myself. LOL.
The “threat”/”enticement” of Google/Bing will never make me behave differently than I already do. I am what I am.
I believe they are going to be indexing in real-time (or close to it) – at least that’s how all the buzz is making it sound. And you’re right, I am what I am … I do try and filter what I type by asking myself if I’d say it if I was face-to-face with someone (the answer is usually YES!) so I won’t be changing myself either.
If people don’t like the way I type then most likely they won’t like the way I talk either. Much rather have them know me up front than be shocked to meet me in person.
Jay- I didn’t realize you had this blog too – when do you find time to sell real estate! Haha!
No, I don’t think it will change the way a lot of people write on Twitter. But I do think it will change the minds of a lot of non-Twitter users or companies. For those who don’t see the values in it today, and for those who spend a lot of resources on SEO, this should make them stand up and take notice of Twitter now to get in these social-search results.