FriendFeed Adds Real-Time Search Results
We’ve said it once, we’ll say it again…when it comes to staying current with the trends of this crazy thing we call the Internet, it looks like the only way to do so is to jump on the ‘real-time’ bandwagon. One of the leaders in that, up to this point, has actually been FriendFeed, the one stop shop for all your social networking activity, and it looks like they’re going a step further and even making their search results real-time.
That’s right, they’ve done it again and updated their platform to include real-time search results to go along with everything else that is actually real-time on their site. While other sites CLAIM to be real-time, a lot of them are actually lacking the continuous data stream that actually makes something real time or not. That said, starting today when you search for something on FriendFeed, the results that come in will be constantly updated based on the data in your network, and the things you choose to follow. Cool.
“Enter any query into FriendFeed’s search box and you’ll see a constantly updating stream of items related to it. It works for advanced searches too. Best of all, it also searches through comments left below items. And these results can even be embedded in other blogs, as you can see right now on the FriendFeed blog.”
It will be interesting to see where they take things next, and who else will follow suit. Real-time is really popular, and we’re beginning to wonder just how high the bar is going to be set for even more applications of real-time technology.





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