The Future Of Real Time Search - Twoogle? By: John Bateman | - So far my musings have centred on Twitter purely because it is the most utilised example of the real-time search concept in action. There are plenty of other people at the party but they draw heavily on Twitter's functionality.
Google's own Eric Schmidt has enthusiastically discussed partnering with Twitter by integrating Twitter feeds into the Google SERPs. However, Schmidt was keen to play down talk of a full-on acquisition.