Bing, flush with a strong launch in the search market, has come out with a Twitter search engine.
First impression: I don’t like it because it’s not solely a Twitter search engine but a combo-search engine that produces results for the Web and Twitter.
Rather than Twitter search results being front and centre, they appear on a left-hand sidebar that constantly scrolls, which is distracting.
If Bing wants to get into Twitter, it should get into Twitter rather than trying to do the Web and Twitter.
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One Comment
Indeed, the interface needs a bit of work, but it does make Tweets more accessible to the general public. Keep in mind there are a lot of folks who are not using Twitter, yet they are often searching for information that might actually be on Twitter. Like most new products, this one needs refinement, but I think with all the hype around Bing, this should boost awareness of Twitter and possible social networking overall.